Birds
When planting flower bulbs, the soil is loosened. As a result, more earthworms are coming to the surface of the earth. These in turn are on the menu of some bird species. If you have seen blackbirds, thrushes and the like circling over this newly planted area, they are probably to blame for unearthed flower bulbs.
also read
- Protecting bulbs from voles - this is how they survive!
- Bulbs that voles don't like - they are!
- Flower bulbs after flowering - that's how they continue!
The animals are not interested in the bulbs themselves, but only in the worms. If you then rummage through the earth with your beaks, the flower bulbs will be "unintentionally" dug up.
Tips
If possible, stretch nets over the planted area so that the flower bulbs remain inaccessible to birds. You can remove the nets shortly before budding.
squirrel
squirrel have often been seen digging up planted bulbs. Since these animals are now also native to the outskirts of cities, they definitely belong to the group of suspects.
Maybe squirrels are just looking for nuts that they have buried in the garden at some point. If you want the onions sooner
set in autumn, they can still take root on mild days and thus gain more hold. This will help them survive future digging campaigns.Other rodents
Other rodents, such as martens, can also dig up bulbs from time to time. However, since the onions are not eaten, the reason for the "excavation work" must be found elsewhere. Some gardeners have a guess:
- become common Horn shavings(€ 32.93 at Amazon *) given into the planting hole
- they act like a lure
- Rodents like horn shavings
- when digging afterwards, the flower bulb is exposed
- watch out for telltale footprints
Tips
Water the planted bed after
Planting the flower bulbs. Because many animals do not like to dig in damp earth. Moisture also encourages the onions to take root, making them harder to dig up again.
Voles
Voles are rodents too. But they work their way below the surface of the earth. Likewise, they hardly leave anything of the flower bulbs. Because apart from a few varieties, the voles don't like, all flower bulbs are on your menu.
