What to do with bulbs that don't have flowers.
Dennis Kramb (Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:26:06 PDT)
Hi Sujit,
The healthy foliage convinces me that a lack-of-chilling is responsible for
your lack-of-bloom. Try digging a few tulips & daffodils in September (or
October or November) and put them in your refrigerator for 2-3 months and
then replant them. I bet you'll be rewarded with blooms!
Check them occasionally for mold. I'm not sure if that will be a problem
or not.
Dennis in Cincinnati
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Sujit Hart <sujithart@gmail.com> wrote:
They put up some healthy looking foliage but no flowers. We did have a
very mild winter this year.
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Rodger Whitlock <totototo@telus.net>
wrote:
On 12 Apr 2016, at 8:17, Sujit Hart wrote:
I put in some Tulipa clusiana and some daffodils maybe three or four
years
ago. The second year after planting they came back in the spring with
some
flowers, maybe 70%. This year I only go one daffodil bloom. Should I
get
rid of all the bulbs and plant something else instead, or is there
anything I
can do to get them to bloom again?
I looked up the cllimate of Houston on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Houston/
Houston has a hot climate with more or less even rainfall throughout the
year.
Tulips prefer (or may even demand) dry summers. In your climate, istm
that
they
would be prone to attack by fungal diseases.
A question: did your bulbs put up foliage this year, or was there simply
nothing where you had planted them?
There may also be issues relating to soil fertility and pH.
--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Z. 7-8, cool Mediterranean climate
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