I love this video. Consider adding some leaf mould. And it is a great idea to add a layer of pure grit at the top to prevent the compost splashing into the petals in the rain and dirtying them. This will also prevent squirrels from digging them up as grit is sharp on their paws.
As @Lizzie27 says - tulips need sharp drainage, so I'd never put them in with daffs/narcissus. Better to keep them separate. Many still won't reliably return year after year because we don't have the best climate in the UK for growing them well. Most daffs/narcs prefer some moisture, and some need quite a bit to do their best, so it's better to keep them separate and just group pots together to get the effect you want.
I also dislike the lasagne thing - it rarely looks good because it's rarely done well IMO. Too many different bulbs normally, and you end up with loads of foliage and hardly any flower. I always think they need done with very big containers to get the impact, and then only using two, or three at most, types of bulb. I'm not sure what bulb start is @RoddersUK, but I'm assuming it's a feed of some kind? If so, just another marketing ploy I expect Most healthy, mature bulbs just need something to grow in. Extra food isn't needed Tulips can be planted now if going in pots with new compost as it's commercially treated so there should be no risk of virus. It's in the ground that matters more if you're in a warm area. We don't have to worry here with having cooler ground for planting - it's fine now
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks @Lizzie27 and @Fairygirl. Will try separate pots, the bulbs were only £1.29 a pack from Lidl so not the end of the world if it doesn't work. Finally got to the GC yesterday to pick up my free back of tulip bulbs only to find the offer finished last week so bought some new pots and 3 sad looking herbs from the search and rescue table for 10p each instead😁😁
@Angelicant - someone had a mixed bag of tulips and daffs recently on the forum, and posted photos because they were unsure which was which. If you're unsure, I'll see if I can find the thread, or you can post pix here on this one
10p bargains sound good
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It is reassuring to hear that other people have found that the bulb layering / lasagne method isn't quite what it's cracked up to be - thought it was just me being useless!
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
I've never rated it @Topbird. Much better to have 3 pots with a single type of bulb in it, and group them together, than try to shoe horn those three types into a 12 or 15 inch pot, which is what often happens.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I've just been rather stupid and absentmindedly mixed MPC with Hort.Sand instead of Hort. Grit for my bulbs in pots - thought it was rather fine! The bulbs will just have to sink or swim. Iris Reticulata ' Harmony.
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I also dislike the lasagne thing - it rarely looks good because it's rarely done well IMO. Too many different bulbs normally, and you end up with loads of foliage and hardly any flower. I always think they need done with very big containers to get the impact, and then only using two, or three at most, types of bulb.
I'm not sure what bulb start is @RoddersUK, but I'm assuming it's a feed of some kind? If so, just another marketing ploy I expect
Most healthy, mature bulbs just need something to grow in. Extra food isn't needed
Tulips can be planted now if going in pots with new compost as it's commercially treated so there should be no risk of virus. It's in the ground that matters more if you're in a warm area. We don't have to worry here with having cooler ground for planting - it's fine now
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Get people to buy products which aren't actually necessary?
10p bargains sound good
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Harmony is very nice. I had it years ago.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...