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Posted by Carole911 (U2595780) on Tuesday, 27th December 2005
I know this is a bit early but I have had enough of Christmas now and I am ready to get back to the garden. I am sure that there was some tip that Sarah on Gardeners World had regarding dead heading Tulips. Came in at the end of this due to my watch being wrong and missed most of what she said. Can anyone fill me in. Thanks.
The basic idea of deadheading bulbs is that they don't use up energy to set seed. Deadheading means the energy is build up in the foliage and eventually gets retracted in the bulb itself.
Ok, so you dead head them when they have gone over but how long would you leave them in the ground after this if you were going to lift them?
Let the plant die back Carole and when they look dead you can lift them. Personally I grow tulips in pots (I have clay soil which they hate) and when the plants have gone over I put the whole pot in the garage until November when I bring them out again.
Thanks very much
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