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It’s almost November: the ideal period for planting your tulip bulb. A tulip bulb needs a cold period in order to make flowers:
- temperatures between 40 to 50 degrees F (5 to 10 degrees C)
- for 3 to 3 and a half months
When to plant tulip bulb ?
As soon as the temperatures wont go above 50 degrees F (10 degrees C). This means November or December if you live in the northern hemisphere, yet "consult" your local climate.
How to plant tulip bulb ?
Planting a bulb goes by the following rule of thumb:
- 1 to 3 times as deep as the size of the flower bulb.
For a tulip bulb, I like to plant them in a hole, 2 times as deep as the tulip bulb. This means: the hole you dig should be able to fit 2 tulip bulbs placed on each other.
How far to plant tulip bulb?
Again no need to learn by heart, just use your common sense: the width of your plant is how far you will minimally plant 2 plants away, so they have just enough space to live.
- Planting them closer will make your tulip bulbs look like a tulip field.
- Planting them further apart will make room for more spring bulbs in between.
To say a number: plant a tulip bulb 8 inches (20 cm) away from another tulip bulbs.
Tip when planting tulip bulb
Plant your tulip bulb on a place where you also have your annual flowers: as soon as the tulips stopped flowering, the green leaves of the tulips will be overshadowed by your annual plants.
More about Planting tulip bulbs together in out next post.
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