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To: sandintoes who wrote (1373)	10/4/2000 6:07:21 AM
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I've used little stones to do that but I prefer just using a role of film to take close-up pictures of areas of the yard I know have bulbs in them which I'll probably want to add to in the future. This practice may seem extravagent but it really doesn't require much money or time and suits me. You have to take pictures close enough to the ground to be able to discern details that will allow you to remember where in the yard the photo was taken. I do a series so that the edges of photos taken of adjacent plots of land have a common reference point--like a stone, brick, or particular curve in the edge of the flower bed where it meets the grass--something like that. Really though, unless the bulb is very special, you shouldn't be hung up about digging somewhere because your afraid to dig up bulbs. Every year when I'm planting , I dig up established bulbs by accident. I just stick them back in the ground and plant elsewhere or re-plant them somewhere else. Some bulbs are very hardy and will heal themselves if they've been split by a trowel. One year I cut a daffodil in half by accident and tossed the halves away into a forgotten corner of my yeard. This was in October. One zero degree night in February I was out in the yard with my flashlight looking for something and in the beam of light I saw the two halves of the daffodil lying on top of the ground and each one had new shoot that was partially green rising out of its center trying to live. Now that's hardy! I took them inside temporarily and as soon as the ground thawed I planted them and they came up the next spring and the following spring bore flowers. Actually, cutting up bulbs into small pieces and having them regenerate is a method for bulb production. I have an Ortho book bulbs that I picked up in a Home Depot once that discusses this topic. So don't assume the worst if you dig up a bulb. Just re-plant all of its pieces and expect that some or most of them will surivive.

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