If one of you copied and pasted this conversation into the forum it would be easily available for the next person with the free range vs pots question. It seems like this is valuable information for people. Jan > On Aug 28, 2022, at 4:35 PM, Mary Sue Ittner via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > Like Jane I once had some free range beds and they were nice for a year or two and then there were mostly a lot of some things with other things gone. My solution was to replant and this time plant in plastic pots placed in plastic pots of the same size with gravel/sand around the pots. Then I can lift up a single pot or two that needs repotting or to share. This was freeing as if I don't get around to repotting usually something still flowers. And the pots don't need as much water and the soil temperature is better than the pots exposed to sun. And I planted two or three different things in each pot (with different storage organs so I could tell them apart). I could still have thems which have done really well without getting out of hand. I even have Cyclamen in these pots that I haven't repotted in a long time, especially since they often start flowering before I get around to it. My biggest problem has been that I live in the redwoods and the roots travel to better soil and mois ture. Before I realized I needed to check every year they had created nests (sometimes taking up to 1/2 of the pot) with bulbs resting on the top with no soil underneath. And if I repotted with better soil, that pot would be targeted. Redwoods are very smart. So every year I have to pull the pots out to check for roots and put them back. But that shouldn't be a problem for John. > > Mary Sue > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum https://… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…