Re: Bunching and Bowing Bulb Foliage
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Bunching and Bowing Bulb Foliage
- From: k*@mail.atl.bellsouth.net
- Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 15:21:24 +0000
> From: Blee811@aol.com
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 08:25:24 EDT
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Bunching and Bowing Bulb Foliage
> Reply-to: perennials@mallorn.com
In a message dated 7/19/98 3:43:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> maridube@teleport.com writes:
>
> << The commercial Tulip growers of the Skagit Valley in Washington State
> cut the foliage in the Tulip fields 3 weeks after the end of blooming in
> preparation for the harvesting of the bulbs from the fields. I know this
> sounds like heresy, but I tried it and it works for me. >>
Marilyn,
Do you mean you cut the foliage off tulip bulbs that remain in place
or those that you lift to replant, or both? How much do you cut off
(i.e., is there enough to carry on some photosynthesis)?
Kate Lykins
"Had I but four square feet of ground at my disposal,
I would plant a peony in the corner and proceed to worship."
-- Alice Harding
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