The dark red red tulips were planted in the soil in Autumn 2019. As they finished flowering I sprayed them twice a week with seaweed foliar feed until the leaves were completely yellow (though I was unconvinced by efficacy of the feed which was instantly shrugged off by the plant). Very close by identical tulips were growing in a terracotta pot and got identical treatment. They put on a very forlorn display this season.
Drawing upon DPD’s advice I will therefore store in a cardboard box the bulbs of the lilac coloured tulips and see if I can eke a third season out of the red ones, again leaving them in situ.
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The dark red red tulips were planted in the soil in Autumn 2019. As they finished flowering I sprayed them twice a week with seaweed foliar feed until the leaves were completely yellow (though I was unconvinced by efficacy of the feed which was instantly shrugged off by the plant). Very close by identical tulips were growing in a terracotta pot and got identical treatment. They put on a very forlorn display this season.
Drawing upon DPD’s advice I will therefore store in a cardboard box the bulbs of the lilac coloured tulips and see if I can eke a third season out of the red ones, again leaving them in situ.