Re: Tulip question

In a message dated 12/21/00 8:24:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
mcalpin1@yahoo.com writes:

<< If so, here it is:  If a tulip is lifted prematurely,
 before it blooms, 
 (say
 two weeks before it should have bloomed), will damage
 result?  Can the
 lifted bulb, if kept out of the soil for a week, then
 be planted, and 
 could
 it then be expected to bloom as usual? >>

Good question, Duncan.  My reply is just a guess.  I think that if you were 
careful with the roots when you dug it up and then didn't let the roots dry 
out during the week the bulb is out of the soil, there wouldn't be any 
problem in blooming at all.  

What I don't know is whether the bloom mechanism is so automatic-pilot-like 
that a mere two weeks before bloom the bulb would go ahead and bloom anyway, 
almost regardless of how it was treated.  I suspect this is true, but it 
might vary with the cultivar/species and the bloom might not be as good a 
bloom as it would have been if left undisturbed.
Bill Lee

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index