topic Re: Containers in Garden

Containers

Patriot3 — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 15:08:19 GMT

Has anyone planted mums and tulips in containers? They are such seasonal flowers that I hate to take up space in my beds w/them. I just bought some.

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fthunt — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 15:12:40 GMT

Sure - Harry & David and Jackson (?) have been selling potted tulips, etc., through their catalog for decades. Years ago I ordered and sent tulips to Florida for a relative who can't grow tulips there. (they need a frost) Don't know where you live so just added the frost part!

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Fressa — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 15:20:29 GMT

I did for the first time this year. They did fine. I ordered some more for my containers on the patio.

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Citrine1 — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 15:35:07 GMT

Not tulips, but I always plant my fall mums in containers. They flourish and last through the season beautifully! Good luck.

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Zhills — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 17:01:14 GMT

Lowe's is selling mums in matching pots. They do not need to be replanted unless you buy the small ones for that purpose.

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mousiegirl — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 01:11:03 GMT

@Patriot3 wrote:
Has anyone planted mums and tulips in containers? They are such seasonal flowers that I hate to take up space in my beds w/them. I just bought some.

@Patriot3 I grow most plants in pots, including vegetables and fruit, but tulips will multiply every year, so use a large pot. Eventually, you will have to dig them up and transplant due to multiplication.

Re: Containers

Patriot3 — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 21:17:27 GMT

Thanks, everyone, for your feedback. I will try!

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aoldgirl — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 00:44:54 GMT

Heres an old trick. to mimic "a frost", place in the freezer compartment for 5 to 6 hrs. Remove the pot of blubs, treat as if 6 months had gone by. This little trick will all so work with parsley seeds. They like to "winter over" too.

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JustJazzmom — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 00:46:18 GMT

@aoldgirl wrote:
Heres an old trick. to mimic "a frost", place in the freezer compartment for 5 to 6 hrs. Remove the pot of blubs, treat as if 6 months had gone by. This little trick will all so work with parsley seeds. They like to "winter over" too.

Not sure but I think you meant 5 - 6 weeks.

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GAQShopr53 — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 04:58:13 GMT

This year I planted mums that I purchased from Lowe's in containers and they are doing great. I ordered tulips for next year and will plant in containers. I plant most of my plants in fabric container bags that way I can move then around when needed.

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DiAnne — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 18:33:04 GMT

When I empty my pots of annuals for the winter I replant them not with tulips but with daffodils. I have used tulips in the past but then I have to protect them from the squirrels and cannot plant annuals over them because the bulbs with rot. I buy bags of daffodils at Costco and fills any empty pot that will get watered by rain. I also fill a planter across the front of the house but that I have to remember to water. Daffodils are inexpensive so I just pull them out and dispose of them to plant annuals in the pots.

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mousiegirl — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 19:20:16 GMT

@DiAnne wrote:
When I empty my pots of annuals for the winter I replant them not with tulips but with daffodils. I have used tulips in the past but then I have to protect them from the squirrels and cannot plant annuals over them because the bulbs with rot. I buy bags of daffodils at Costco and fills any empty pot that will get watered by rain. I also fill a planter across the front of the house but that I have to remember to water. Daffodils are inexpensive so I just pull them out and dispose of them to plant annuals in the pots.

@DiAnne I think daffodils would do fine in the soil. We don't get a freeze often, and they handle rain well. Mine come up in Spring, more each year. I planted probably twenty years ago, and decided if they didn't survive, I would just buy more, but they did.

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DiAnne — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 23:52:04 GMT

@mousiegirl wrote:
@DiAnne wrote:
When I empty my pots of annuals for the winter I replant them not with tulips but with daffodils. I have used tulips in the past but then I have to protect them from the squirrels and cannot plant annuals over them because the bulbs with rot. I buy bags of daffodils at Costco and fills any empty pot that will get watered by rain. I also fill a planter across the front of the house but that I have to remember to water. Daffodils are inexpensive so I just pull them out and dispose of them to plant annuals in the pots.

@DiAnne I think daffodils would do fine in the soil. We don't get a freeze often, and they handle rain well. Mine come up in Spring, more each year. I planted probably twenty years ago, and decided if they didn't survive, I would just buy more, but they did.

@mousiegirl

They do fine in the soil but by putting them in the patio pots we can easily see them through glass doors when the weather it too cool to be out in the yard. I also really crowd them in so they look like huge bouquets. I am going to use white ones in the front yard and yellow ones in the back yard.