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What’s wrong with my tulips?

Sazz101Sazz101 Posts: 248
in Problem solving
Hello! New bulbs, new compost, old pot. All tulip heads are small, grey and dying or dead. Other pots have flowered well. Do I need to worry about disease spreading?  

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  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    Were all the pots filled with the same compost and variety of tulip?
  • Sazz101Sazz101 Posts: 248
    Hi Ceres. Yes, same compost and selection of tulips bulbs.
  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    Probably best to isolate that pot, safely dispose of the tulips and the compost and make sure the pot is cleaned very, very well. Tulips seem to be easily infected with diseases, at least that is my experience. 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Could they have got frosted?
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Tulips are hardy. When did you plant them? It's very important to plant tulips late in the year.at least late November or December. It does look like it could be the beginning of TULIP FIRE, then you need to get rid of them,don't compost them.
  • Sazz101Sazz101 Posts: 248
    Fire, I don’t think they were more likely to be more impacted by the cold than other pots. Ceres and Nanny Beach, thank you. Will not compost just in case. 
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