How to Plant Gloriosa Bulbs
Plant your bulbs in the late spring or early summer.. Choose a spot that drains well.. Find an area that gets at least 8 hours of sun per day.
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Plant your bulbs in the late spring or early summer.
Plant your bulbs in the late spring or early summer.
Choose a spot that drains well.
Choose a spot that drains well.
Find an area that gets at least 8 hours of sun per day.
Find an area that gets at least 8 hours of sun per day.
Plant your bulbs in holes that are 3 to 4 inches (7.6 to 10.2 cm) deep.
Plant your bulbs in holes that are 3 to 4 inches (7.6 to 10.2 cm) deep.
Space your bulbs 8 to 12 inches (20 to 30 cm) apart.
Space your bulbs 8 to 12 inches (20 to 30 cm) apart.
Add stakes to encourage vine growth near each bulb.
Add stakes to encourage vine growth near each bulb.
Soak the soil with water to settle the bulbs.
Soak the soil with water to settle the bulbs.
Water your bulbs once a week to keep the soil wet.
Water your bulbs once a week to keep the soil wet.
Add a half-strength fertilizer every 2 weeks.
Add a half-strength fertilizer every 2 weeks.
Remove weeds and cover roots to keep pests away.
Remove weeds and cover roots to keep pests away.
Let yellowing leaves and flowers fall off naturally as they die.
Let yellowing leaves and flowers fall off naturally as they die.
Dig up each bulb and place it in a bed of peat moss in the fall.
Dig up each bulb and place it in a bed of peat moss in the fall.
Replant the bulbs in the spring.
Replant the bulbs in the spring.
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