Gardening day
Oct 12, 2026 · 56 min · 11 segments
Tim Walsh from the MUN Botanical Garden is here to take your questions on winding down the season
Oct 12, 2026 · 56 min · 11 segments
Tim Walsh from the MUN Botanical Garden is here to take your questions on winding down the season
And what folks probably don't necessarily realize is that when you plant bulbs this time of year, they actually start to grow.
We might think that we plant them now and they're dormant and there's this dried up kind of circular bulb of a tulip or a daffodil or whatever, that we put it there and nothing happens until next spring when it flowers, but that's not the case.
They actually need a bit of time in the soil where the soil is still warm enough to stimulate root development.
And so what happens is the bottom of the bulb, usually if you think about a tulip bulb or a daffodil bulb, they're kind of pointed somewhat.
Maybe in some cases the point is blunt, but there's a pointy end and there's a flat end.
You're not going to dig a hole and all of a sudden you're digging down to like gray soil.
Not only is the bulb down deep enough, but there's also a little bit more space underneath the bulb so that the roots can go down into good soil.
And usually in terms of depth of planting any bulb, the rule of thumb is three times the height of the bulb.
So if your daffodil is a couple of inches tall, let's say, then you're going to, your hole has to be six inches deep.
And what folks probably don't necessarily realize is that when you plant bulbs this time of year, they actually start to grow.
We might think that we plant them now and they're dormant and there's this dried up kind of circular bulb of a tulip or a daffodil or whatever, that we put it there and nothing happens until next spring when it flowers, but that's not the case.
They actually need a bit of time in the soil where the soil is still warm enough to stimulate root development.
And so what happens is the bottom of the bulb, usually if you think about a tulip bulb or a daffodil bulb, they're kind of pointed somewhat.
Maybe in some cases the point is blunt, but there's a pointy end and there's a flat end.
You're not going to dig a hole and all of a sudden you're digging down to like gray soil.
Not only is the bulb down deep enough, but there's also a little bit more space underneath the bulb so that the roots can go down into good soil.
And usually in terms of depth of planting any bulb, the rule of thumb is three times the height of the bulb.
So if your daffodil is a couple of inches tall, let's say, then you're going to, your hole has to be six inches deep.
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