Renowned gardening expert Tom Strowlger has unveiled a pioneering method that not only ensures your garden’s successful bloom during the spring season but also provides a systematic guide for you to prepare your garden for the upcoming year.
Best known as @garden_with_tom in the popular social media platform TikTok, Strowlger often shares his knowledgeable insights with his sizable follower base. Now, with his latest strategic advice, he aims to aid garden enthusiasts in grooming their outdoor spaces with a simple and effective method. Intriguingly coined as ‘the bulb lasagne’; this innovative approach involves layering items such as bulbs and soil in a pot, imperative in achieving a lush array of flowers from March until May.
Strowlger explained that the more spring bulbs we plant over the impending fall season, the more flowers will bloom during springtime. His recommended planting technique provides a consistent flow of blossoming spring flowers. He suggests if you manage to acquire a few bags of spring bulbs, including Crocuses, Hyacinths, Daffodils, Alliums, and Tulips, along with high-quality peat-free compost, you are on your way to mastering this simple planting methodology.
The gardening expert emphasized that the bulb lasagne method will become more manageable as you familiarize yourself with its routine. He explained the process, stating that if you plant Alliums bulbs at the pot’s base, add a layer of compost, followed by planting Daffodil bulbs. Next, add a consolidation of compost, then plant Hyacinth bulbs and finally cover the pot up to its top. Doing so, you will have successfully made a bulb lasagne.
In detail, the three layers of spring bulbs will present you with a steady flow of flowers from March to May. According to Strowlger, this bulb lasagne planting technique could also be applied in your garden to facilitate incessant flowering during spring across your garden. He emphasized that the more pots, containers, planters, flowerbeds, and borders that comprise spring bulbs, the more picturesque your garden will look. Hence, planning and planting should be initiated immediately.
Social media users from all corners of the world, even as far as Malta, were captivated after learning his tip. Queries from curious followers were also entertained by this savvy gardener. When one user asked how often the bulbs inside the compost need to be watered if they don’t plant winter pansies on top, Strowlger recommended allowing autumn and winter rains to manage the watering and ensuring that holes in pots are well-drained.
On a personal level, Strowlger shared his experience on remaining skeptical about social media till he reached his 40s. However, as the pandemic kicked in and people began finding solace in spending more time tending to their gardens, the well-seasoned gardener started sharing useful tips to his broader network. This initiative encouraged him to go digital and post informative reels on his Instagram account to keep his followers updated.
He further assists garden enthusiasts in preordering a variety of spring bulbs and offers various options for purchase. Tom has always encouraged the use of high-quality products to deliver incredible results, which is vividly visible in his own lush, vibrant garden. At the heart of it, Strowlger’s success lies in his ingenious use of simple, yet effective, gardening techniques and his willingness to share these tips with a broader audience.
