Ripening Bulbs
There are many gardens where spring bulbs are occupying beds that will soon be needed for the summer bedding. It, is not always possible to allow those bulbs io remain until the foliage has ripened. The next best tiling is to lift them after flowering and heel them in, in some shady place for the ripening off process. It saves a lot of trouble in finding the bulbs when ripened, if trays aro made. Obtain a piece of small mesh netting (about three feet by one and a half feet is a good size). Tack along each side to a strip of timber four inches wido by ono inch thick. These form the sides of the tray. The bottom may be reinforced with fencing wire if desired. Sink this in the ground, place the bulbs upon tho tray and cover with soil. When the bulbs have ripened the trays may be lifted with the bulbs intact and none aro lost.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23145, 17 September 1938, Page 10 (Supplement)
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