Re: Tulips
I'm a little confused... perhaps I haven't had experience with the same
kinds of tulips, but everywhere I've ever grown them (or moved into them)
they've bloomed year after year...
As to what to do with unplanted bulbs at this time of year, I'm
certainly no expert, but I'd hang on to 'em until fall, then plant them...
they have a much better shot at survival that way that doing -- in their
cycle -- a 1/2 growth now.
Again, just my opinion, for what it's worth,
Cathy
Nancy Lowe wrote:
> Barb wrote:
> >> I have someone @ work who is wondering what to do w/ tulip bulbs
> right
> >> now? I said I thought they needed to be planted in the fall, but
> that
> >> they could probably be forced indoors & transplanted outside
>
> Barb:
>
> I'm not sure I understand. Are these (1) bulbs that were not planted
> out last fall, (2) bulbs that were forced for winter or spring, or (3)
> bulbs that someone dug up? (daughters are not notorious for getting all
> the details, are they?) Here's what I think:
>
> (1) they will have to have a chilling period in order to be forced into
> bloom. I'm not sure what the appropriate length of time is, probably 2
> or 3 months.
> (2) If they were forced and have finished blooming, I'd throw them out.
> (easier said than done, I know--I still have some paperwhite bulbs that
> haven't bloomed for quite some time) Florist-type tulips are not good
> rebloomers.
> (3) If these are species tulips that someone is sharing (about the only
> type I've gotten more than a year or two of bloom out of), I would go
> ahead and plant them. Just be careful not to destroy the foliage. The
> bulb needs it to grow and provide nutrients for next year's flowers.
>
> I know in our region of the country, tulips basically have to be
> replanted annually. I have a few that have come up for several years,
> but it's really unpredictable, and they tend to dwindle eventually, no
> matter what type.
>
> Nancy Lowe
> Arkansas, zone 7
>
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