Growing salad...

[SavageHoutkop]

I have a planter which is full of spring bulbs. It's now looking deserted, as all of them have finished flowering.
Could I plant salad leaves in the planter, or would their roots interfere with the bulbs?
I don't want to have to dig up the bulbs.

Any other ideas also welcome

 

[ASC1951]

Salad leaves have shallow roots, so they wouldn't interfere. But - planters often get hot and dry, which makes most salad crops bolt. I'm with Uncle Mort, plant the seeds somewhere else.

 

[rich p]

Personally I'd dig up the bulbs and store them in compost till the autumn. What's the point of a planter with feck all in it all summer?

I grow lettuce in old wooden wine crates and they do fine as long as you water.

 

[RedRider]

Short of digging up the bulbs if you're limited for space I'd chuck some seeds in anyway, there's always a few hundred more than you need in a packet. If the conditions aren't right your salad won't do well but what have you got to lose?

 

[SavageHoutkop]

Personally I'd dig up the bulbs and store them in compost till the autumn. What's the point of a planter with feck all in it all summer?

Yeah, I didn't think about that when I planted them, but they really did look good when spring started

I don't want to have to dig things up the whole time, not my idea of gardening (yet). And whatever I put in will either need to die or be eaten by the time it's bulb-planting again...

 

[Over The Hill]

With any pot based plants (window box, planter, hanging basket) the thing to do is to have a few for the same spot and then rotate them.

So first one for spring bulbs (daffs tulips etc) Second for summer plants (annuals of any kind) and then perhaps a box tree or something for the the winter.

The spring and winter ones can be put in a shaded spot over summer so they dont dry out too much or need watering much.

You can do a similar thing in one container by digging out and re-planting but it makes a bit more work.

 

[SavageHoutkop]

With any pot based plants (window box, planter, hanging basket) the thing to do is to have a few for the same spot and then rotate them.

Suppose so - it's just not a very portable planter - it's one of those half-barrel oak ones.