Planting a Bulb Garden Activity Sheet Answers                                                         

A. What is a bulb? Any and all bulbus plants that have a swollen food storage organ.

B. Types of bulbs: True bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, little bulbs

1. When is the ideal time for planting spring flowering bulbs?

         mid-fall

2. We are in zone 6B, what other factor should we consider?

         wait for the temperature to drop

3. What is the problem with planting bulbs in wet soil?

         promotes fungus and disease, even rots the bulbs

4. What are the wet soil options?

         pick another spot, add coarse sand

5. What is added to amend the soil?

         peat moss, garden compost

6. What is the general rule for the depth of planting the bulbs?

         3 times deeper than the height of the bulb.

7. What other consideration is given to the size of the hole for planting?

         the hole is wide enough for the bulb to grow

8. What else is added before the bulb is planted?

         bulb food or bone meal (fertilizer)

9. How is the bulb oriented in the soil?

         _{pointed end up (video: swollen end is the root forming end and should be planted facing downwards)}

10. What is the purpose of watering?

        to stimulate root growth