Does any one know where one can buy these at a reasonable price?i know
Bakkers stock them but I am looking for something a bit cheaper ;-0
Perhaps someone has a brilliant idea for using some thing else?
Elizabeth in Renfrewshire, Scotland.
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Does any one know where one can buy these at a reasonable price?i know
Bakkers stock them but I am looking for something a bit cheaper ;-0
Perhaps someone has a brilliant idea for using some thing else?

Why do you want to use a plastic mesh basket when planting bulbs?


I find it's easy to lift the bulbs in their baskets of soil, then they can
die off naturally without taking up space and looking unsightly in the
border.

I use acquatic pond baskets, which I think are cheaper than bulb baskets and
come in various sizes. You could also try chicken wire shaped into a
basket. Or landscape fabric/plastic sheeting and leave the ends sticking
out of the soil to make the whole thing easier to lift when the bulbs have
finished.

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message

Why do you want to use a plastic mesh basket when planting bulbs?
I've never bothered lifting bulbs annually. I would think that
lifting the same bulbs annually must disrupt their roots and feeding
Bulbs planted in plastic sheeting would surely get so water logged
they would rot; but in any case, surely plastic or fabric sticking out
of the border soil, on view for six months, would be a whole lot more
unsightly than a few weeks of fading leaves?

My borders are so small that if I left the bulbs to die down I'd not have
space for anything else. After I've lifted the baskets (soil and all) I
then drop in something for the summer. I must confess that I've not tried
the plastic sheeting thing, but my garden teacher said he does that (I
presume it has lots of holes poked in), and the plastic is covered in soil
leaving just a tiny bit to grab hold of.

I've done the basket thing for a few years and the bulbs come back every
spring. I leave the bulbs in the baskets until the autumn so they have a
chance to multiply, and then put fresh soil in the baskets and replant in
the autumn.

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"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message

Why do you want to use a plastic mesh basket when planting bulbs?
I've never bothered lifting bulbs annually. I would think that
lifting the same bulbs annually must disrupt their roots and feeding
Bulbs planted in plastic sheeting would surely get so water logged
they would rot; but in any case, surely plastic or fabric sticking out
of the border soil, on view for six months, would be a whole lot more
unsightly than a few weeks of fading leaves?

My borders are so small that if I left the bulbs to die down I'd not have
space for anything else. After I've lifted the baskets (soil and all) I
then drop in something for the summer.

"For the summer" sounds like annuals? It's possible to plant the
bulbs a little deeper, and plant annuals or perennials on top. As the
bulbs go over the expanding spring foliage of perennials and annuals
cover up the fading leaves.

Janet
Thanks for the replies.
Janet, this is mainly for tulip bulbs in the border we plant our
summer annuals, like Jane
this particular border is quite small so it suits us to be able to
lift the clumps and store for the following year

Daffs and other bulbs are left in to spread and multiply in other
parts of the garden :-)
Elizabeth in Renfrewshire, Scotland.
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Thanks for the replies.
Janet, this is mainly for tulip bulbs in the border we plant our
summer annuals, like Jane
this particular border is quite small so it suits us to be able to
lift the clumps and store for the following year

Daffs and other bulbs are left in to spread and multiply in other
parts of the garden :-)
Elizabeth in Renfrewshire, Scotland.
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How about making your own out of 2" mesh chicken wire? Just cut and shape
it to the desired result (over the base of a bucket or other container,
perhaps) and be a bit careful of the edges which you could, in any case,
bind with some heavy duty tape.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

A lot of Pound shops or 60p shops sell plastic baskets. Saw some in a
Worthing £1 shop at the weekend 5 for a pound. They were about 6inches deep
and 9" by 5" wide or there abouts.