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Please tell me how to handle tulips and daffodils after they have blossomed
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cityandbeachmom
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Please tell me how to handle tulips and daffodils after they have blossomed
What do I do and when should I do it to guarantee them to boom next spring. Thanks.
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Posted 5/4/11 3:18 PM  |
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LeShellem
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Re: Please tell me how to handle tulips and daffodils after they have blossomed
When the flower dies, chop it off but keep the leaves. The leaves will continue to produce photosythesis which is food for the plant so that during the winter it will get stronger and have a stronger plant the following year.
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| Posted 5/4/11 3:43 PM |
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babymakes3
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Re: Please tell me how to handle tulips and daffodils after they have blossomed
Posted by LeShellem
When the flower dies, chop it off but keep the leaves. The leaves will continue to produce photosythesis which is food for the plant so that during the winter it will get stronger and have a stronger plant the following year.
I do the above, but then when the leaves fall down and start to decompose, I chop them off to just a few inches above the ground.
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| Posted 5/4/11 3:51 PM |
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cityandbeachmom
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Re: Please tell me how to handle tulips and daffodils after they have blossomed
I was told that the leaves need to yellow and then its time to chop the plant to the ground. Is that true?
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| Posted 5/4/11 4:30 PM |
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IrishLasss334
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Re: Please tell me how to handle tulips and daffodils after they have blossomed
Further to this question - when is it ok dig up the bulbs and move them? The fall?
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| Posted 5/4/11 4:56 PM |
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cityandbeachmom
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Re: Please tell me how to handle tulips and daffodils after they have blossomed
omg-and what happens to the bulbs if I moved a few of them now? Wil they come back next year. I am such a plant murderer
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| Posted 5/4/11 6:15 PM |
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bobby769
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Re: Please tell me how to handle tulips and daffodils after they have blossomed
I was just reading about this here:
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/bulbs/msg0518133923112.html
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| Posted 5/4/11 10:02 PM |
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