I'm trying to find Buggy Crazy and can't find her website. Can anyone send it to me? I decided I can't wait a whole year to get some colour around the yard, so I'm going to fill half barrels with bulbs and keep them on the deck and front porch. Maybe I'll put some down the walk aswell. I'm going to let them go through the summer and then plant them in beds in the fall. I want to get all the down facing pastel asiatics and the pastel orientals. I'm going to order from the Lily Garden too. I figure if I fill in with some anuals that will give me enough colour to get through. Thanks in advance.
Yehudith
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And you do excell at it! LOL Thanks alot. Would I do better to pot them up in smaller pots and put them in the fridge then plant them out in the spring or just put them out in the big tubs now? I figure if they're in big tubs they'll do fine through the winter, what do you think?
I'd put them into the ground, but if you can't do that, I'd pot them up and sink that into the ground. How big of tub are we talking? What zone are you now?
Zone 7. I wanted to use old wiskey barrels that have been cut in half. Thing is, I don't think I'm going to be able to get them in the ground. This yard hasn't seen a shovel, rake, sand or compost since the land was first developed 30 years ago. I think I'm going to get stuck putting in mostly raised beds or spending the rest of my life improving the soil. Its a lovely lot though with lots of possibilities, and isn't that the joy of gardening.
You should be ok to put them in the barrels and not worry about sinking them into the ground. Here in zone 5a I couldn't do that, or I couldn't do that with an expensive bulb, a cheap one, yes, an expensive one, no. :)
I think the barrels will work out great. I know someone here in zone 6 who grew Orientals in large clay pots, left exposed over winter, and they did surprisingly well. I had a problem one year with some spring bulbs in a whiskey barrel, they were too wet during winter and rotted. With that in mind, I'd advise that you make sure to use a very free draining soil mix- perhaps avoid those that are mostly peat. For my bulb plants in pots, I mix fine ground pine bark mulch with potting soil (typically Miracle Gro), about half and half, maybe a little heavier on the potting soil.
Oh, and Yehudith, I saw your other thread and wanted to congratulate you on the new home and garden! So glad you can put down roots again :-)
I guess you moved and you're settled. I wish you lots of mazel in your new home with new neighbors.
We do a lot of container gardening in large containers raised off the ground. We add lots of dry leaves and composted leaf mould. Make sure you ADD holes for good drainage and redrill new holes if you're not draining well.
Bravo on the completion of your move. Much happiness to you!
Donna
Not there yet! We were supposed to settle tomorrow. That ain't goin' to happen. The deadline is Fri so G-d willing....
We got news just before Shabbos that we have loan approval so now the end truely is insight.
Thanks for all your advice and help. I like to use a mix of Ocean Forest and tons and tons , like 3:1 mix of perlite. I fertilize with bat poop using the high nitrogen one until I see buds then I switch to the high phosporous kind. I've been using it on my
veggies and they do great. It holds moisture and drains supper well and is light enough I can move all my pots around without breaking my back. And, its all organinc.
Oh speaking of organics, just learned there's a major deer problem here. There is a ray of sunshine though. Sparky just loves to chase deer. 15 pounds soaking wet and he tried to bring down a buck yesterday when we were walking in the woods behind our new house. To top it off Bonnie our 15 year old corgie got in the act and was trying to herd him into Sparky to finish him off. So I'm thinking if we put in a dog door in they should be able to keep them out of the yard. I'll also have to be proactive and cover everything with netting to keep them out.
If you can fence your area. Your eally don't need to be searching for your dogs all over the country. Chasing deer is a good way for a pup to get lost, or hit by a car.
Oh no Ticker!!! Believe me my doggies are well fencec. I have them trained to an electronic fence with a regular fence as backup or maybe I should say that the other way around. The back yard is fenced, but the perimeter of the whole yard has an electronic fence. That way if one of the kids leaves the gate open I have a chance to get them before they're out of the yard. The problem is around here the deer jump the fences to get into the yards. The otherday, when we were in the woods, the dogs were on leashes and dragging me along.
We're lucky this house is already fenced on 3 sides so be just have to go accross the back.