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Disappointing Tulips

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Tulip Fire isn’t likely with new bulbs grown in containers of new compost. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • alfharris8alfharris8 Posts: 513
    No, I think mine came from old bulbs I had lifted. Does Tulip Fire look similar to the photos posted?
  • Cambridgerose12Cambridgerose12 Posts: 1,134
    It’s frost on the leaves, and drought causing the flower buds to dry up. It’s not the suppliers’ fault, it’s just that in many places the temperature has been around 0 at night for four weeks and there has been no rain for 6-8 weeks depending on where you are. 
  • Buzzy2Buzzy2 Posts: 135
    Farmer Gracy gets my vote  :)
  • alfharris8alfharris8 Posts: 513
    It's quite confusing isn't it as you are told tulips bulbs are prone to rot in wet soil. 
    Always next year 🤞
  • chickychicky Posts: 10,410
    I plant up my tulip pots in a mix of 50% MPC 50% grit.  So even if I have to water them regularly they don’t sit in wet soil.
  • justflowersjustflowers Posts: 143
    Weather here has been pretty much as @Cambridgerose12 describes it, so lessons to learned for next year I think.  Just hoping Shrewsbury Flower show will be on this year and I can go back to choosing my bulbs in person rather than by email!
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    It's disappointing to find that P Nyssen don't quote VAT in their prices but add it in at the end, at checkout, though the office is registered in Manchester. :/
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