Growing Ranunculus
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Jill
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I have always bought my ranunculus from the store, bright and cheery and already in bloom, but this year I am planting ranunculus from root stock. They remind me of the asparagus I tried planting last year that flopped. Can someone tell me which end goes up in the ground?
These are the root stock. They have finger like projections and kind of look like an octopus. But which end is up?
5 answers
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Plant the little bulbs with the "fingers" down.
Marti
on Mar 08, 2015
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I love ranunculus, but they are out of our zone... asparagus, I do have experience with. They start out small, and gain strength over the years. Always leave a percentage uncut, to nourish the plants for next season.
Duv310660
on Mar 08, 2015
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Yep.....fingers pointing down and make sure to plant at depth recommended for your area.
Dorothy
on Mar 08, 2015
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The eye is the the little flat part with the "fingers" pointing away from it. As the others have said, you want that at the top. When in doubt about a bulb, plant on its side and the bulb will usually right itself. See this link for a video how-to on ranunculus from a chap with a delightful British accent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDPW8dKKTrU
Douglas Hunt
on Mar 08, 2015
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Im in central Minnesota hard to get from seed. Start inside I think?? Anyone. Im zone 4a-5 Thak U !
Susan M Jensen
on Mar 08, 2015
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