Forgotton Tulips

[Paulottie]

Just found a big bag of sprouting tulips in the cupboard...Doh!

Will I get any flowers from them planting now or have I goofed?

[muslimgrower]

Hmmm

maybe, they need a period of cold before they flower, go ahead try it.. it could happen

check some of mine out from last season

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ers_15839.html

[lynda66]

they will either flower or they won't theres only one way to find out, and if they don't flower this year, they'll be in the ground for next

[Paulottie]

Impeccable logic there Lynda. However in my experiance Tulips do tend to stop flowering after a few years when left in the ground.....and probably if you leave them in the bloody cupboard.

Of course muslimgrower yours must be doing so well cos you play them CD's

[janeyo]

A friend of mine in scotland once planted her daffs in spring and had a beautiful display of them all summer!
Got to be worth a go (Mine all eaten by deer, not one bulb left unchewed )

[Paulottie]

how interesting...do they grub them up then?

my chooks tend to scratch up tulips but not daffs.

[janeyo]

They have decimated my pots Uprooted the troughs, dirt and roots everywhere no bulbs!. I even brought them right up near the house.
No tulips this year - and one of my faves they are so cheery looking
Chickens in an enclosed run (25 by 25feet)so no chance of them getitng my bulbs

[Paulottie]

Oh I see they were in pots then. How irritating. I'm sorry for you...electric fence on the xmas wish list then? Terrible damage deer can do... Like goats...even eat roses!!!

I'm a bit soft on the freeranging chicken thing but in their defence they have made a good job of the weeding and pest control fertilizing as they go.

Big Tulip fan myself but then I have Dutch ancestry.

[pigletwillie]

I have just finished planting some I bought before Christmas, they will bloom, just a bit later than normal, they will revert to the usual time next year.

The RHS are actually trialling planting them very late this year to see the effect it has.

[Flummery]

Each year our village Britain in Bloom group are given a sack of daffs or a box of crocus from the local council - when they've used all they need - so we get them in January! They come late the first year but catch up to the normal time the following year. I think they'll bloom late this year but they'll get into their usual cycle next time. Give 'em a go!