Planting depth for Fritillaria Pesica wanted
 

I would like to know please what is the depth that fritillaria persica
should be when planted in a pot. I know that in the ground the depth is 4"
to the top of the bulb.


--
Art
Swap seeds and plants and visit many specialist garden forums at
Garden Web http://www.gardenweb.com
My Garden Web exchange page http://www.gardenweb.com/members/exch/art1952
European Pages http://www.uk.gardenweb.com/

Planting depth for Fritillaria Pesica wanted
 

On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:36:48 -0000, "Carol Russell"
wrote:

I would like to know please what is the depth that fritillaria persica
should be when planted in a pot. I know that in the ground the depth is 4"
to the top of the bulb.

Put the bulb in the middle of the pot, more or less. If you can
find a deep pot of some sort, that might be better, but I
wouldn't waste any time on a search.

Be aware that many bulbs do not do especially well in pots,
unless you are quite careful about feeding them. Bulbs are very
heavy feeders and the amount of nutrition contained in one potful
of soil is not enough for the newly formed bulb to properly bulk
up.

If you only want one year's flowering and plan on then tossing
the bulb out, then it doesn't make any difference if it starves
to death.


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada