On 2009-09-07 17:15:01 +0100, solaara
said:


'Pam Moore[_2_ Wrote:
;863822']On Sun, 6 Sep 2009 17:37:31 +0100, solaara
wrote:
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I planted daffs 4 yrs ago..They flowered the first year and nothing
since.. I have them in compost in a tub..We have chalk soil and the
ones in the ground seem to do alright...Will bonemeal help or will I
have to put them in the ground..My daughter planted some in tubs last
year and only a few flowered..Also, what depth should they be
planted?-

Have you dug down and investigated the bulbs in the last year or so?
In pots, unless you feed them very well, they seem to shrink and die
off after a couple of years. You may no longer have bulbs of
flowering size.
In my experience they do well in tubs for one or two years, then I put
them in the garden and put new ones in the tubs/pots. Some sort of
feeding IS necessary.

Pam in Bristol

I will do as you say and investigate them..I thought that you just put
them in a tub and left them...What an ass!!!!!!!

And of course, squirrels might be contributors to the problem if you
have no bulbs left - or mice.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon