Asked on Mar 17, 2014
Tulips not flowering?
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Donna N
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When I bought this house 20 yrs. ago, I noticed in the first Spring I had Tulips coming up in one of the flowerbeds. They never flowered and have been coming up every year since but I have yet to see a bloom just leaves. One year I decided to dig up the bulbs and replant somewhere else. But I can't find them. I have dug really deep and still no bulbs. What can I do to encourage blooms??
9 answers
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Dig them up - May be choking & starving each other out. Make sure they a planted athe proper depth and when you replant them feed them with Bulb food & fertilizer. Soil should also be loose and packed down.
Carol S
on Mar 17, 2014
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The bulbs will go deeper and deeper each year. I had a home in GA once where I had to dig up all the bulbs and replant at the correct depth. Maybe you need to dig a little deeper. If you still can't find them, I would assume that some rodent has and eaten them.
Lorraine
on Mar 17, 2014
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Sometimes they are just old and need to be thrown away sad to say.
Kathleen
on Mar 17, 2014
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If you are getting foliage, yes the bulbs are there. You need to dig down until you find them and replant at the proper level. Next year you will have flowers.
Lorraine
on Mar 17, 2014
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Most people think of tulips as annuals. There are some that will last a few years perhaps, but most need to be replaced sooner than that. Deadheading after they bloom, and letting the the leaves yellow before removing them, are two things you can to try to get them to come back.
Douglas Hunt
on Mar 18, 2014
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Tulips need a freeze to set the bloom, did you have a freeze? The other answers also could be a possibility, Every year a bulb will put out "Bulblets" that will bloom the next year, after a few years, like a previous post, they will start crowding out the others. Dig them up, put in a paper bag in a cool dark place, then plant in the Fall. Good luck. Hopefully you will have some older varieties that will be spectacular. Worth the work.
Carol G
on Mar 18, 2014
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I have always heard, but don't practice, that tulips should be treated as an annual for a good display. I haven't had good luck with tulips after the first year.
Becky P
on Mar 18, 2014
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oh, well, I should have read the above comments....Douglas Hunt just said that!
Becky P
on Mar 18, 2014
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I have some of the same tulips that I planted 20 years ago but I do dig everything up and move them every 5 years or so. The muscari (miniature hyacinth) are great multipliers.
Kelly S
on Mar 18, 2014
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