Lattice Pots

[Alan_b]

possibly 5 that were given to me.

And how long has it taken for 5 to get to 37, Mark?

[mark smyth]

maybe 6 or 7 years. I've lost my spreadsheet. For each snowdrop I had a note of how many flowers when I aquired it. How many flowers the next year and the year after ...

[Anthony Darby]

maybe 6 or 7 years. I've lost my spreadsheet. For each snowdrop I had a note of how many flowers when I acquired it. How many flowers the next year and the year after ...

How thorough!

[Alan_b]

maybe 6 or 7 years. I've lost my spreadsheet. For each snowdrop I had a note of how many flowers when I acquired it. How many flowers the next year and the year after ...

How thorough!

But more thorough if Mark had made a backup copy of the spreadsheet. 

[KentGardener]

I try and repot them every two years.

[Toft Tops]

My pots arrived this morning.  Just as I expected.  Cheap but a bit of a long wait!

[mark smyth]

But more thorough if Mark had made a backup copy of the spreadsheet

of course. I did find my list from 2002. It's very worring how many I have had and lost. I deleted it because I never want to see it again. If only I was as aware of Narcissus flies as I am now.

It's very interesting how this year I'm taking all my snowdrops out of lattice pots you guys are putting them in. Time will tell what you think and what you find.

The largest bulbs I have found so far are elwesii green tip. The smallest elwesii Haydn and I know why they flowered so badly this year.

[Alan_b]

Oops, sorry Mark.  I know I still have a huge amount to learn when it comes to growing snowdrops and keeping them safe and healthy but in the last few years even some of the most prestigious growers have been humble enough to go public on their mistakes and disasters.  So I imagine we all still have something to learn.   

[Alan_b]

I eventually bit the bullet and bought my lattice pots from Capital Gardens (as per my first post on this thread).  The ones shipped to me were made by Bermuda. 

[KentGardener]

I'm a happy man.   

This afternoon I've been to visit a friend who used to be a landscape gardener but has now retired.  We got to chatting about my snowdrops and how I use pond baskets to keep them organised.  What a surprise it was to then be guided to his old stables and shown a big pile of lattice pond baskets, taking up valuable space, that were mine for the taking.   These should keep my collection organised for a few years to come!   

Now I just need a much larger garden!   

 

[daveyp1970]

i have found plastic mesh pots restrict root run into the surrounding soil,so i decided to make these galvanised mesh pots.

[steve owen]

The mice will need a good dentist...

[Maggi Young]

That's a good idea, Davey. we use that sort of "hat", with and without perpex top, to cover some plants from wet or keep out the birds.
For bulb planting though, I'd expect a lot of bulbs to escape through that size of mesh pretty sharpish.  You'd never keep an erythronium in there, for instance.   I'd worry that mice could get in quite well to that size, too.

[daveyp1970]

Maggie i am pretty lucky(not so lucky because my garden is a toilet for them) were i live its cat central,mice are not  a worry here(not even on my crocus) narcissus fly is my worst fear on my drops,i have only used this pot for my snowdrops like you say others would migrate out.

[Anthony Darby]

Crumbs Davey. If your plants survive these ravages it must be pot luck?