Chicken Wire Cages For Bulbs

Tulips and other flowering bulbs are a tasty treat for rodents and squirrels.

Chicken wire cages for bulbs.

My bulb cages are 8 wide x 14 long x 6 high. Add a layer of gravel place a layer of sharp edge gravel or grit below and above your bulbs when you plant them. Set your store to see local availability add to cart. Free shipping by amazon.

The open ends of wire at the top of the picture in each section will become hinges. There are two general ways to use either chicken wire or hardware cloth to protect your bulbs. If squirrel damage keeps you from enjoying tulips or lilies don t give up plant your bulbs in these ingenious easy to use bulb cages. How to make flower bulb cages.

Cut a section of either material that s large enough to cover the overall size of your planting area. So far it has kept them out and they have tried really hard to get at them specially in the early spring when food is scarce click on pictures to see large graphics of the same pictures as you can see i used galvanized wire mesh. This is how i made my bulb cages. Because they re made of heavy gauge steel with corrosion resistant epoxy coating they can be left in the ground for the life of your bulbs.

Most animals do not like to dig through sharp debris and will avoid going after your flower bulbs. Get it as soon as thu sep 3. 4ft 3 pack plant cages tomato garden cages stakes vegetable trellis assembled w 4pcs a clips fork for vertical climbing plants vegetables flowers fruits vine 4 feet 3pack by f o t 32 99 32. Vinyl coated poultry netting model pnvc172150 163 76 163 76.

I also use these wire cages to cover already planted bulbs lilies etc. Next lay it on. Acorn international 1 in. View the everbilt chicken wire 83 32 83 32.

Use chicken wire with 1 2 inch openings so they are too small for pests to access but large enough for leaves and stems to penetrate. Cut the 15 roll into twelve 15 x24 sections. Rural365 galvanized steel hardware cloth 1 4 inch welded mesh chicken wire fence cage screen netting 3x25ft bulk roll. One 24 wide x 15 long roll is enough for 6 cages.

Only 20 left in stock order soon. 4 0 out of 5 stars 1. Use chicken wire or bulb cages to protect your bulbs. An effective way to keep squirrels from digging up the bulbs in your garden is to surround the area where the bulbs have been planted with chicken wire and cover it up with a few inches of dirt or mulch.

The holes will allow your bulbs leaves and roots to grow but will keep pesky rodents at bay.