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Summer and Winter pots
Due to my and disability, I am considering keeping separate winter
pots (eg for daffs) and different pots for a whole host of summer bedding. I plan on leaving the daffs to die off in their pots during the summer months. Would this be OK? |
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m... Due to my and disability, I am considering keeping separate winter pots (eg for daffs) and different pots for a whole host of summer bedding. I plan on leaving the daffs to die off in their pots during the summer months. Would this be OK? Last year, I left all my spring bulbs in their pots (daffs, snowdrops, tulips, crocus, anemone, etc). All of them are flowering their socks off right now. |
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"pat" wrote in message m... Due to my and disability, I am considering keeping separate winter pots (eg for daffs) and different pots for a whole host of summer bedding. I plan on leaving the daffs to die off in their pots during the summer months. Would this be OK? Put everything in one pot so they flower through the year and then you won't have to move the pots at all. The stuff which is coming up will help hide the foliage of the things that are dying down. You could have a few siberian iris then daffodil then tulip then gladioli and have the whole lot growing up through low greenery such as variegated ivies to give a bit of all-year-round interest. I'm not sure why separate pots would be easier for you unless you're planning on leaving the 'dead' pots next to the 'live' ones. -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm |
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writes Due to my and disability, I am considering keeping separate winter pots (eg for daffs) and different pots for a whole host of summer bedding. I plan on leaving the daffs to die off in their pots during the summer months. Would this be OK? yes, no problem. Feed the daffs from now until they die down - whether they flower next year depends on them building up the buds now. The leaves will have died down by midsummer, so you might be able to use the same pots for a late summer/autumn display. For several years I kept going a window box mainly planted with heathers but in the autumn hardy cyclamen would poke their way through the heathers, and in spring I'd have miniature daffodils (daffodils 8 inches or less high don't flop around so much in pots) And I now have a low maintenance box on the toilet window which has daffodils in the spring, with an underplanting of mixed succulents to give a vegetative display for the rest of the year. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:08:55 +0000, Kay Easton
wrote: Feed the daffs from now until they die down - whether they flower next year depends on them building up the buds now. What is the best feed to use in this case? Pam in Bristol |
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:08:55 +0000, Kay Easton
wrote: Feed the daffs from now until they die down - whether they flower next year depends on them building up the buds now. What is the best feed to use in this case? Pam in Bristol |
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Subject: Summer and Winter pots
From: Kay Easton Date: 19/03/2004 22:54 GMT Standard Time Message-id: In article , Pam Moore writes On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:08:55 +0000, Kay Easton wrote: Feed the daffs from now until they die down - whether they flower next year depends on them building up the buds now. What is the best feed to use in this case? No idea! I use the long-life pellets for convenience. I've no idea if it helps, but my gran always used to use tomorite on the basis if it was good enough for tomatos it was good enough for anything else. It seemed to work. -- Rhiannon http://www.livejournal.com/users/rhiannon_s/ "The trick is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even write a crime report about them." Aubrey on remaining at liberty www.somethingpositive.net |
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Subject: Summer and Winter pots
From: Kay Easton Date: 19/03/2004 22:54 GMT Standard Time Message-id: In article , Pam Moore writes On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:08:55 +0000, Kay Easton wrote: Feed the daffs from now until they die down - whether they flower next year depends on them building up the buds now. What is the best feed to use in this case? No idea! I use the long-life pellets for convenience. I've no idea if it helps, but my gran always used to use tomorite on the basis if it was good enough for tomatos it was good enough for anything else. It seemed to work. -- Rhiannon http://www.livejournal.com/users/rhiannon_s/ "The trick is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even write a crime report about them." Aubrey on remaining at liberty www.somethingpositive.net |
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:37:26 -0000, Martin Sykes wrote:
"pat" wrote in message m... Due to my and disability, I am considering keeping separate winter pots (eg for daffs) and different pots for a whole host of summer bedding. I plan on leaving the daffs to die off in their pots during the summer months. Would this be OK? Put everything in one pot so they flower through the year and then you won't have to move the pots at all. The stuff which is coming up will help hide the foliage of the things that are dying down. You could have a few siberian iris then daffodil then tulip then gladioli and have the whole lot growing up through low greenery such as variegated ivies to give a bit of all-year-round interest. I'm not sure why separate pots would be easier for you unless you're planning on leaving the 'dead' pots next to the 'live' ones. One drawback to the all-in-one-pot method is that some bulbs require dry, warm summer rest to do their best. You can't combine a tulip that demands such treatment with a water-loving plant like Iris sibirica and expect them to both do their best. The reverse is also true: many spring-flowering blubs want fairly copious winter moisture, and summer-flowering ones (e.g. gladiolus) want dry winter conditions. Also: There are some experienced bulb growers who are very disparaging of the practice of overplanting bulbs with groundcovers. The groundcovers both sap nutrients and prevent the soil from warming adequately in summer. When the expert speaks, the amateurs listen. If the OP can manage two sets of pots, I'd encourage him to do so. Of course he can experiment with mixed pots and see if the results are good; I make no claim to infallibility. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [change "atlantic" to "pacific" and "invalid" to "net" to reply by email] |
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:08:55 +0000, Kay Easton wrote:
...Feed the daffs from now until they die down - whether they flower next year depends on them building up the buds now. Actually, that's not true. Yes, I know, that's what all the books say, but my own experience suggests otherwise. I have found that fertilizer applied at the beginning of September leads to considerably improved flowering of narcissus the next spring. I have no idea what the devil the mechanism is, given that the flower buds in narcissus *are* formed the previous summer. At a guess, flower buds form easily in summer, but lack of adequate nutrients causes them to abort during the winter. So if you forget to feed your daffs now, try a fall feeding. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [change "atlantic" to "pacific" and "invalid" to "net" to reply by email] |
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:08:55 +0000, Kay Easton wrote:
...Feed the daffs from now until they die down - whether they flower next year depends on them building up the buds now. Actually, that's not true. Yes, I know, that's what all the books say, but my own experience suggests otherwise. I have found that fertilizer applied at the beginning of September leads to considerably improved flowering of narcissus the next spring. I have no idea what the devil the mechanism is, given that the flower buds in narcissus *are* formed the previous summer. At a guess, flower buds form easily in summer, but lack of adequate nutrients causes them to abort during the winter. So if you forget to feed your daffs now, try a fall feeding. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [change "atlantic" to "pacific" and "invalid" to "net" to reply by email] |
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"Martin Sykes" wrote "pat" wrote Due to my and disability, I am considering keeping separate winter pots (eg for daffs) and different pots for a whole host of summer bedding. I plan on leaving the daffs to die off in their pots during the summer months. Would this be OK? Put everything in one pot so they flower through the year and then you won't have to move the pots at all. The stuff which is coming up will help hide the foliage of the things that are dying down. You could have a few siberian iris then daffodil then tulip then gladioli and have the whole lot growing up through low greenery such as variegated ivies to give a bit of all-year-round interest. I'm not sure why separate pots would be easier for you unless you're planning on leaving the 'dead' pots next to the 'live' ones. Martin & Anna Sykes I tend to disagree here. Bulbs dying down look so dismal - especially in pots ! I'm assuming that Pat has someone to move the pots around ? I have masses of bulbs in pots, which I hide away behind the dustbins during summer. They get an occasional watering if its very dry but no other special treatment. I used to take them up, dry them of and repot, but leaving them in situ works just as well :~)) Jenny |
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"Martin Sykes" wrote "pat" wrote Due to my and disability, I am considering keeping separate winter pots (eg for daffs) and different pots for a whole host of summer bedding. I plan on leaving the daffs to die off in their pots during the summer months. Would this be OK? Put everything in one pot so they flower through the year and then you won't have to move the pots at all. The stuff which is coming up will help hide the foliage of the things that are dying down. You could have a few siberian iris then daffodil then tulip then gladioli and have the whole lot growing up through low greenery such as variegated ivies to give a bit of all-year-round interest. I'm not sure why separate pots would be easier for you unless you're planning on leaving the 'dead' pots next to the 'live' ones. Martin & Anna Sykes I tend to disagree here. Bulbs dying down look so dismal - especially in pots ! I'm assuming that Pat has someone to move the pots around ? I have masses of bulbs in pots, which I hide away behind the dustbins during summer. They get an occasional watering if its very dry but no other special treatment. I used to take them up, dry them of and repot, but leaving them in situ works just as well :~)) Jenny |
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