Do you cut yours back?

Re: Do you cut yours back?

feeds@yuku.com (christine) — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:21:29 GMT

I leave mine as long as I can,then pull the leaves off, when they have died back. Although the area I have my tulips, I don't tend to grow much else so its basically when I go round tidying up in the garden.

Re: Do you cut yours back?

feeds@yuku.com (gillessex7) — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:02:19 GMT

Ok thanks guys, I have no intention of lifting the bulbs, they will stay there till next year I will try putting bedding around them to get established then when the Tulip stems really get on my nerves will hack them

Re: Do you cut yours back?

feeds@yuku.com (Laura Penstemon) — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:41:28 GMT

To be honest I don't cut mine back, but some customers insist, so I do. I have never seen any difference in them the next year. I leave mine in my pots and just plant bedding on the top..

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Re: Do you cut yours back?

feeds@yuku.com (BryonyUK) — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:31:42 GMT

I don't cut mine back, I leave them to die down and then dig them up and store them in the shed until November when they get planted again. It's not so bad in a planter, but if I left them in the borders, I'd be forever slicing into them when planting summer bedding stuff.

Re: Do you cut yours back?

feeds@yuku.com (gillessex7) — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:18:49 GMT

Ok, thanks Saph

Re: Do you cut yours back?

feeds@yuku.com (Saph5) — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:52:56 GMT

It depends Gill, bulbs like to get nutrients in through the leaves for the next years flowers, if they are almost mush cut them back.

Do you cut yours back?

feeds@yuku.com (gillessex7) — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:45:31 GMT

I have a brick planter which was full of Tulips, now they are dying off. Can I cut them back to soil level as I want to plant other things now?