I know plants come from seeds but where do bulbs come from????

Question

I appreciate bulbs divide but how do they start?

Answer 1

Tough horticulture questions. Bulbs begin from seeds and are sold as bulbs when they finally become bulbs. Other bulbs reproduce from the plant itself. Leeks produce little bulblets at the site of the mother bulb if you don't harvest the leek. Tulips, daffodils, etc. if left in the ground turn their summer growth into making more bulbs. This is why we dont cut back the scraggly leaves when we want to. Those leaves are taking in the energy to produce more bulbs. Ultimately all bulbs come from seeds, it can just take years before a bulb forms from a seed. That is why we buy bulbs.

Answer 2

Every spring, as I'm carrying out the very heavy pots of water plants, tender herbs and whatever else seemed like a plant I just couldn't part with last fall, I vow I will not bring plants in again next winter. I don't have a great deal of space and what space I do have is given over to the seeds I start. So all these winter vacationing plants are huddled together, leaking, shedding leaves and making me question my judgement.
But I know darn well that I'll be carting them back and forth for years to come, if only because I've put in too much sweat equity to turn them into compost.

How about you? Am I the only crazy out there? Place your vote in the poll below and if you have a minute, let us know what you bring in or why you gave up, in the 'comments' link below. My back would welcome any and all advice.

Answer 3

A flower bulb is really an underground storehouse and flower factory.
Within the bulb is just about everything the plant will need to sprout and flower at the right time.
Bulbs come from many parts of our world. The tulips we see in our garden were originally from around Turkey. They have hot, dry summers in many of the places the wild tulips grew.

The bulbs you buy are raised on big bulb farms. The Netherlands is famous for bulb growing. This picture is the logo for the International Bulb Center of Hillegon, Holland.

The Netherlands produces approximately nine billion flower bulbs annually.
Evenly distributed, this number would allow for almost two flower bulbs for every person on the planet.

Tulips alone account for about three billion bulbs, which if placed roughly four inches apart would circle the equator seven times. This is quite an output for a country of only 16,042 square miles (about half the size of Maine) of which 1,638 square miles is under water!

Tulips are grown the most, followed by lillies, then gladioli, narcissi (that includes daffodils). (You may have one narcissus but you have two narcissi (nar-sis-ee). The plural of gladiolus is gladioli, too.)

Answer 4

They originallly came from seeds but the time element for those types of plants from seed to plant is a very long time.. that is why on certain plants, the bulbs are harvested from plants

Answer 5

seeds!!!! that's the truth of the matter . everything that grows in your garden ; or indeed anywhere ; starts from a seed , whether it becomes a bulb or a baby , it is by a seed .

Answer 6

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