Not Just Watering and Mice: Why Holes Appear on Flower Bulbs
Experienced gardeners agree on one thing: it is better to prevent a problem than to fix it later.
Waiting for lilies, tulips and hyacinths to sprout can be disappointing. Often, if they do not appear, then the bulbs are damaged.
Not only rodents can disappoint summer residents. Other pests sometimes appear on the plot.
The list of possible pests includes moles, mice, wireworms and mole crickets. The least likely is that it was a mole that did it.
You can set traps against rodents that emit ultrasound. It scares away pests from the area and no "dancing with a tambourine" will be needed.
Things are more complicated with insects. Insecticides will most likely not work, because a very high concentration is needed. The mole cricket is caught using folk methods, and wireworms are eliminated using green manure, for example, mustard.
In any case, it is necessary to destroy or scare away pests, because they damage not only the bulbs of ornamental plants. They also attack vegetable plantings, which are almost their main food from spring to autumn.
