If you live in the South, or anywhere with mild winters, and your garden looks like spring in Rotterdam every year, then you must know how to handle tulip bulbs correctly. If your fall-planted bulbs produced meager or no blooms, then it’s time to learn how to store tulip bulbs correctly.
Tulip bulbs need a period of cold weather to produce spring blooms. While in some areas gardeners leave the bulbs in the ground to rebloom every spring, to get profuse and reliable blooms, especially in the South, tulips should be treated as annuals. Removing the bulbs from the ground after flowering and the foliage has yellowed and withered then storing them properly for replanting between Halloween and Christmas will give you year after year of beautiful spring blooms.
When To Store Tulip Bulbs
If you are saving tulip bulbs from year to year, remove the flower stalk once the bloom has faded to prevent a seed pod from forming. Leave the foliage in place for around six weeks or until it has yellowed and withered to continue gathering and storing nutrients essential for reblooming in the bulb.
Once the foliage has withered, the bulbs should be removed from the garden. The timing depends on your USDA hardiness zone and weather patterns. If you don’t like the look of yellowing leaves, consider planting shallow-rooted annuals or perennials to hide the foliage.
Digging Up Tulip Bulbs
When it’s time to dig up the bulbs, use a garden fork to help loosen the soil. This tool works much better than a shovel or spade that could accidentally cut the bulb in half.
Slowly work your way through the garden and gently lift the bulbs to the top of the soil.
Tap away loose soil clinging to the bulbs and place them in a bucket or basket.
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