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Bulbs in containers

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
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A word of warning :o
I'm not bothering this year, but my neighbour has. He  planted up his containers and went away for a few days. Looking out my window, it's carnage! There's soil all over his patio. This morning, I watched a squirrel sitting in the middle of a container , tucking into a tulip bulb.
If you're going to do it, sprinkle holly on the top or net them.
In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    I've given up on tulips for the time being. By the time I've built a fortress around them to keep squirrels and other hungry rodents out, with machine gun posts and razor wire, the glorious spring colour impact has been somewhat diminished. Tulips are clearly delicious and also must have a strong smell that means they can be found even when planted really deep. Crocus are the next favourite.

    On the other hand, muscari and narcissus are generally left alone, as are alliums. 


    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    R'girl - the mistake you've made is not having the well placed sniper 24 hours a day .... ;)
    I've stopped putting out peanuts, and with the bird cage for feeding, there's no other food out in the open now that they like, so they seem to be leaving my garden alone  - for now. There'sno shortage of them round here either, so it's not that there simply aren't any. 
    It's the little alliums they dug up in my garden - sphaerocephalon. Any tulips I plant in the ground, which isn't many, seemed to be left. 
    Perhaps yours have different taste buds  :D
    I forgot to pick up a bundle of species tulips that I was planting yesterday, and they were lying on top of the bed. Still there this morning. Maybe I was just lucky though. They don't seem to go near those, and many are tiny - wonder if they smell/taste different? 
    Nets over pots are definitely the answer B3. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited October 2018
    I find holly works too, but I'm not putting any bulbs in pots this year.
    Clay is workable today so I've put some anemone blanda and cheerfulness in the ground. I hope the squirrels weren't watching😕
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Yy
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Ignore yy. I was trying to work out what</> means
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    B3 said:
    Ignore yy. I was trying to work out what</> means
    more or less?
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Ah - but more than or less than what r'girl.... ;)
    I love Cheerfulness, B3. One of my faves. There's a yellow variety too - lemony looking. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    So why is it on the toolbar here?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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