RE: Bulbs
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: RE: Bulbs
- From: M* D*
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 10:26:20 -0600 (CST)
At 10:23 AM 1/18/99 -0800, Pesznecker, Sue wrote:
>>
>Also, where does everyone stand on the "leave the foliage until it rots off"
>issue? I ask because a couple of years ago, I read in a gardening magazine
>that research had shown that after the bulbs faded, leaving the foliage for
>3 to 3 1/2 weeks helped the plant manufacture and store food, but that
>leaving them on any longer had a negligible effect. Since then I have
>always trimmed to foliage at 3-4 weeks after flowering stopped, and I have
>continued to have the same excellent results from my bulbs.
>
>Sue P.
Sue, Ed Hume has said on his TV gardening show several times that the Tulip
growers of Washington state cut the foliage in the fields 3 weeks after the
Tulips bloom. Since thats what they do for a living, I figure they are on
to something. I have treated my Tulips the same way with no deleterious
effect. I don't remember hearing the same info about Daffs though. Does
anyone know what the American Daffodil Society recommends?
Marilyn Dube'
NATURAL DESIGN PLANTS
Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
Portland, Oregon, Zone 8b
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