tulips coming up too soon
Because of the unseasonably warm weather here my tulips think its Spring and are trying to come up. Can I do anything to stop this and if not will they come up again in spring?
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Ha, that's funny. I was going to post a similar question. My crocus and iris are up. I also planted tulips but they haven't made an appearance, yet. I'm surprised and happy to hear that they might be okay, though. Is it the weather or should they be planted deeper than the instructions say? This actually is an ongoing argument between my husband and I. How deep do you plant your bulbs?
Iris actually like to have part of their tubers exposed, so don't plant them too deep. I don't plant any of my bulbs too terribly deep and they do great. Basically, I plant them twice the depth of the bulb. So, if your bulb is 2" top to bottom, I dig a hole about 4" deep and put in the bulb!
Don't worry about those plants coming up right now. Same thing happening here, as it has been an unseasonably warm winter, but the cold is coming. They are just poking through and will do fine when the cold comes. A little mulch will help, if you have some.
Don't worry about those plants coming up right now. Same thing happening here, as it has been an unseasonably warm winter, but the cold is coming. They are just poking through and will do fine when the cold comes. A little mulch will help, if you have some.
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No the cloches are not a good idea for cold hardy bulbs. It can get very hot under one of those if the sun comes out. They are for protecting tender things like tomato starts. Just mulch around the bulbs. But really, guys, it's February. It's normal for the spring bulbs to be showing by now, at least it is here in Ohio. Snowdrops and crocuses and similar early spring bulbs usually bloom in February here (I have snowdrops blooming already) and the rest stick their tips up to see what's happening.
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I agree with rainbowgardener. I'd be more concerned if the flower bud showed extremely early, but the leaves, especially, should be OK.
(I just had an image of the little tulips crouched down in the ground with their "hands" up in the air, feeling to see if it's time to raise their heads yet. )
Then, too, there are different varieties of tulip and daffodils too -- sold as early season, mid-season, and late season. So they don't always come up in synchronized timing relative to crocus or to each other, etc.
When planting in fall, you can choose different early~late flowering varieties so you could have a much longer spring show.
(I just had an image of the little tulips crouched down in the ground with their "hands" up in the air, feeling to see if it's time to raise their heads yet. )
Then, too, there are different varieties of tulip and daffodils too -- sold as early season, mid-season, and late season. So they don't always come up in synchronized timing relative to crocus or to each other, etc.
When planting in fall, you can choose different early~late flowering varieties so you could have a much longer spring show.
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I had the same problem here in my garden in German. We had a few very warm days, so the tulips started coming out. But then it got cold again. So I covered them with fir branches. They seem to be ok.
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