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Growing Tulips in Your Garden
Tulip is a bulbous plant that belongs to the family Liliaceae. The tulip plant is widespread in Europe, Africa and Asia. The wonderful diversity of the tulip flowers can be discovered at the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains. Tulips have over 109 species that are suitable for growing in the garden. Tulips is often grown as cut flowers for decorating the indoors. Most tulip cultivars are originated from Tulipa gesneriana.
The first step to growing tulips is to choose a decorative pot for your tulip plants. Next, you should choose the tulip bulb varieties. There are different varieties of tulips in various colors including white, yellow, red, pink and et cetera. The bulb that you choose must be firm and free of blemished or rotting.
After you have chosen the bulb, you can plant them into the designate location. The planting hole should be 6 -8 inches deep. Once the planting hole is dug, you can you can add compost or peats to increase the nutrients. The composts can be dry leaves, animal straw, rabbit bedding and others. After that, you can cover the bulbs with soil and water thoroughly. The bulbs should be planted with the pointy end facing upwards. You should space the tulip bulbs 6” apart. You can also mulch the soil so that it can retain more moisture and encourage the plant growth. In addition, mulching loosen up the earth and prevent the weed from growing around the plant. If there are weeds on the site, you must remove them so that they cannot compete with the plant for water and nutrients.
You must water the tulip bulbs once per month. After they bloomed, you can water the tulips twice a week. After the flower has bloomed, you can use a pruning scissor to prune the plant. In this way, the tulip will be more likely to bloom in the next spring.
Alternatively, you can dig off the bulb underneath the plant and store them in the refrigerator. In the next fall, you can plant the bulb into a different location so that they can produce blossoms again. The tulip bulb should be put in a different compartment than the vegetables and fruits. If you fail to do that, the ethylene gas from the fruits and vegetables can deform and kill the buds. The tulip bulbs should be stored in a ventilated bag, or onion bag with the top open. Bulbs that are damaged can be recovered. However, you should store the healthy bulbs in different places than the damage bulbs. In addition, you should never store bulbs in places that are vulnerable to squirrels, mice and chipmunks.
Tulip is very vulnerable to a fungal disease called Botrytis tulipae. Botrytis tulipae is responsible for causing the cell death in the tulip plants. Cell death will cause the stem to rot so that the plant will ultimately die. In addition, it is affected by the Anthracnose soft rot bacteria which causes molds and mushy rot on the stem.