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BUYING LATE BULBS

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  Posted by punpun (U14553477) on Tuesday, 21st December 2010

  Hi All,
  Just a quick note for those trying to fill the borders up for spring,
  Ive been to our local garden centre today and they're selling off bags of bulbs Tulips/daffs/Crocus etc buy one bag and get one free;
  You can still plant these bulbs (if the ground isnt frozen) out side and they'll flower in the spring,
  Or do as i do and plant the bulbs in tubs etc and just keep away from frost (a shed or better still a cold greenhouse, cover with a fleece if you think frost may get in such a place)
  
  During early spring, put these tubs/pots around the patio, or plant the complete tub into the ground or your garden for a nice spring display and then remove after flowering is done.
  
  after this spring flowering is over these bulbs are going into the garden for next years and the years after flowering.
  
  It's a good way to build up your borders for a good price.

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  Posted by John Moodie (U14353581) on Wednesday, 22nd December 2010

  Hello punpun,
  Your post brought something to mind. I remember a little while back your message on making plant markers so one knows what they have planted.
  I have always meant to do so, but never have gotten to it. So talking of bulbs, and I have only myself to blame. Ordered quite a lot of bulbs from Brecks last fall, planted them and didn't bother to mark them. So my procrastination has just made more work for me in having to figure out what is what come spring.

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  Posted by punpun (U14553477) on Wednesday, 22nd December 2010

  Hi John,
  I lost my old friend "SAM" early on this year, (Sam was my dog) we still have two dogs but sam I bought and he went every place i went,
  
  Well we've an old apple tree that looks across almost all the land i own,
  It's in one corner of the garden and an ideal place to sit and think about anything
  
  "What you'd call a real place to think spot"
  Anyway the day "Sam" died was a real sad day for me and i decided to put my best mate to rest in this part of the garden under the old apple tree,
  
  After a few months it was time to order the bulbs from a company ive used before and their order forms arrived and so i thought I'd cover "Sams" resting place with all small flowers, ie mini daffs, crocus, blue bells ,muscary etc etc
  and the intention was to put verious pockets of bulbs here and there but in the end i didnt mark any of the spot and im just waiting to see this spot in the spring.
  
  So "john" your not alone and maybe we can exchange thoughts next spring on any results we have?

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  Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Thursday, 23rd December 2010

  I'm not convinced punpun bulbs purchased now will produce a show of flowers next year. I'm not very good with bulbs and I'm sure other people will say different but I've been following the distructions this time.
  
  I've moved my crocus and daffs into the GH for an earlier showing because their buds have been coming through and they kept being covered in a layer of snow. I'm now in unchartered ground because that goes against the distructions. Probably why I'm not very good at growing bulbs in pots. The GH isn't really any warmer than outside, there's frost on the glass
  
  Hyacinth and Allium were potted up and are in the GH. The hyacinths started to bud but stopped, which was expected once I realised the hyacinths weren't treated to grow on indoors, I'd put them in the shed to force their growth Their soil is getting dry now but I don't know when to water because of the frosty nights/days.
  
  The Allium and tulips aren't doing anything.
  
  
  

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  Posted by punpun (U14553477) on Thursday, 23rd December 2010

  Hi Zoomer,
  hope your well and enjoying gardening,
  Now ref the bulbs, first things first "you can plant bulbs "outside now if the ground isn't like concrete and you ensure you plant low enough and i can assure you they will come up this next summer, maybe a little later than they should but they do come up.
  
  you see the bulb has all its food inside it now for its next showing, and once the bulb shows its head it will decide if it's going to continue growing or not and the weather is the deciding factor here,
  Ive got muscary showing through now, it'll be a few month until they flower "but you can see the green leaves showing above the grass line.
  
  
  the pro/growers put their bulbs in fridge like conditions to control when the bulbs will flower and thats why you'll see flowering bulbs in the garden centre's out of season, so if your ground is not all freezed up and you can dig deep enough and you want to take advantage of the cheaper bulbs the garden centre's are selling off ? Then give it ago,
  if your ground cant be worked? then buy the bulbs and plant them in the troughs etc cover them with fleece in the greenhouse and they should be O,k.
  
  REF watering your dry looking soil,
  one of the biggest killers in gardening both inside and outside gardening is the over watering by kindness,
  outside in this time of the year the damp above ground conditiond are something to think about, when your all tucked up in your bed of an night and its not a freezing night, that damp air and moisture is more than enough to keep the leaves feeding and this will be passed down the leaves to the roots inside the bulb, so dont over water,
  if on the other hand your worried about the bulbs in the greenhouse??
  Spray them during the morning a light mist spray and the same feeding as outside will happen,
  
  You know you can have daffs flowering from december to august if you get the right bulbs, my friend who lives down the track from me has daffs every january.
  
  REF your hyacinths,
  If you part fill a clear glass jar with glass beads and sit the hyacinth on the beads and give a little water just under the beads, (no soil or compost)
  the hyacinths will grow and flower early if kept in full light and indoors,
  
  the smell from the open bulbs is better than any house sprays you can by and it last for ages.
  
  Anyway have a merry christmas and lets hope we have a short winter.
  REGARDS punpun.

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