We moved into a house that already had tulips planted and we ended up with large leaves and no blossoms. We dug them up and replanted them and had a few blossoms. This third year we ended up with large leaves and no blossoms again. They are on the west side of the house.
2007-06-08 12:10:40 · 8 answers · asked by wanderingnaturalist 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Hello
Tulips do enjoy alot of sun and the Western exposure is not a bad place for them. Although, most varieties of Tulips these days are not meant for self propogation, which means that over the years they will slowly but surely begin to die off. Especially if they were planted a long ways back by a couple who lived there for years. Transplanting them does not refresh their lives because the bulbs themselves get for lack of a better word "tired". You soil may have low levels of phosphorous, magnesium, and boron (the main nutrients that encourage blooms). Next year around the middle of March feed them a high Phosphorous fertilizer and sprinkle a very minimal amount of Epsom salt (yes for your muscles aches) on top of the soil. If you still see no blooms I'd say just put in new one's they are very cheap. Just be sure to plant them in fall.
Greenman
2007-06-08 12:24:41 · answer #1 · answered by GreenMan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tulipa cvs bo best with fertilizer of 7-10-5 composition. It should be applied in the fall for the root system; when the sprouts first poke through the soil for the foliage and flower; and when the flower dies for the bulb itself.
I have had bulbs rest or even be dormant until conditions favored regrowth and bloom. They need more than 6 hours of sun a day.
They also need to be cold enough to bloom again. Tulips need winter to be cold for 6-8 weeks for while they are dormant or they do not respond properly. Growers in the warmer states have to dig up bulbs and store them at 40F for 6 - 8 weeks or buy prechilled bulbs. They must never be stored with apples or the ethylene gas will start them sprouting. This can even be true for zone 8.
2007-06-08 13:13:28 · answer #2 · answered by gardengallivant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tulips need lots of sunlight. Check the ph in the soil. Add bonemeal around the plants about every 2 weeks. This should help
good luck
2007-06-08 12:21:19 · answer #3 · answered by bobbie v 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most folks don't realize that bulbs like tulips need to be fertilized. A lack of blossums ususally indicates that phosphorus is needed. A slow release fertilizer like Black Rock Phosphate would be a good choice.
Good Luck !!
2007-06-08 13:11:22 · answer #4 · answered by Nan B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One cause of large leaves and no blossoms is too much nitrogen. If you are fertilizing the planting area, they probably do not need much added nitrogen. The plants response is to grow leaves while the nitrogen is plentiful, and produce flowers once the need to reproduce , such as running out of fertilizer, presents itself.
2007-06-08 12:20:28 · answer #5 · answered by oakhill 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They need a lot of sun and to have the bulbs seperated in August when the follage dies.
2007-06-08 12:14:16 · answer #6 · answered by Texas Cowboy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they will in time let them stay in mulch them down deep this year
2007-06-08 12:12:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They may be too old.
2007-06-08 17:54:07 · answer #8 · answered by icruiseon2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋