North central Illinois.
Hello Folks,
Early this year I planted some 9 small flower beds with perennials. Mainly lilies, but a few other things. I'm think I made a mistake on one of them. The soil is pretty hard and I'm afraid that some of the bulb shoots may not be able to make it through to the surface next year.
I can try to dig up the soil this fall and find the bulbs. Then, remove much of the hard soil and mix in something like garden soil (with all that organic material in it) and sphagnum peat moss or sphagnum moss. Something that will last at least 5 years, but hopefully for decades. I don't know how long sphagnum moss lasts in the soil. At this time, I am trying to keep the cost down.
I'm looking for suggestions on how to soften this soil.
Thank you,
Harry
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Plant shoots are amazingly resilient:
https://www.earthporm.com/life-finds-way ... wont-give/
If you just keep the soil moistened (don't over water, you can rot out the bulbs, but don't let it dry out) your lilies should be fine.
https://www.earthporm.com/life-finds-way ... wont-give/
If you just keep the soil moistened (don't over water, you can rot out the bulbs, but don't let it dry out) your lilies should be fine.
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