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Jun 22, 2009, How deep do I plant bulbs that are budding already?
I am just embarking on the adventure of gardening so I know Nothing about planting bulbs! Your website has lots of great info (Thank You!) as far as
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Jun 22, 2009, Plant Bulbs in Michigan
We go to our house in the UP of Michigan in the summer. I planted spring blooming bulbs last fall and they're beautiful - tulips, daffodils, crocus,
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Jun 22, 2009, tulips in a pot, how do I regrow?
got tulips in a pot, want to regrow outside, how can i regrow them after flowers and leaves have died? Doug says you simply remove the soil from the
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Jun 22, 2009, Roots and storage
How do I prep the bulbs for storage. Do I need to take off roots? Do I separate the small bulbs from the big ones? Thanks, Stephanie Doug says
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Jun 22, 2009, Roots and storage
How do I prep the bulbs for storage. Do I need to take off roots? Do I separate the small bulbs from the big ones? Thanks, Stephanie Doug says
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Jun 16, 2009, after blooming clean up
What can I do with the yellow leaves after blooming is over? Cut? Doug says cut off the yellowing leaves and put them in the conmpost
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Jun 16, 2009, Cutting back daffodils
If the daffodils are cut down to one inch in May, will they bloom again next Spring? Doug says they will if the leaves were left alone long enough to
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Jun 16, 2009, Dug up tulips
My work place dug up tulips after they bloomed but unfortunately the leaves were still green. I have taken some home and did not get to them for a
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Jun 16, 2009, How low can I deadhead?
Some stems on my tulips are a foot long. I want to plant annuals asap so how low can I snip the head? Can I do it right above the leaves or do I have
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Jun 16, 2009, transplanting tulips that are under trees
We recently bought a house in the hills and just recently found tulips growing in a raised bed under some pine trees. They only have the leaves and
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Jun 8, 2009, storing plant before fall planting
I recieved a potted Hyacinth plant and would like to plant it outdoors in the fall. What do I do with it in the meantime? Doug says plant it outdoors
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Jun 8, 2009, Digging tulip bulbs up at the end of the season
Should the bulb be taken out of the ground, at the end of the season, before the frost comes or can the bulb be left in the ground? Doug says that
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Jun 8, 2009, Fertilizing established bulbs
When do I fertilize established bulbs...tulips, daffs and grape hyacinth? Planted them with bone meal originally, and I'd love to keep them great
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Jun 8, 2009, cutting old tulip foilage
When can you cut the green tulip foilage after they have bloomed? Doug says you cut it back when it turns
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Jun 2, 2009, multi-use potted bulbs/annuals
I have horrible soil so I use potted plants on my many decks. I love tulips and daffs in the pots, but then I want to put annuals such as geraniums
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Jun 1, 2009, New Seed Pods
I recently cut off some seed pods from a tulip bed and am unsure how to continue. The pods are still green, a couple are big and a couple are small.
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Jun 1, 2009, Sprinkling Tulip Seeds Directly on ground
I read that you can sprinkle the seeds directly on the ground to germinate. When would this be done? Would it be best to do this after they have had a
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Jun 1, 2009, moving non-blooming tulips
I had poor results with my tulips this spring as they did not produce flowers, but only leaves. Now that the blooming period is over, I want to dig up
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May 26, 2009, How to store daffodil bulbs
I would like to know how best to store daffodil bulbs. The daffodils were in my tubs. I have now taken them out and planted summer flowers. There is
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May 26, 2009, when to cut foliage back
when can you cut the bulbs back? Do I need to wait for the stems to naturally die out? I don't won't to hurt the bulbs for next seasons bloom. Doug
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May 26, 2009, no flowers
I have lots of plant but no flowers. How can I make them bloom next year. Doug says you read the how to grow daffodil articles and give the plants
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May 26, 2009, Cutting dead blooms of daffadills
When do I cut the daffadill dead blooms off and cut back the folliage? Doug says that the flower was held up on a stem - slide your hand carefully
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May 26, 2009, storing spent tulips with foilage
I dug up my tulips and they still have green foilage: can I store them this way,and remove the foilage in the fall? Doug says that normally we want
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May 26, 2009, not watering tulip bulbs but want annuals
A little confused by information given. Don't water? I want to plant annuals in the area I have tulip bulbs planted. Do I dig up bulbs? When?
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May 26, 2009, moving and replanting
My tulips have bloomed and I need to cut the stem down as I read here a bit ago. I need to relocate them, so I want to know if I can replant them now
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May 26, 2009, No bloom thisyear; just green leaves
What do I need to do to make them bloom next year? Doug says that he doesn't know what you did this year. But you might try starting to read the
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May 19, 2009, Daffodil Plant Being Eaten
As my daffodils are coming up some of the leaves are being eaten down to the ground. I had 2 plants in full bloom for a week and this morning they
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May 19, 2009, what is eating my tulips after they bloom?
Right after my tulips bloomed something ate the flowers, not the leaves. It looked as if they were cut straight across. I'm not the only one. It
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May 19, 2009, pulled up bulbs
Do spent bulbs that have been pulled up need to be replanted right away, or can I leave them out to gather sun in the leaves and then plant them once
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May 19, 2009, hose off tulips?
Is it necessary to hose off the dirt from dug up tulips I am storing in a wood box in the basement over the summer?? Doug says that after the bulbs
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May 14, 2009, Storing Daffodil Bulbs for more than a year
I have recently purchased a property with lots & lots of daffodils. I have dug up many of the bulbs. I will be tearing down the existing house &
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May 14, 2009, green stem growing and flower dying
the tulip has a green stem like thing growing out of it in the middle of the flower and it is making the tulip open up all the way and making it die
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May 14, 2009, can you cut the stalk
After the flower has fallen off can you cut the stalk away & just leave the leaves at the base of the plant? Doug says yes - that's called
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May 14, 2009, do I need to move my Tulips
I have Tulips mixed in with my other flowers and will need to water these other plants all summer. Do I need to move the Tulips to save them from
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May 11, 2009, solution to bulbs not blooming
My tulip bulbs did not bloom. I had lots of huge leaves, but no flower. I read the article about the possible causes. I believe that my did not
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May 11, 2009, Only one leaf and no flower on tulip
I have some tulips that produced only one leave and no flower should I just dig them up and get rid of them? What causes only one leave and no flower
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May 11, 2009, Tulips in Zone 8
I've dug up my tulips and let them dry out with the foliage attached. Now that that's turned brown, I've cut the foliage off. How can I store these
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May 8, 2009, transplanting
Can I transplant tulips to another bed after they have bloomed. Some of the flowers are dead but others still look nice. Will they come back next
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May 5, 2009, how to get tulips reblooming after a 'fallow' year.
I have tulips that have reliably rebloomed for several years. In fact, last year they were magnificent and seemed to have multiplied substantially.
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May 5, 2009, Storage of Tulip Bulbs
I work for a Southern University and the garden people always dig up the tulips and throw them away. This year they offered the bulbs to employees.
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May 5, 2009, dying tulips
My tulips have grown and now they are dying. I want to trim the dead petals off. Should I trim them at the base of the stem or at the top, right under
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May 5, 2009, moving an Iris
I have an 8 year old iris it only bloomed 2 times. The leaves come up great. When can I move it? It does get alot of shade. Doug says - move it early
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May 5, 2009, missed clipping blooms
I dsid not clip the deadheads off of my tulips this year. If they come back next year, and I clip off the blooms, could they recover the following
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May 1, 2009, Put the flower pot on top of the bulbs
Instead of growing annuals on top of the hyacinth or the tuilp bulbs, can I put the geranium flower pot in the area that has the bulbs dormant in the
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Apr 28, 2009, Dahlias and slugs
I love Dahlias, but if I put them into a pot or in the ground, the slugs do such a number on them.....it isn't worth it....I'm in zone 5. The slugs
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Apr 28, 2009, how to keep dahlia plant upright ?
Hi there, I have tried using stalks and a few other things to keep dahlia upright but without success. I was wondering if can share what you use for
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Apr 28, 2009, poisonous plants among vegetables
Is it safe to plant things like daffodils and azaleas amoung edible plants like vegetable or strawberries? Doug says that unless you're going to be
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Apr 28, 2009, Feeding Daffodils
I have many green daffodils leaves with no blooms. When and how should I feed the bulbs? Thanks! Doug says that the easiest way is to toss a shovel
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Apr 28, 2009, After separation daffodils do not bloom.
I separated my bulbs two years ago, after they were in the same area for five years, and they do not bloom, even though I waited and let them turn
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Apr 27, 2009, daffodils in window boxes
I planted daffodil bulbs in my window boxes in the fall and none of them came up. The ones i planted in the ground are now blossoming. Any thoughts as
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