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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: naoval1 on December 18, 2011, 13:08

Title: tulips
Post by: naoval1 on December 18, 2011, 13:08

hi, iv just got back from amsterdam where i bought loadsof tulips, can anyone tell me if i can plant them now or wait for the spring, thanks x ::)

Title: Re: tulips
Post by: arugula on December 18, 2011, 13:15

Ideally, I would have planted the bulbs by now - last month or early this. I'd get them in the ground as soon as possible. :)

Title: Re: tulips
Post by: Trillium on December 18, 2011, 17:20

Definitely plant them now. Tulips and other spring bulbs need time to set their roots for spring flowering otherwise you'll get only green growth and no or tiny flowers.

Title: Re: tulips
Post by: sunshineband on December 18, 2011, 20:49

Although it is late, think of it this way

Plant late and maybe all will be well

Don't plant them at all and no flowers at all  ;)

Title: Re: tulips
Post by: tallulah on January 01, 2012, 17:46

I buy bulbs in the autumn, and forget to plant them, each and every year!  So they always go in in January, and so far, have had reasonable results.  I'd say 'go for it'! :)

Title: Re: tulips
Post by: DD. on January 01, 2012, 18:10

Get them in now.

They really ought have gone in during the autumn. No point planting them when they should be flowering!

Title: Re: tulips
Post by: tosca100 on January 01, 2012, 18:20

Definitely need to get a wriggle on if you are going to plant them for this spring. Our's in the garden are 5 or 6 inches tall.

Title: Re: tulips
Post by: gobs on January 01, 2012, 19:38

Quote from: tosca100 on January 01, 2012, 18:20

Definitely need to get a wriggle on if you are going to plant them for this spring. Our's in the garden are 5 or 6 inches tall.

But that's in Wales. And there are earlier and later flowering tulips and all that stories.



CHUCK THEM IN ASAP! :D