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Temporary storage of bluebell roots
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I'm very new to this gardening business, you'd be amazed what I don't know Anyway I had my back garden completely overhauled by a pair of gardeners in autumn last year. It had been just a huge jungle and now it is a lawn with an area of ground covering plants (which will do this when they've grown) and some flower-beds along the sides of the lawn. There is an area which has some saplings in it and the gardeners put bluebells in around the base of the saplings so that in spring/summer there was a lovely small sea of blue around the base of the saplings. Unfortunately in spring/summer I was very busy and many weed arrived in the garden. Each weekend now I've been going out and digging out these weeds. Boy there has been a lot of them! Next year I'm going to be prepared to get rid of them in spring before they have a chance to grow. Anyway in the area with the saplings where the bluebells were there are weed everywhere and so I'm having to dig up all the soil around the saplings and when taking out the weeds out come the bulb like roots for the bluebells. I've spoken to the gardener who put them in and he told me that all I needed to do is put the bluebell roots back in after I take out the weeds and they'll be fine. This makes sense to me but in fact it is going to take me a couple of weekends to completely clear this area of weeds. The roots go down very deep indeed. So, I think I'll need to store the bluebell roots somehow while this work is in progress and I'm wondering how best to do this? I thought it would be bad to leave them out overnight so I put them in a bucket of water. Is this a good or a bad idea? Giving the whole matter an alternative thought, perhaps there is not much point in saving the bluebell roots as maybe bluebells are very cheap things to replace in any case. I've never bought a plant in my life so I don't know Thank you for any assistance offered. -- Patrick |
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Temporary storage of bluebell roots
"patrick j" wrote in message al.Net... Hi I'm very new to this gardening business, you'd be amazed what I don't know snipped I've spoken to the gardener who put them in and he told me that all I needed to do is put the bluebell roots back in after I take out the weeds and they'll be fine. Patrick Bluebells are sort of bulbous corms with a few roots. They should have died back completely by now (no leaves left showing and probably not too much root either) I'd be inclined to put them temporarily into some soil and not in a bucket of water. Jenny |
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Temporary storage of bluebell roots
JennyC wrote: "patrick j" wrote in message al.Net... Hi I'm very new to this gardening business, you'd be amazed what I don't know snipped I've spoken to the gardener who put them in and he told me that all I needed to do is put the bluebell roots back in after I take out the weeds and they'll be fine. Patrick Bluebells are sort of bulbous corms with a few roots. They should have died back completely by now (no leaves left showing and probably not too much root either) I'd be inclined to put them temporarily into some soil and not in a bucket of water. Definitely soil, not water. Bluebells aren't like daffodils or onions in having a protective skin which would enable them to survive happily out of the ground: I'd say this lack of a "tunic" also makes them more vulnerable to the ill-effects of immersion. -- Mike. |
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Temporary storage of bluebell roots
patrick j writes
I've spoken to the gardener who put them in and he told me that all I needed to do is put the bluebell roots back in after I take out the weeds and they'll be fine. This makes sense to me but in fact it is going to take me a couple of weekends to completely clear this area of weeds. The roots go down very deep indeed. So, I think I'll need to store the bluebell roots somehow while this work is in progress and I'm wondering how best to do this? I thought it would be bad to leave them out overnight so I put them in a bucket of water. Is this a good or a bad idea? OK overnight, but they'll rot if you leave them much longer. I've kept them successfully in a well ventilated plastic carrier bag. The oils suggestion of others is probably best Giving the whole matter an alternative thought, perhaps there is not much point in saving the bluebell roots as maybe bluebells are very cheap things to replace in any case. You'll still have to plant the new ones so you might as well plant the ones you've got. -- Kay |
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