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Beginner gardener needing help

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compo · 13/04/2009 16:08

Hi, I've got an overgown tub in the garden that has weeds and a few daffodils in it
The daffodils are dead now and what i wanted to do was replant the daffodils in the flower bed and put something else in the tub

so a) when should I replant the daffodil bulbs and b) should I completely empty the tub and buy spme compost soil or someting to fill it with before planting anything?

tia

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mrsmaidamess · 13/04/2009 16:28

Whip the bulbs out now and plant them deep in the border, in a clump so you don't get one daff here, one daff there.

With your tub, empty it right out and clean it before refilling with fresh compost and plants/whatever.

compo · 13/04/2009 20:37

aw thanks mrsmaidamess, I wasn't sure because there is still the long green leafy bit of the daffodils.

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compo · 14/04/2009 15:28

ooh I bite the bullet and have done it
Not sure I've put them in deep enough but hopefully they'll be ok
I've giventhem lots of water but they are looking a bit limp and pathetic

can anyone advise me on what to do with a small patch of soil where a grrenhouse used to stand
I don't want to go down the veg patch route and was thinking of planting a tree there and maybe a bordering hedge? but no idea what tree is easy to grow

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whistlejacket · 14/04/2009 20:57

Most trees are easy to grow, the tree you go for depends on how big you want it to grow, how much sun / shade / rain that bit of the garden gets and what you want it to look like eg flowers in spring / fiery colours in Autumn. The RHS website has some info on choosing trees here. I wouldn't put it too near the hedge as they'd both battle it out for light and water and one would struggle.

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