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Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Velociraptor Mar 2023 8:41pm, 18 Mar 2023 62,944 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor (That's useful to know about the reticulatas, Hanneke. I was hoping to naturalise some clumps of them in a reasonably well drained patch of lawn, but I might have to stick to pots. They weren't happy under the bark chips last year either.)
Hanneke Mar 2023 9:02pm, 18 Mar 2023 100,825 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke Stick them in pots, terracotta, those half high ones and mix the potting compost with grit. You can then dot the pots around where you want the flowers in spring and once they finish you put them somewhere out of sight till next year. I have some in a very well drained corner of a raised bed. Everywhere else I do the pot thing.
Hanneke Mar 2023 9:03pm, 18 Mar 2023 100,826 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke Cerertonia your garden sounds amazing! A walled garden has always been a dream.
Velociraptor Mar 2023 9:06pm, 18 Mar 2023 62,945 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor I have quite a lot in pots (including some that shared quite happily with my son's strawberry plants) and some in a border
Hanneke Mar 2023 9:06pm, 18 Mar 2023 100,829 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke Great! I love reticulatas!
Hanneke Mar 2023 9:07pm, 18 Mar 2023 100,830 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke I will be chitting my spuds tomorrow and hopefully planting my onions!
Ocelot Spleens Mar 2023 9:10pm, 18 Mar 2023 36,708 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens I filled in my failed onions with a mixture of Shallots including some banana shallots. Might be interesting how they go....
Hanneke Mar 2023 10:02pm, 18 Mar 2023 100,832 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke I got banana shallots too. Never grown them before.
Ocelot Spleens Mar 2023 4:26pm, 19 Mar 2023 36,712 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens Just reading about them, they need really good soil, I had pepped up the bed they are in with last year's compost, so fingers crossed they'll be good. So there's garlic, red onions, banana, red and yellow shallots in there....
Hanneke Mar 2023 5:15pm, 19 Mar 2023 100,866 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke I made sort of a start on prepping the bed but will need to do it in dribs and drabs or ask a friend. I did put my spuds out to chit though