Re: fall sales--bulbs
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: fall sales--bulbs
- From: D* S*
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 21:00:17 -0400
On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 08:24:53 EDT Blee811@aol.com writes:
> Tulip bulbs increase by splitting; daffodil bulbs increase by
> sending out
> offshoots. The big growers, such as arboretums with those
> magnificent tulip
> displays, dig those bulbs up after bloom and discard them. Each
> year they
> plant newly purchased bulbs. I don't know how the Dutch propogate
> tulips for sale.
I attending a "fall planting" lecture a few weeks ago where the speaker
said that the Dutch growers dig up and store bulbs as soon as they go
dormant. He said this avoids the bulbs splitting during the fall and
winter dormancy. He's been there and seen them doing it, so I have to
assume it's true.
Maybe we have List members in the Netherlands (?).
Dean Sliger
Warren, Michigan, USA
Zone 6B
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