{"id":183,"date":"2017-05-26T09:14:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T08:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/journal\/?p=183"},"modified":"2019-05-15T18:07:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T17:07:57","slug":"bulbs-from-pots-vs-traditional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/bulbs-from-pots-vs-traditional\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulbs from pots vs. traditional planting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This spring I found some bulbs sprouting in small pots in a B&amp;Q garden centre. The T\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate miniature narcissi were good, the Iris reticulata less so. I&#8217;ll continue to plant most of my bulbs dry in late autumn or early winter, but the sprouting pots are useful gap fillers.<\/p>\n<p>Conventional planting:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-183 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pot_f2_03.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pot_f2_03-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Iris reticulata next to F2\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pot_f2_03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pot_f2_03-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pot_f2_03-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pot_f2_03-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219'>\n\t\t\t\tIris reticulata next to F2\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/f2_teteatete_01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/f2_teteatete_01-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"T\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate in F2 near footpath\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/f2_teteatete_01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/f2_teteatete_01-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/f2_teteatete_01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/f2_teteatete_01-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-210'>\n\t\t\t\tT\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate in F2 near footpath\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Sprouting pots:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-183 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/b2_iris_reticulata_01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/b2_iris_reticulata_01-300x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Iris reticulata in pots from B&amp;Q in B2\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/b2_iris_reticulata_01-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/b2_iris_reticulata_01-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/b2_iris_reticulata_01-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/b2_iris_reticulata_01-1024x1365.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/b2_iris_reticulata_01.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-189'>\n\t\t\t\tIris reticulata in pots from B&#038;Q in B2\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/b2_teteatete_01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/b2_teteatete_01-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"T\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate in pots from B&amp;Q in B2\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/b2_teteatete_01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/b2_teteatete_01-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/b2_teteatete_01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/b2_teteatete_01-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-192'>\n\t\t\t\tT\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate in pots from B&#038;Q in B2\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em>30 Mch 18<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-183 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bulbs_from_pots_b2_20180330_01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bulbs_from_pots_b2_20180330_01-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Late March 2018\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bulbs_from_pots_b2_20180330_01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bulbs_from_pots_b2_20180330_01-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bulbs_from_pots_b2_20180330_01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bulbs_from_pots_b2_20180330_01-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-766'>\n\t\t\t\tLate March 2018\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>These t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate are superb. Better than those I planted traditionally. The iris reticulata have all disappeared, however.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This spring I found some bulbs sprouting in small pots in a B&amp;Q garden centre. The T\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate miniature narcissi were good, the Iris reticulata less so. I&#8217;ll continue to plant most of my bulbs dry in late autumn or early winter, but the sprouting pots are useful gap fillers. Conventional planting: Sprouting pots: 30 Mch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncvp.co.uk\/ngarden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}