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    I've bought some bulbs from Wilkos and the £shop near me (£world)!

    Not a problem but now I've got to plant the things!

    :-)

  • #2
    Bulbs are on offer in LIDL in a week or so too

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    • #3
      Originally posted by alldigging View Post
      I've bought some bulbs from Wilkos and the £shop near me (£world)!

      Not a problem but now I've got to plant the things!

      :-)
      Last year, I'd bought loads of miniature dafs etc and hadn't got around to planting them so at the end of the year I bunged them in 5s in plant pots. In the spring when they were a few inches high I knocked out the whole potfull and planted them where there were gaps in the borders. I might do that again as looking at the borders now I couldn't tell you where there is space.
      Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you are probably right.
      Edited: for typo, thakns VC

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      • #4
        I got a box of 100 bulbs from wilkos last year cheap .......mixed them up and scattered them then planted them where they fell .......was losing the will to live by the time I'd finished .........
        S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
        a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

        You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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        • #5
          Originally posted by binley100 View Post
          I got a box of 100 bulbs from wilkos last year cheap .......mixed them up and scattered them then planted them where they fell .......was losing the will to live by the time I'd finished .........
          Yes, I know what you mean! But was it worth all the effort? Did you get lots of flowers?
          Forbidden Fruits make many Jams.

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          • #6
            I still have half a mammoth bag of mixed daffs staring at me, begging me to plant them - well, they did last year! Some even flowered in the string bag

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            • #7
              Originally posted by ladylottie View Post
              Yes, I know what you mean! But was it worth all the effort? Did you get lots of flowers?
              yep especially the alliums .......
              S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
              a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

              You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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              • #8
                I love buying bulbs. It's like being given free rein in the sweet shop but planting them is another matter. There's nothing to show for your efforts. I like Singleseeder's idea of starting them in pots as I know I've got gaps too but where are they?

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                • #9
                  I've put some in the back garden but think I need to attack the front garden next and put some in the lawn.

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                  • #10
                    I'm waiting till they reduce them ........
                    although I bought some overwintering japanese onions today
                    S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                    a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

                    You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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                    • #11
                      I'm looking forward to seeing whether my bowl grown hyacinths appear in the spring. I look at the cheap bulbs every year and at the long handled bulb planters. Then I look away.
                      Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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                      • #12
                        Thanks for the reminder, I'm off to Wilkos next week then!

                        Which are best for bulbs, the 99p store or £1 shop? (Or is that like asking how long is a peice of string?! )

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