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Close planting or bare soil?

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
edited April 2018 in The potting shed
I like to see the whole plant so, with some exceptions e.g. roses, I prefer a bit of bare soil around  my plants.
What do you prefer?
In London. Keen but lazy.

Close planting or bare soil? 37 votes

Bare soil
10%
Bee witchedGuernsey Donkey2EustaceQas 4 votes
Cheek- by - jowl
89%
ObelixxhogweedLynCebeAnniDDovefromaboveBusy-LizzienutcutletfidgetbonesBeaus MumPerkia1154YviestevieKitty 2BeefleyLG_Alan Clark2 in Liverpoolplant pauper[Deleted User]Anna33 33 votes
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Cheek- by - jowl
    Cheek by jowl ... otherwise I'd never fit them all in  ;)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    Cheek- by - jowl
    Tiny garden, so I pack em in tight 😉.
    Bare soil is a weedy patch just waiting to happen.
  • glasgowdanglasgowdan Posts: 632
    Cheek- by - jowl
    I do not understand the british obsession with raking dozens of m2 of bare soil every week. Just put plants in there and the whole thing works so much better and actually looks nice. 
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    Cheek- by - jowl
    A bare patch of soil is a home for a plant.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    Cheek- by - jowl
    Bare soil is a weedy patch just waiting to happen.
    Someone might want to use that as their pearl of wisdom signature.     :) 
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Cheek- by - jowl
    Bare soil = cat's loo around here, so much as l love them, l make it as difficult for them as possible. Oh, and l love plants !  :)  
  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489
    Cheek- by - jowl
    Pack 'em in.No room for weeds.
    SW Scotland
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Cheek- by - jowl
    I leave a bit of space for them to be able to grow and thrive but they then cover the bare soil and end up cheek by jowl.

    Veggie plants generally get more space and bare soil but they're in rows I've made "hoe" wide.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I find weeding therapeutic. Maybe I have a killer instinct :o
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    Cheek- by - jowl
    If I see bare soil in my garden, I know I have failed with a plant and it's died on me! All jam packed together - I live in a cottage and embrace the cottage-garden schema.
    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
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