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Planting lily bulbs
Jigsaw Gill
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I have received lily bulbs today with instructions to plant in horticultural sand. I have a bag of lawn sand and am wondering if this is same or if not, will it be ok to use?
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I think lawn sand is something that kills moss though I've never used it so might be wrong there.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I use a multi purpose compost for my lilly bulbs. Most are planted in pots with crocks in the bottom.
If planting in a pot I would use either JI3 loam based with a couple of handfulls of horticultural grit added.
If planting in the garden I'd set the lily bulbs on a layer of horticultural grit to ensure they don't sit in a puddle.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Do not use lawn sand.
Use multipurpose with added grit.
Ok, thank you everyone- job for tomorrow I think.