How come my neighbor's tulip garden is growing, mine's not?

Question

Hi I just found out the bulbs I planted in fall has all rutted away? Am I doing somthing wrong?? Does the squarrls likes to eat them?10 points promised for the best answer

Answer 1

I lived for a number of years in Holland Michigan.. and they are VERY proud of their Dutch heritage, heheh. The city plants a LOT of tulips every year, along the major streets and highway exchanges.

Typically, they plant their tulips in August, and they are flowering in time for the Tulip Festival (May 15th thru 22nd, I believe). WHEN you plant your bulbs is important, I know that.

You mention that your bulbs have rotted... my guess would be that they stayed wet too long, for some reason, and you can write those off as a loss.

At this point, you are going to want to purchase some bulbs that are already sprouted, from a nursery, and pop them in ground. There are a few very large nurseries in the Holland, Zeeland, Grand Rapids area, of Michigan. Literally acres and acres of flowers. I would heartily recommend contacting one of these companies for replacement bulbs, or flowers.

Here is the search link I did for Holland Michigan Nursery - I remember visiting all of these nurseries, and feel good about recommending any of them. -- http://local.yahoo.com/results?fr=dd-local-more&stx=nursery&csz=Holland%2C+MI

Have Fun

Answer 2

Aww! That's sad about your bulbs.

Squirrels MIGHT have eaten them. But there are other things too.

1) Is the ground water-logged?
2)Is it shaded, where your neighbor's is sunny?
3) How deeply did you plant your bulbs?
4) Are you doing anything different from your neighbor as far as fertilizing goes?

Good luck!

Answer 3

Squirrels dug up the bulbs during the winter or deers ate them as they started to grow.