Bought a tulip bulb for ds to grow and have no instructions!

[tracyk23]

Impulse buy this morning at garden centre - they were just loose and I didn't think to look for instructions.

Am I right in thinking that if I plant this early - the bulb should be planted fairly deep?

[lynda66]

i found this about tulips ...plant 8 inches deep and wait, basically, but this is quite interesting.

Encourage Your Tulips To Come Back - About Planting Bulbs in Fall - Quick Guide to Flower Bulbs

[Two_Sheds]

My basic rule is to cover the bulb (almost any bulb) with twice it's depth of soil, ie if the bulb is an inch big, put it in a hole with 2 inches of soil on top of it.

[Farmer_Gyles]

enourage tulips to come back? i want to encourage mine to go away ..... but don't want the hassle of digging them all out .... same for the daffodils .....
and silly me just got some roses ..........

[Flummery]

I usually plant daffodils early - September for instance - but I would leave a tulip until much later - November.

I have done this for years but I'm so old I can't remember why!

[FoxHillGardener]

you plant tulips later - November like Flummery says - to avoid tulip fire.

[Alison]

Planted mine in January last winter but really wouldn't recomend it!