Hi all. I am a novice gardener (despite my age) and I wonder if I should lift all of the bulbs I planted after flowering (or not as some didn't) or can I leave them in the ground/pots?
On certain soils it might be better to lift certain ones such as tulips although on my own sandy soil I leave all bulbs in situ to naturalise and indeed my hyacinths and tulips are coming into flower now, some after ten years in the ground.
You MUST nanessa let them die down naturally with full light and if in pots sufficient watering to build up strength for future years
I am not a great fan of lifting and letting them die down elsewhere but if you must use the space for something else then it is possible but will give very inferior results
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Hi all. I am a novice gardener (despite my age) and I wonder if I should lift all of the bulbs I planted after flowering (or not as some didn't) or can I leave them in the ground/pots?
On certain soils it might be better to lift certain ones such as tulips although on my own sandy soil I leave all bulbs in situ to naturalise and indeed my hyacinths and tulips are coming into flower now, some after ten years in the ground.
You MUST nanessa let them die down naturally with full light and if in pots sufficient watering to build up strength for future years
I am not a great fan of lifting and letting them die down elsewhere but if you must use the space for something else then it is possible but will give very inferior results
Thank you Roger. I will leave them alone then! I don't doubt that a few may be lost when I work the ground around them but I will weather that.