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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2006 6:33:26 GMT
How many pots do you have around your garden? I have far too many I'm sure  I have 2 camellias in pots (I don't have acid soil) plus lilies through to herbs. On the last count I had 40 !!! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2006 6:54:11 GMT
Only eight. I cut down on pots dramatically when I realised that there was a water shortage, hosepipe bans likely etc. The prospect of watering them all with a can didn't appeal. I thought I'd miss them, but actually that hasn't been a problem.
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Post by jlottie on Oct 10, 2006 7:15:13 GMT
Not too many, same as Rita, the watering put me off this year, I put a smaller pot in a plastic bag at the bottom of my tumbler toms to act as a reservoir which did seem to help. I have planted up 6 pots of spring bulbs though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2006 7:15:36 GMT
Only about 30 rita but that's not counting the wee ones (too many to count).
I'm lacking in open ground, so all my fruit bushes are in pots, as is a very young christmas tree, holly bush, fuchsia, lilies, leeks, honeysuckle, lemon balm, sage, chillis, peppers, carrots, spring onions etc.
They do need a fair bit of watering though, even up here (although I should be alright for the next few months).
Can never have too many imho.
;D
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Post by Plocket on Oct 10, 2006 7:20:55 GMT
I'm going to bookmark this and will count later - I'm taking LP to school in a mo!!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2006 7:28:39 GMT
We've not had a hose pipe ban whilst we have been living here - fortunately  I use a gravel mulch on most of my pots though which does help keep in some moisture.  |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 10, 2006 9:15:10 GMT
I've got 62 containers in the back garden (not including things ready to be potted up and seedlings!) and 21 in the front (not including container vegges which are about finished). Not at all OTT!!! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2006 9:21:53 GMT
Goodness Plocket - and I thought I'd got a lot ;D
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Post by lottielady on Oct 10, 2006 9:24:31 GMT
Is Beejay still out counting hers? LL x |
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Post by andy on Oct 10, 2006 10:00:24 GMT
Cut right down now......3 japanese maples, bamboo, fatsia, 3 bananas, Nandina domestica, lemon tree 6 datura and pomegranite.
I used to have a very big collection of bonsai and it took me ages with watering so i sold them all and just have a few tubs now. I will be getting a few more exotics next year....perhaps some cannas and a tall grass from work.
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 10, 2006 10:14:38 GMT
NOT counting the greenhouse, only 4... but two of those are barrels and they dont dry out so badly as the smaller containers, I grow a lot of bulbs in pots though and only put them in the garden when they are due to flower, cos of the s**ding squirrels!  |
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Post by toonia on Oct 10, 2006 11:02:06 GMT
I just had to go out and count, got to 50 and stopped because it seems like showing off! I did include hanging baskets and small pots.
My excuse is I have a long house with a long terrace and no earth to plant in next to the house.
Now we have two huge tanks to catch rainwater and a water butt and a well but watering does take a very long time in summer! Just as well I like it, and I deadhead and do bug inspections at the same time.
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Post by obelixx on Oct 10, 2006 11:49:20 GMT
I'm reducing mine as it's such a lot of work bringing them in for the winter and taking them out in spring. I've decided not to have lillies any more as 10 pots involves a lot of time beetle hunting. I'm going to reduce the hosta collection next spring and the two blueberries will be planted out in the garden in big holes full of ericaceous compost. That should all take me down from about 50 to maybe 25 or 30.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2006 12:02:55 GMT
Obelixx - I only grown plants that can stay out all winter in my pots. I just did a recount and discovered that I missed a few |
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Post by beejay on Oct 10, 2006 12:59:07 GMT
Is Beejay still out counting hers? LL x Just got back in from doing my census! I've probably got somewhere in the region of 80 pots not including the pansies waiting to be planted out or some tiidly ferns or the greenhouse, but it does include a few other things waiting to be planted out. I've also got 1 window box, 2 hanging baskets & 2 chimney pots. I'm sure I've cut down because of the hosepipe ban! |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 10, 2006 13:42:22 GMT
You've CUT DOWN to 80?  ? Wow!!!!! Px |
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Post by beejay on Oct 10, 2006 13:58:09 GMT
Excuse me Plocket, if I add 62 & 21 I get............83. My case rests.
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Post by lottielady on Oct 10, 2006 14:07:40 GMT
I have 62  wish I had'nt counted now... LL x |
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Post by obelixx on Oct 10, 2006 14:29:11 GMT
Hi Rita - I have very cold winters so it's as much to protect the pots as the plants and the plants in pots do tend to be the more expensive varieties that I don't want to risk in th eground because of frost or slugs - lots of hostas. I do leave the largest outside but make sure their drainange is good to avoid cracking.
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Post by obelixx on Oct 10, 2006 14:33:56 GMT
I only counted the permanent ones, not stuff waiting to be planted. Daren't count those as I haven't had time to plant the last haul from a plant fair and there's another on Sunday and OH is playing golf so won't be there casting a restraining shadow on me....
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Post by Plocket on Oct 10, 2006 16:09:10 GMT
Excuse me Plocket, if I add 62 & 21 I get............83. My case rests. But that's in two gardens: the front and the back!!! |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Oct 10, 2006 16:12:57 GMT
I have about 50...well I did last time I counted. That includes an alpine sink and a big stone pot in the front garden. I keep all my ferns and acers in pots...plus loads of herbs, tender perennials etc..I think that it's nice to be able to move them around, especially good for shoving into 'holes' in the border... I've brought most of my tender stuff under cover already....the cannas need digging out...should've put them in a pot too! |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 10, 2006 17:46:11 GMT
M&D have just given me another container!!!!! It's a strawberry pot so I'm going to transplant my alpine strawberries from their current pot into the posher new one. I didn't really need it though!!! |
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 10, 2006 18:20:33 GMT
OOOh I forgot the 4 butler sinks and the victorian bog, Still only brings the count up to 9 though! Mind you I havent counted any of the ones in the GH was I supposed to?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2006 18:58:15 GMT
Excuse me Plocket, if I add 62 & 21 I get............83. My case rests. But that's in two gardens: the front and the back!!! I might have known "Mrs Competitive" would have the most.... I've got...........5 ! FA x |
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Post by lottielady on Oct 10, 2006 19:03:48 GMT
and is one of those the Clem you STILL haven't planted yet? ? LL x |
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Post by Alicat on Oct 10, 2006 19:07:57 GMT
I've got about 30, thats not including all the little pots in the greenhouse.
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Post by Plocket on Oct 10, 2006 20:05:17 GMT
Mrs Competitive??? That's mean on my birthday!!! ;(
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2006 20:24:14 GMT
Mrs Competitive??? That's mean on my birthday!!! ;( Sorry FA xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 10, 2006 21:50:12 GMT
Not sure if I dare say how many I have  , maybe it would be less embarrassing for me if you all had to guess and i just say who is getting hottest. I like to move things about depending on time of year, when Oriental Lillies are in flower I like them near seating areas so as you can get lost in the perfume and have colour up the path from the living room window etc etc. In Terracota/Ceramic pots and troughs I have things like Roses, Clems, Hydrangeas, Ferns, Lillies, Fuchsias, Hostas, Box, Agapanthus, Camellia, Geraniums, Penstemon, Conifers, Dahlias, Weigelia, Day Lillies, Lavender, Choisya, House Leeks, Misc succulents, Misc Perennials. Can't list anymore and sorry about any bad spelling but brain clogged up with this stinking cold I got from some kind person (OH). And there is a fly in the room which is driving me crazy 23.07one dead fly at last ;D ;D |
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, maybe it would be less embarrassing for me if you all had to guess and i just say who is getting hottest. I like to move things about depending on time of year, when Oriental Lillies are in flower I like them near seating areas so as you can get lost in the perfume and have colour up the path from the living room window etc etc.