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Specifications at a Glance:

  • Each 5 lb bag protects up to 80 bulbs.
  • Slow-release nitrogen and other nutrients ensure colorful blooms and overall plant health.
  • Gardener's Supply Exclusive

Bulb Insurance

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Bulb Insurance Plus - Item #30-391

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Protect Your Bulbs
from Burrowing Pests

Voles, mice, and squirrels have a particular fondness for tender spring flower bulbs. You can discourage these pests from dining on your tulips, hyacinths and crocuses by sprinkling in some all-natural Bulb Insurance when you plant. Made from coarsely-ground oyster shells, Bulb Insurance forms a sharp-edged barrier that burrowing rodents will think twice before crossing.

To repel pests and promote brilliant color in one easy step, try Bulb Insurance Plus. It's a mixture of ground oyster shells and all-natural fertilizer that we developed with help from some of the nation's leading bulb suppliers.


What Our Customers Say

"After losing hundreds of tulip bulbs before they ever sprouted, last spring I finally had beautiful tulips! So I planted more this fall!"
Rae McDowell, Pennsville, N.J.

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Bulb Insurance
 
3.9

(based on 14 reviews)

86%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Easy to use (12)
  • Organic (5)
  • Long lasting (4)

Cons

    Best Uses

    • Flower gardens (13)
    • Potted plants (3)
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    5.0

    Works well.

    By mothermade

    from Madison, WI

    About Me Avid Gardener

    Verified Buyer

    Pros

    • Easy to Use

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • Flower Gardens

      Comments about Bulb Insurance:

      This saved my bulbs in VA from the squirrels. In WI, I added chicken wire on top as well. It's nice to have both the protection from the rodents and the fertilizer in one application.

       
      5.0

      Bulb Insurance saves the day!!!!

      By Suzanne The Belt "Diva"

      from Medina, Ohio

      About Me Avid Gardener

      Verified Buyer

      Pros

      • Deters squirrelsskunks
      • Easy to Use

      Cons

        Best Uses

        • Flower Gardens

        Comments about Bulb Insurance:

        I spent hours planting spring bulbs in a yard that has squirrels eagerly over-looking my shoulder. I used this product around the bulbs as I planted and also spread over the top of the fresh planting. The next morning some bulbs had been dug up + were laying on the top of the soil -but none had any "teeth" marks on them! I replanted + they have not been touched since. !!! As long as my crazy neighbors insist on feeding these "little rodents", keeping bulbs have been a real issue. I'm so delighted--I think I'll actually have them bloom next spring!!HHOORRRAAAHHHHH!!!!

         
        5.0

        Great Protection for Bulbs

        By HarpoCat

        from Windsor, CT

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        Verified Buyer

        Pros

        • Easy to Use
        • Long Lasting
        • Organic

        Cons

          Best Uses

          • Flower Gardens

          Comments about Bulb Insurance:

          I've had problems with critters attacking my bulbs in the past. I've been using Bulb Insurance for several years and it successfully keeps them away.

           
          4.0

          Bulb Insurance

          By D.

          from NJ

          About Me Avid Gardener

          Verified Buyer

          Pros

          • Easy to Use
          • Organic

          Cons

            Best Uses

            • Flower Gardens
            • Potted Plants
            • Vegetable Gardens

            Comments about Bulb Insurance:

            before I plant the plant

            (0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

             
            4.0

            Tulips at Last

            By W. Mass Master Gardener

            from The Berkshires, Massachusetts

            About Me Master Gardener

            Verified Buyer

            Pros

            • Easy to Use
            • Organic

            Cons

              Best Uses

              • Flower Gardens

              Comments about Bulb Insurance:

              I am hoping for success in raising my tulips. I have rodent problems with tulip bulbs, but I dearly love them. I can't give this a specific rating until I see what happens with my bulbs in the Spring, but I am optimistic that Bulb Insurance will work for me!

               
              5.0

              I have bought this product repeatedly!

              By Deb

              from Essex, CT

              About Me Avid Gardener

              Verified Buyer

              Pros

              • Long Lasting

              Cons

                Best Uses

                • Flower Gardens

                Comments about Bulb Insurance:

                This product is a snap to use and does double duty. It feeds your bulbs and protects them form being eaten by voles and other critters. Just put it in the bottom of the hole, add bulbs, and refill hole. I usually add a little more just around the bulb. I wouldn't plant bulbs in my yard without it!

                 
                5.0

                No more critter buffet...

                By Tulips galore

                from Wilbraham, MA

                About Me Avid Gardener

                Pros

                • Easy to Use
                • Organic

                Cons

                  Best Uses

                  • Flower Gardens
                  • Potted Plants

                  Comments about Bulb Insurance:

                  I have been using this stuff for years after the heartbreak of planting hundreds of beautiful bulbs, and not getting ANY the following spring!! Now I get almost 100% bloom on Tulips, Lilies and other tasty delights. No more expensive critter munchies in my Western Mass garden!! I have recommended this to many of my gardening pals, will continue to do so! Easy to use too.

                   
                  2.0

                  Saves tulips

                  By none

                  from Hamburg New York

                  About Me Avid Gardener

                  Verified Buyer

                  Pros

                  • Easy to Use

                  Cons

                  • Bad Odor

                  Best Uses

                  • Flower Gardens

                  Comments about Bulb Insurance:

                  Keeps away volves and moles

                   
                  5.0

                  Bulb Insurance

                  By NH

                  from New Jersey

                  About Me Avid Gardener

                  Verified Buyer

                  Pros

                  • Easy to Use
                  • Long Lasting
                  • Saved many tulips

                  Cons

                    Best Uses

                    • Flower Gardens

                    Comments about Bulb Insurance:

                    I have protected many bulbs from small animals using this product. Sometimes product is too pulverized and not enougn sharp edged pieces to protect bulbs.

                     
                    4.0

                    Tulip blossoms finally!

                    By Noreen

                    from Syracuse, NY

                    About Me Avid Gardener

                    Pros

                    • Easy to Use

                    Cons

                      Best Uses

                      • Flower Gardens

                      Comments about Bulb Insurance:

                      I forgot that I used it last Fall - and wondered why all my tulips blossomed this Spring!!

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