Bulb lasagna. How to grow spring bulbs in layers
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2022
- Do you know how to plant a bulb lasagna? In this video I show how you can plant tulip bulbs and other spring bulbs in layers in pots and containers. I'm giving usefull tips and if you follow my description you can be sure to have succes.
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My name is Claus Dalby, and I live in Risskov on the outskirts of Aarhus in Denmark. To date, I have written about 30 books on flowers and gardens in Danish, and my garden has been featured on many TV shows. In March 2022 my first book in English will be available. I consider my home (built in1908), and its garden with its neighboring wood, as my sanctuary. When I started gardening in 1996, there was just a large lawn covering approximately 1 acre (4,000 square meters), but today the grass is long gone - replaced by 15 hedged rooms with varying colors and moods. Additionally, one of my great passions is growing in pots, arranged to create spectacular container gardens, which I will share quite a bit about on this channel. Decor and creating moods have always interested me - both outside and inside - and I love to use the flowers from my garden for bouquets and to inspire other crafts that create a sense of hygge. 
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Claus, watching your videos is like a shot of B12! I feel invigorated, energized, and inspired to start getting ready for springtime in Houston, Texas! Your gardening knowledge and the way you deliver it to your viewers is just fantastic!! Thank you, thank you!🌷🌷 Linda
Thank you so, so much for your kind message - I really appreciate it. And thank you for watching my video.
Great episode! Please more tutorials like this! Maybe for hardy annuals and perennials in pots. Thank you!
Thank you so much and thank you for watching.
Yes we want more tutorials ⚘️🌷🌱
Hi Claus!
I love your channel, you are lovely. I have learned so much from your talks.
I live in Chelsea, New York City, which is in Manhattan.
I am wondering; do you grow anemones? I love them, they are one of my favourite flowers, of many.
~Craig Mitchell
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Thank you for your great video episode again. I have watched many bulb lasagne videos but you are the only one who actually show the end result. It's great as I really like your flower combinations 😀
Thank you so much for your kind words and for being here - it is much appreciated.
Thank you, Mr.Claus!
I always enjoy your beautiful videos!
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How very kind of you - thank you for being here.
Bulb lasagnas are so rewarding....they are gifts that keep on giving! Thanks for the demonstration Mr. Claus!
My pleasure - thank you for watching.
Thank you for your bonus tips. I watched a lot of videos about bulb lasagne but couldn't figure out the watering and storage part. I have lost tulips to rotting two years in a row and now I know why.
Thank you for sharing your planting secrets with us. I just love your garden.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for being here.
I am so excited to try this for the first time! Thank you for the demonstration.🙂
My pleasure. Thank you so being here.
I'm sticking with the single variety per pot! The results were spectacular! Maybe a small planting of violas on top of newly planted bulbs. Also in Nor California tulips are one hit wonders. They just don't rebloom. So I'm following Jim Putnam lead and planting daffodils and narcissus which thrive and can be divided. I'll miss the tulips but they are not sustainable here! But seeing Clauses collection makes my heart explode!
I enjoy your videos very much. I can’t help but believe your bulb packages would sell wonderfully in garden centers in the United States. Then we could use the exact bulbs you recommend.
Thank you so much for your kind words and thank you for being here. I will keep your comment in mind.
Thank you for sharing your bulb lasagna recipe. Really a great idea!!
My pleasure. Thank you for watching.
Interesting never thought of planting in a lasagna format. A great episode and thank you for sharing.
The pleasure is all mine - thank you for being here.
Absolutely gorgeous!!!!!! Great videos. Thank you
Thank you so much for your kind words and for being here.
Thank you so much. I'm learning so much from you. A new gardener here. This is going to be my first time with planting bulbs, excited. I'm going to buy the bulbs soon. You have inspired me. Danke, greetings from Vienna Austria, Zone 7b.🌸🌻🌼😊
The pleasure is all mine - thank you for being here. The best of luck with your bulbs!
This is such a great idea. I did tulips in a pot last year and they were wonderful in the spring. Stored in unheated garage and it worked well. Will try this. Thank you for a great idea.
I watered mine when I wasn’t supposed to and nothing happened…probably rotted them…bowed not to try that again but now I think I will give it another try
The pleasure is all mine! Thank you for watching.
Always inspiring!
How kind of you to say so - thank you very much.
This is a wonderful video and really motivating. You’ve got a stunning garden
クラウスさん、いつも楽しく拝見しています。聞き取りやすい英語がお気に入りです。
3段は難しそうなので、2段でチャレンジしてみます。🌷
Good morning Claus, thank you for showing, it did not take too long to plant up the pot, yet the flowers will be most rewarding when in bloom. We got late winter rain and the down pour was more severe than I realised and unfortunately, I knew better but learned the hard way, the tubers all rotted. Fortunately I was looking to see the condition of the tubers but woe to me, they were all gone. I ordered some new tubers before they were all sold out, so I will be able to enjoy a new display of dahlias. I love the colour of the flower heads as well as the different shapes of the flower petals. We do learn a lot but sometimes we get caught by assuming all is well :). Go well, many blessings - Kind regards, Elize
Yes - sometimes we learn things the hard way. Good luck with all your new dahlia tubers - they produce the most wonderful flowers, just as you say.
Thanks for sharing, love this video!!
My absolute pleasure. Thank you for being here.
hi! I had never heard of bulb lasagna and never tried it! I will surely try it! thanks for the idea and inspiration! 😊
Thank you so much for being here and good luck with your lasagne planting.
Such a great video & grateful I stumbled on it. I’m planting my first bulb lasagna in pots tomorrow. Being in New England I plan on wintering them in our garage. I’m fearful they’ll rot after such a vigorous initial watering but will follow the directions.
Such beautiful flowers from SoCal USA
You are very kind - thank you.
Lovely
Thank you so much.
Super video. Tak for gode råd👍
Tusind tak, og tak fordi du kiggede med.
Very inspiring video as always👏👏👏🌷⚘️
Thank you so much.
Great tip! Thank you
My pleasure! Thank you for being here.
Very good visual and information. I like your combination!
Thank you so much for your kind words and for being here.
That is so helpful, Claus! PS Today is Oct 17; I just wanted to let you know what great inspirations you & Hanne are. Even w tech difficulties, the streaming yesterday was A+!
That is really good to hear - thank you so much for watching.
Thank Mr. Dalby. I’ve tried the lasagna method before and I’ve had no success, I’m going to try one more time and use the tips you have given us. I’m hoping this time I get it right. 🌺💚🙃
Fingers crossed that this time you will have the perfect bulb lasagne.
Why did you have no success? I think there is nothing easier than a bulb lasagna :-)
@@gardensenglishandfinethings It could be my climate and where I had them stored. 🌺💚🙃
@@judymckerrow6720 I suppose so. Better luck next time!
Great video.
Thank you so much - I am pleased you like it.
I didn’t have much success last year and I think it was too much winter wet. I will try again and cover them. Thanks so much!
I am sure you will have much more luck from now on!
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Thank you. It comming in the right time. Next week i go to the gardencenter to get the autum plants and some new bulbs for spring. I dont know that bulbs can grow without water in the winter. Often my tulips get lost over winter. That might be the reason for it
I always only water my bulbs after planting them and then again in the spring, when the first leaves begin to appear.
I just found you, you are amazing! Scandinavian version of Monty Don and I mean that as high praise! :)
Thank you so much for your kind words and welcome to my account. To be called the Scandinavian Monty Don is as good as it gets!
Definitely gonna try this 3 layering of bulbs. No I know what I did wrong with my tulips last year. Thank you for all this wonderful information.
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Claus can you please tell me when you say bring them inside that means you are not leaving them in sunlight correct? I am also very curious to know what the ideal temperature of the room would be? You see I ordered many bulbs last year which I would like to put in pots, unfortunately I have a severe varmint issue-last year they ate over 120 of my tulip bulbs. I’m wondering if you could do a more in-depth video of planting bulbs in a pot and how to care for them when there are pest problems! As always thank you so much for your wisdom I so enjoyed watching your RUclips videos I just think you are wonderful!!!
I did daffodils last yr and they did great! Too hot here for tulips☹️ in zone 8 GA
At least you have the daffodils to enjoy - they too are wonderful.
I think you could grow tulips. There are quite a few websites in your area explaining how to do so.
I’m in England and grow tulips as they are lovely - but annoyingly find them difficult to flower the following year.
Wow that is so awesome! I wonder if you can apply that method here in Texas?
Thank you Claus. I didn’t realise you needed to water the pot so much before leaving in a cool place. Your garden is looking glorious as usual. How do you keep the pots looking so good in the hot weather we’ve been having?
Me either! 💦
We have not had quite as warm a summer here in Denmark as in many other European countries. And we have had rain - even though perhaps not as much as we could have wanted.
Salut Nero 😀🖐️
Thanks for the video! I have never managed well with bulbs in pots, they always get eaten by mice 😞I think I need to build a big greenhouse in my new cottage garden 😀💚
My pleasure - thank you for watching and for being here.
I leave my pots outside for the winter and the bulbs never get eaten by mice. I wonder why yours do. Perhaps you live in a particularly mouse-infested area? Can Swedish mice survive outdoors in winter?
Thank you so much. I love the tip that tulip compost should not be re-used and to keep pots out of the very wet winter. Can I replace crocuses with narcissi in the middle layer?
Thank you so much for your kind words. Narcissi bulbs are more or less the same size as tulip bulbs, so they really need to be planted at the same depth. You could change the crocuses for another bulb of the same size.
I often wish to see the production area of your greenhouses.
I have shown them from time to time and I will again when I feel that I have something of interest to share.
Hello Claus. I love watching your videos, very therapeutic and another level of gardening. Very great full that you are making such videos with lots of passion. To day I planted lots of spring bulbs in grow bags I only did because I am not feeling very healthy to do the digging. Please advise me on that, will I get good displays in spring or not? Thank you
Thank you so much for your kind words. I have not tried growing bulbs in grow bags, but one piece of advice is totale sure that the bags are stored in a place, where they are protected from rain and snow. Too much winter wet can make your bulbs rot. The very best of luck.
Thank you so much for taking your time to write me the reply so quick. Okay if I keep them in small plastic green house will they be okay ?
Good afternoon from the UK. Squirrels do not like the daffodil bulbs and will avoid digging them up and eating them.
Luckily I am not bothered by squirrels, but you are absolutely right!
@@ClausDalbyEnglish thank you for your knowledge. I absolutely love your beautiful garden and all that you share with us.
Thank you for the great video!!! I live in south Greece we have mild weather, should I pre chill tulip bulbs?
Thank you so much for watching. I am sure that Google can give you a the perfect answer regarding your tulips and the location you are in.
Claus, I am so happy I found your You Tube Channel! This is the first I found. I have subscribed from the U.S.A., will be searching for your book in English..... What size pot did you do this lasagna bulb garden in?
A big welcome to my account! I hope you will find much inspiration here. When I plant bulbs, I always plant them very close together - almost ‘shoulder by shoulder’.
@@ClausDalbyEnglish Thank you for your prompt reply. What is the width of your pot? Your book is on it's way, I ordered it yesterday from Amazon!
Hello! Wonderful video. What do you do with the pot when it’s done blooming?
Thank you so much for watching. All my pots are in constant use - once the spring bulbs have finished flowering, the pots will be used for all my annuals.
hello from New York City, America. Perfect garden rooms. How do you maintain watering the garden and what is the frequency.
Thank you so much for your kind comment. We use an oscillating water sprinkler for the borders and a good quality water wand on a hose for the containers. Frequency depends on the weather.
What a wonderful idea! As I live Southern California, zone 10, when should I assemble my lasagna bulb pot? And when should I start watering? I truly enjoy your videos. Maybe one day, your shop will become available for shipping to the US
I tried it last year, in New Mexico, and what I found is that it was quite expensive, and I ended up with way too much leaf, as the previous blooms still had foliage, and you couldn't even see the current blooms. It looked like a bad hair day in every pot, after the first blooms. So.... I dug them up, and now I will have quite the work load this fall/winter putting them in the ground. I planted late, in December, I believe. Usually I plant them in October. I started watering mine in the spring. What I found when planting in pots is that they had to be deep. In the shorter pots, the bulbs really did not have the room for their roots to go deep enough. Good luck! Hope your lasagna comes out more attractive than mine did! I'm in zone 7.
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I am also in New Mexico. Zone 7. I only plant my tulips and daffodils single layers. I had thirty large pots and when they bloomed I had a beautiful display. Good luck with your bulbs.
I'm the same area too, zone 9b/10a. My understanding, our winters are not cold enough for bulbs (like tulips) that need the cold period in the ground in order to bloom in the spring. We have to put our bulbs in the fridge in the winter to mimic the cold period (maybe 10-12 weeks total), then plant. I did 11weeks in the fridge (nov/dec) and planted my tulips/hyacinths mid Jan in containers. Got blooms about five weeks later. Not totally successfully (this was my first year; I didn't realize our temps can get up to 80's in Feb, which the tulips didn't like). I think I also got overzealous with watering and many bulbs rotted. I assume lasagna planting will be similar to solo planting. Give the bulbs their cold period in the fridge. Then after the 10-12weeks in the fridge, layer plant in the container and water in well. I personally am not sure how much more watering beyond this point (until you see growth) because I think this where I messed up this year.
If you order from Colorblends, I think yo can order precooked bulbs and they will deliver them when appropriate for your zone. If you store them in your fridge, keep them away from apples the gases they give off will ruin your bulbs.
Pre-cooled
I’m so excited to try this. Can I leave the pot outside in the elements? Or should I put it the basement? I’m always confused about the storage.
Bulbs can easily withstand frost, but any pot with bulbs should be protected from too much winter wet, as the bulbs may rot, if they are always very wet.
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Thank you for your beautiful video am In Danmark too and am looking of the caladium bulbs am looking every where I don’t have the Christmas caladium can you tell me where you buy your tilup bulbs thank you have a peaceful Sunday after noon
Thank you so much for your kind words! I buy most of my bulbs directly from Dutch growers, so I am afraid that I am not much help.
Thx for the watering info. I'm planting bulbs for my husband's mother this year. Would you use this technique in the ground as well? Have a great wkend. Thx again. cgzone8
Only if I had very limited space.
If you use a different set of bulbs (for instance tulips, hyacinths and daffodils) , how do you decide which ones go at the bottom and which one at the very top? Is it based on the bloom time or their actual height when they bloom?
Bulb size. Larger ones are planted deeper.
A good rule of thumb is to plant bulbs as deep as three times their own height. So larger bulbs need to be planted deeper.
@@olddaddie5645 Thanks!
@@ClausDalbyEnglish Thanks!
Thank you so much. Also do I save the bulbs after they bloom in the pots or do I lift them and store for the following season. Or do I just let them go. Cheers
My pleasure. Tulips really only do well for one season in a container, and I suggest that you plant everything out into the garden and then start with fresh bulbs in your container.
@@ClausDalbyEnglish Thank you!
Dear Mr Dalby,
thanks to your videos i got tulip bulbs to flower in pots for the first time (after several unsuccessful attempts!) thank you very much for your inspiration.
but i have a question: can you leave the old tulip bulbs in the pot and get them to bloom again next year, or do i have to plant new bulbs.
thank you very much and best regards from germany, barbara
Tulips really only do well for one season in containers, so I suggest that you plant the old ones out into the garden and buy new ones for your container.
thank you
What do you do after flowering with the pot😊
The pots are all emptied, as I need them for all my annuals. Some of the bulbs can be planted out into the garden.
Thank you for this excellent tutorial. I want to try this. I am in zone 5 (Canada) so I wonder if an unheated garage might be too cold for this method, or do you think it would still work?
I live in Michigan zone 6b and my tulip pot was in an unheated garage and they came out beautifully in spring.
@@margareteraab3899 Oh, that is good to know. Thanks very much.
I am zone 5a SE WI and I tried the pots last year and they were beautiful!! I stored them in my in unheated garage on a wall that backed up to the house and did not bring them out until the end of March. Please give it a try - I think you’ll love it! You can place them anywhere you want to brighten up a spot!!🌷
Do I put them in the garage immediately after planting in the fall?
@@kathygericke8367 did you have to put some type of netting over it so that any potential rodents that come into the garage to hibernate do not start digging up the bulbs?🇨🇦
Making a bulb lasagna is very easy, in my humble opinion. The difficult part is the decision what to do with the bulbs after the plants have flowered, the leaves are dry and the "tired" bulbs are finally resting in the garage. I never know whether to put them in pots again in the autumn or plant them in the ground. They are not going to perform that great the following year, for sure.
Many tulips only perform well in their first season, no matter where you plant them, and in my experience many other bulbs will happily grow in the garden if planted out there.
@@ClausDalbyEnglish I couldn't agree more. If one wants to have a spectacular show in the pots, one has to invest in new bulbs each year, sadly.
Do you leave the planted pot outside until it starts freezing outside then move it into a cold location or do you immediately put it in a cold dark location? 🌺💚🙃
I planted tulip bulbs in pots last year, per Claus' instructions. Since I was using pots that hold annuals in the summer, I waited until fairly late in the Fall. After planting and watering I moved the pots into our unheated garage and brought them out in Spring after seeing some growth. They turned out great, and I will definitely try lasagna style planting this year!
@@p.h.c.1113 I did exactly the same as you and it worked great although the variety of tulips (from Lowes) ended up short. This year planning on tall tulips but doing the lasagna method also😊
@@p.h.c.1113 i did exactly the same and it worked perectly.if it gets too crazy cold maybe put them on fliece or sth but moist soil is the biggest danger ...so wherever you put them dont let them get wet
@@pamd1861 Mine were almost too tall. Were you able to plant yours in the landscape afterwards? Most of the tulip bulbs coming out of the pots later looked strange, so I threw them out.
@@achnix3167 I live in Zone 5, it gets pretty cold in the garage. I had them up on a work bench, just in case a critter came in at some point.
What zone r you?
I am very close to the sea, so probably 7.
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Thank you so much.