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Novice asking for help please. I have a galvanised steel planter...

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Mocker · 02/05/2014 12:14

Which had tulips in (these seem to have finished now). I have just bought some sweet peas (in a pot, ready to transfer). Can I just pull out the tulip bulbs and plant the sweet peas, maybe with a bit of n compost or does it need completely new compost?

W don't have a garden at the moment so have no beds I can tip the old compost out into. Does it go in the bin then?

Thanks for any advice. I feel very embarrased that I don't know the answer but think that you are such a kind lot!

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Mocker · 02/05/2014 12:15

Sorry for the additional random letters in the post. Posting on my iPhone!

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Blackpuddingbertha · 02/05/2014 17:48

You could yes, tulips take most of their nutrients from their own bulbs I believe. However you will get better results if you then feed your sweet peas regularly, I think a tomato feed is fine.

Mocker · 02/05/2014 19:16

Great, thanks Bertha. I think even I can manage that!

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Nearlygran1 · 02/05/2014 19:55

Sweet peas need lot of water and good compost so I would refresh what is in the pot. You can dead head the tulips and place in any old pot with compost til next year if you give them a feed of tomato food or similar but don't cut off the leaves til they are really brown and shrivelled.

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