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Adam urges us to "drench---- bulbs with liquid feed mixed into their water". What constitutes a good liquid feed? Depends on the product. Mix the liquid feed in line with the guidelines on the packaging, and water as normal. Hi  Gold1locks!  Thanks

Blue bulbsBlue is one of my favourite colours in the garden. Every year, I eagerly scour catalogues and flower-show exhibits for new varieties of blue-flowering bulbs. Plan ahead so you can enjoy a sea of blue in February, before the daffodils

I've just received my Polianthes tuberosa bulbs -20 of them- which I will plant in four big pots to give me a line of wonderfully scented flowers for the summer. In between seeing to the summer months to come, I am planting snowdrops, anemones

a friend swears by soaking the bulbs in paraffin, while someone at the allotment says chili or tabasco sauce deters unwanted wildlife... never tried any of them myself. The old trick of using a small domed cage from chicken mesh or smaller would

Parkers Bulbs catalogues are inserted in Gardener's World magazine, unfortunately all the plants I have bought from them have either been wrong or died, except three ferns, which are not as advertised. I hadn't ordered from them for years

Can anyone help to stop it happening next spring ? All the buds were attacked by some insect, and I don't think anything escaped ! From Barbara in Paignton Which bulbs did you grow? I find that slugs seem to go for tulips ,daffodils-could that have

Hi all, can anyone help me please.When I was young,  my dad had a potato planter. Thats what he used it for, but it may have been a bulb planter? anyway it had long handles, you pushed it into the soil with your foot (as you do when digging

Hi.  I've been forced to dig up a border full of daffodil and tulip bulbs which unfortunately have not yet died down properly due to impending building work.  I tried to disturb them as little as possible and lift them with as much soil around them

Hi all,i've got a few handful of bulbs to plant and wondered if they will multiply on their own or will i need to buy more? Species include,snakes head fritilary,bluebells,wild tulips,wild daffodils,snowdrops and lesser celandine.The soil

Hello! I've tried googling for this question, but can't find anything which quite answers it. I have several grape hyacinth bulbs flowering at the moment in containers on my balcony (and a few indoors who didn't like that at ALL and shot up and went