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?
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Do you cut yours back?
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Posts: 4402 04-05-08 09:45 Established Tree |
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Posts: 8653 04-05-08 09:52 |
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.
 
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Posts: 4405 04-05-08 10:18 Established Tree |
Ok, thanks Saph
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Posts: 4048 05-05-08 19:31 Established Tree |
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.
 
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Posts: 9128 05-05-08 22:41 Established Tree |
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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Posts: 4409 06-05-08 15:02 Established Tree |
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
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Posts: 479 08-05-08 21:21 Flowering Annual |
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.
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