Last year at Hampton Court we bought a couple of delphiniums from one of the
specialist exhibitors there.

We have a desperate problem with snails here (less so with slugs), and I
mentioned that my previous planted-out dephiniums perhaps lasted a week
before they had been devoured beyond the point of flourishing.

Their advice was to leave them in the pots until late-spring this year, and
feed them with XXX food until they were big enough to be able to cope with
the onslaught.

Problem is I can't remember for the life of me whether XXX was rose
fertiliser or tomato food. My instinct is that it was rose fertiliser.

Anyone able to confirm or correct this?


--
Richard Sampson

mail me at
richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk