{"id":9033,"date":"2016-12-22T06:55:52","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T06:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9033"},"modified":"2016-12-18T19:32:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T19:32:57","slug":"late-bulb-planting-use-pots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/late-bulb-planting-use-pots\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Bulb Planting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Blue bulbs by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4540964299\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2769\/4540964299_dd9acbb543.jpg\" alt=\"Blue bulbs\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apart from late Tulips I think it is best to leave spring bulbs out of the ground &#8211; the end of November is too late even though you can buy very cheap bulbs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nevertheless I will plant some bulbs in pots.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The trick is to get some decent roots as soon as possible. The flower will already be in the bulb and need support and encouragement to excel in bloom.<\/li>\n<li>Plant bulbs in a pot, water and keep in a cool dark spot.<\/li>\n<li>Bring out into a cool greenhouse, window box or under the house eaves after Christmas. Provide maximum light.<\/li>\n<li>I have just planted a lot of species crocus bought on the cheap. All I needed to do was avoid damaging the early sprouting corms.<\/li>\n<li>Do not use rich compost or add any fertilizer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Muscari alba by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4540964035\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4019\/4540964035_598975f3c8.jpg\" alt=\"Muscari alba\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Gardeners Tips Favourite Links <\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhs.org.uk\/\">The Royal Horticultural Society <\/a> (RHS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alpinegardensociety.net\/\">Alpine Garden Society<\/a> (AGS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/gardening\/\">BBC Gardening<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See our sister site <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/products\/\">Gardening Products<\/a> for tips and ideas on Garden products new and old.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=pansy=&amp;lbc=thompson-morgan&amp;uid=557154991&amp;ts=custom&amp;w=Pansy&amp;af=&amp;isort=score&amp;method=and&amp;view=plaintext&amp;cnt=300\">Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a> search for seeds and plants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Amaryllis can be planted until March &#8211; see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amaryllis.com\/pac.htm\">planting instructions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apart from late Tulips I think it is best to leave spring bulbs out of the ground &#8211; the end of November is too late even though you can buy very cheap bulbs. Nevertheless I will plant some bulbs in pots. The trick is to get some decent roots as soon as possible. The flower will already be in the bulb and need support and encouragement to excel in bloom. Plant bulbs in a pot, water and keep in a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/late-bulb-planting-use-pots\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}