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    @HarryS thankyou i will take a look and @Spruce i adore alliums but i read somewhere they dont do well in clay soil? i might just get some anyway :)
     
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    ok so ive been to morrisons and got the bag of tulips and the bag of daffs :) my other bulbs came today so i now have 218 to plant! a job for the weekend i think:) think i may see about getting a bulb planter too:)
     
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      spade and a garden fork :paladin:
       
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        ooppppss the count is now 248! its your fault @Spruce hehehhhe i got some alliums too :)
         
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          nice :spinning::spinning::spinning::spinning::spinning::spinning::spinning: remember lots of them are small :snork: , just wait till the spring you will thank us all on GC :yay::hapydancsmil::yahoo:

          you can put a lasagna layer in some of the planting holes ie , tulips , then daffs
          hyacinths, muscari, anenome, the last three I would put on the outside of the circle as they are smaller growing.
           
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            @Spruce i am confused! do you mean planting on top of each other? or in groups around each other? sorry if i sound a bit dim:help: oooooooooooooooo i just found the smilies:heehee:
             
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                @HarryS thankyou i will have a read now:) this forum is great:) thanks everyone:) i am getting quite excited about planting now:)
                 
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                  i bought some multi purpose compost to dig into my soil today do i also need bonemeal?
                   
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                  It usually is ;) :heehee: :rolleyespink:
                   
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                    Be interested to see some piccies when the bulbs come through - sounds like its going to be a gorgeous display :dbgrtmb:
                     
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                      will defo take some pics just hope they all come up:)
                       
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                        makes a change from Zigs !!!! , back are you "M" :psnp:
                         
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                          I dont like using bonemeal in the winter months with all the rain it will get washed out of the soil and be of little use to the bulbs , but may be ok if planting and using by shrubs etc but I still think a waste of time and ££ as the plants are dormant and taking up no food etc . (my thoughts)

                          Maria you have to remember with bulbs 90% of the time the flower is ready and waiting inside so new bulbs nearly always flower 1st year , you are wanting to feed before all the leaves die down to replenish the food stores that was used up so they will flower the following spring , you will soon find out which varieties likes your growing conditions

                          Treat yourself to some seaweed feed for plants and in the spring before they flower give them a water all over the leaves , works a treat you will see the leaves go greener in days.

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                            thanks spruce:)
                             
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