Growing Ranunculus in Grow Bags
Our spring garden cannot be complete without some beautiful ranunculus! They are a gorgeous rose like bloom that we grow every year. We typically do not like to pick from our container display, so we love to grow extra flowers elsewhere to cut and bring inside. This year we ran out of pots and crates to grow our extra ranunculus in, so we decided to grow some in grow bags to make it cheap and easy.
Site selection:
When growing ranunculus, its important to find a spot that gets full sun. 6-8+ hours is ideal. To do this, we cleared out an area by hacking back the oleander bushes for the winter so that we could place the grow bags on top of rocks under our orange tree that faced south which gave us the optimal sun exposure.
Picking your grow bag:
Ranunculus do not have a very deep root system, so they make a great candidate for grow bags, especially shallow ones! We picked out a 15 gallon size bag that was only 8 inches tall and it worked out perfectly for our space. Picking a shallow grow bag helped us for two reasons:
1.) Since ranunculus do not have a deep root system, they no not need large amounts of soil to thrive. We saved money on potting soil by choosing a shallow grow bag. Wahoo!
2.) Ranunculus roots can be prone to rot. By choosing a shallow bag, the bag drys out quicker than a deeper bag would. Make sure your soil drys out in-between waterings!
We loved grow bags because they are light wight, cheap, and provides good drainage to the root system. We grew our tulip bulbs this way as well with great success.
You can find the grow bag we used here.
We start all of our ranunculus corms in October and November. Refer to our pre-sprouting guide for more growing information here
Looking to fall in love with all the different ranunculus flowers? Check out or favorite varieties here
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