Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1907-05-05 | Page 24 | Uncovering Bulb Beds

UNCOVERING BULB BaLB BEDS BEDL Beginners Usually Make the Mistake of Beginning Too Late Every hardy h T border order and bulb bed ought to have a winter covering of lit litter litter litter ter not to keep the frost out but to keep it In If It possible It is the alter alternate alternate alternate nate freezing and thawing of the ground that kills hardy perennials bul bulbous bulbous bulbous bous plants and strawberries by heaving heavIng heaving ing and breaking the roots Every beginner who uncovers his bulb beds for the first time is likely to uncover them thein too late He waits walts until the yellow spears of tulips have begun to show above the tho ground No matter how ho hardy a plant may be It Is tender in this condition and nice judgment is required in order to uncover bulb beds early enough to get the new shoots to come up sturdy and green instead of spindly and yellow One way Is to lift lilt a little of the litter about March llarch 1 and a little more a week later until about the end of the month the covering Is all off Another way Is to take all the covering off of when winter Is clearly at an end and before the young growths have appeared In either eit er case it is well to keep kee the litter Utter handy for an emergency to use while the new growths are in their ten tender tender tender der stage Then if a freeze threatens threaten s you may cover them quickly i I