Thompson And Morgan Bulbs.

[Tilly2]

If anyone is interested there is an offer on Martin Lewis' The Money Saving Expert website For Thompson and Morgan bulbs.

425 bulbs for £9.94

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/thompson-and-morgan#bulbs425

Offer closes tomorrow.

[Maydup]

Wow, that certainly is great value, although 425 bulbs is 400 too many for my back!

[Toorak]

Thank you Tilly - that's a great deal and I have ordered them!

[Tilly2]

I'm going to share them with a friend.

Then, I'm going to put mine in pots and move them around the garden as and when.

[Toorak]

I will give some to a friend too. But I'll probably plant in the ground - we took all out bulbs out while we 'refreshed' a rather tired garden so we have some gaps among the perennials that can be filled.

[Tilly2]

Mr T is terrible for digging up bulbs and not putting them back. He has no patience with them and sticks them in a bucket with the weeds!

My bulbs are safer in their own pots. :-)

[Toorak]

I'm a bit guilty of that myself :-(

[Tilly2]

Toorak, do you know if I can just use ordinary soil in my pots? Filling pots with John Innes No.2 is going to cost a lot of money.

If they grow in ordinary soil in the ground, they sould be ok with soil in a pot, do you think?

[Toorak]

I'm no expert but I would have thought so - they tend to grow well in the ground. I don't think they need compost.

[Toorak]

Mind you the RHS suggests using compost:

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/how-to-plant-bulbs-in-a-pot

[Toorak]

Maybe the key thing is to make sure that the pots can drain well so that the bulbs don't get mushy

[Tilly2]

Thanks for that link, Toorak. Those pots look stunning!

I suppose I could do a mixture of loam based compost and soil and see how it goes.

[Tilly2]

Just a bump in case anyone needs any bulbs for summer flowering.

[Old_Geezer]

Oh my Lord; how many days' work is that ? And do you need both your neighbours' gardens too ?

[Tilly2]

I think some of them are really little bulbs, OG.

[Giggsie]

Great value thanks for sharing

[Tilly2]

Another bump.

[murraymints]

bulBs belong in pots..not garden..blummin nuisance

[Tilly2]

That's what Mr T says, Minty.

[murraymints]

lol 'tis trooooo !

[Tilly2]

If i don't put mine in pots he ends up throwing them away.