Comments on: How To Make Your Tulips Rebloom http://leslieland.com/2009/05/how-to-make-your-tulips-rebloom/ in Kitchen and Garden and all around the House Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:52:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rick http://leslieland.com/2009/05/how-to-make-your-tulips-rebloom/comment-page-1/#comment-4004 Rick Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:20:00 +0000 http://leslieland.com/?p=3101#comment-4004 Out tulips bloomed this year, but in about 7 days all of the blooms were gone. I'm not sure if someone stripped them as a prank, or what. The sem an leaves look very healthy. Is there any way that I can get them to re-bloom this season? <em>Hi Rick, I can't say for sure, but it sounds as though deer or rabbits (both very fond of tulips) ate your flowers. For sure something ate them if the stems are cut off at the top and you don't see spent petals lying around. There's no way to get them to rebloom this season - once a year is the tulip deal - and they may or may not bloom next year depending on what sort they are and what sort of soil they're in. If they do make flowers, whatever it is will probably eat them again. You might want to switch to daffodils, which are almost never bothered by hungry wildlife. Leslie</em> Out tulips bloomed this year, but in about 7 days all of the blooms were gone. I’m not sure if someone stripped them as a prank, or what. The sem an leaves look very healthy. Is there any way that I can get them to re-bloom this season?

Hi Rick,
I can’t say for sure, but it sounds as though deer or rabbits (both very fond of tulips) ate your flowers. For sure something ate them if the stems are cut off at the top and you don’t see spent petals lying around. There’s no way to get them to rebloom this season – once a year is the tulip deal – and they may or may not bloom next year depending on what sort they are and what sort of soil they’re in. If they do make flowers, whatever it is will probably eat them again. You might want to switch to daffodils, which are almost never bothered by hungry wildlife.
Leslie

]]> By: Leslie http://leslieland.com/2009/05/how-to-make-your-tulips-rebloom/comment-page-1/#comment-3184 Leslie Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:15:46 +0000 http://leslieland.com/?p=3101#comment-3184 Ilana. aargh! How have I not answered these very reasonable questions? Thank goodness Hopflower gave you a good start. To be more specific, just in case it's not too late: the hyacinth should be hardened off before being planted out at the same depth as it was in the pot. Then proceed as though for tulip but actually you'll have better luck. Hyacinths don't come back strongly quickly, but they almost always DO come back, getting stronger each year. Primroses also need hardening off; they dislike heat but greenhouse ones have been a lot warmer than it is outside, and have been so for quite a while. If they're already out (and not frozen, my bad! ) give them a very light mulch blanket when nights go below @30. Hopflower, welcome. I'm glad you like Estella and very glad you answered Ilana. Sorry about the tulips but if your warm winters are warm enough for things like rain lilies and cardiocrinum I'm not TOO sorry. Ilana. aargh! How have I not answered these very reasonable questions? Thank goodness Hopflower gave you a good start. To be more specific, just in case it’s not too late: the hyacinth should be hardened off before being planted out at the same depth as it was in the pot. Then proceed as though for tulip but actually you’ll have better luck. Hyacinths don’t come back strongly quickly, but they almost always DO come back, getting stronger each year.

Primroses also need hardening off; they dislike heat but greenhouse ones have been a lot warmer than it is outside, and have been so for quite a while. If they’re already out (and not frozen, my bad! ) give them a very light mulch blanket when nights go below @30.

Hopflower, welcome. I’m glad you like Estella and very glad you answered Ilana. Sorry about the tulips but if your warm winters are warm enough for things like rain lilies and cardiocrinum I’m not TOO sorry.

]]> By: hopflower http://leslieland.com/2009/05/how-to-make-your-tulips-rebloom/comment-page-1/#comment-3122 hopflower Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:53:44 +0000 http://leslieland.com/?p=3101#comment-3122 Your tulips should not have any trouble coming back, (barring deer, of course). Too much eating of anything by deer can ruin them. You have wonderful winters and cold where you are which tulips need, and hyacinths need even more than tulips. Potted flowers have also been treated to behave in such a way as to bloom in a certain time period, for sales! Most potted flowers in general are. But it can take a couple of years to get them to bloom, and if you have a favourite it is worth it. Leave the foliage on as that is how they photosynthesize to make food, but add some low nitrogen food the first year, say 2-10-10 in winter or early spring, and then 10-10-10 when it warms up. Scratching a bit of bone meal in when planted helps to shore them up, too. Most tulips are treated as annuals here in California because of our mild winters. If we are lucky they will return, but rarely a third year. We almost ever have luck with lily-of-the-valley from the central north coast down to the south of the state. I planted some in a pot and placed it under a climbing rose and hope to see them again this year. Primroses will bloom as long as it is cool; they dislike heat and will fade away. That Estella Rijnveld is gorgeous! Your tulips should not have any trouble coming back, (barring deer, of course). Too much eating of anything by deer can ruin them. You have wonderful winters and cold where you are which tulips need, and hyacinths need even more than tulips. Potted flowers have also been treated to behave in such a way as to bloom in a certain time period, for sales! Most potted flowers in general are. But it can take a couple of years to get them to bloom, and if you have a favourite it is worth it. Leave the foliage on as that is how they photosynthesize to make food, but add some low nitrogen food the first year, say 2-10-10 in winter or early spring, and then 10-10-10 when it warms up. Scratching a bit of bone meal in when planted helps to shore them up, too.

Most tulips are treated as annuals here in California because of our mild winters. If we are lucky they will return, but rarely a third year. We almost ever have luck with lily-of-the-valley from the central north coast down to the south of the state. I planted some in a pot and placed it under a climbing rose and hope to see them again this year.

Primroses will bloom as long as it is cool; they dislike heat and will fade away.

That Estella Rijnveld is gorgeous!

]]> By: ilana http://leslieland.com/2009/05/how-to-make-your-tulips-rebloom/comment-page-1/#comment-3121 ilana Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:30:34 +0000 http://leslieland.com/?p=3101#comment-3121 Is this the same protocol for hyacinth? I just bought a bunch past flower hyacinths at the local nursery, hoping to plant them and see flowers next year. I also brought home primrose - is it best to plant them out in a March warm spell or try to keep them alive until April or May and then plant them? Is this the same protocol for hyacinth? I just bought a bunch past flower hyacinths at the local nursery, hoping to plant them and see flowers next year.
I also brought home primrose – is it best to plant them out in a March warm spell or try to keep them alive until April or May and then plant them?

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