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Tulip head, is this normal? #37902 June 5th, 2005 at 04:28 AM
Joined: Jun 2004 West Virginia Meg OP Member
OP Meg Member Joined: Jun 2004 West Virginia	Here's a close up of one of my tulip's heads.. it looks like it's got seeds in it? What is going on here.. <img border="0" alt="[perplexed]" title="" src="graemlins/confused.gif" /> Meg

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Re: Tulip head, is this normal? #37903 June 6th, 2005 at 06:54 PM
Joined: Jun 2004 West Virginia Meg OP Member
OP Meg Member Joined: Jun 2004 West Virginia	Hmm.. should I have this moved to the mystery thread?? Meg

Re: Tulip head, is this normal? #37904 June 6th, 2005 at 07:16 PM
Joined: May 2005 canada U uki Member
uki Member U Joined: May 2005 canada	Hi Meg your Tulip went to seed you should always deadhead them,the bulbs need their strength to bloom the next year.I think it would take a couple season for the seed to form bulbs and bloom. ,I plantet something in my coldframe about 4 Years ago I have now little bulbs,the only problem is I forgot what it will be.

Re: Tulip head, is this normal? #37905 June 6th, 2005 at 07:55 PM
Joined: Jun 2004 West Virginia Meg OP Member
OP Meg Member Joined: Jun 2004 West Virginia	GAH!! I didn't know they'd go to seed, and I needed to deadhead them! Good greif!! Meg

Re: Tulip head, is this normal? #37906 June 6th, 2005 at 09:53 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 18626 hisgal2 Member
hisgal2 Member Joined: Feb 2004 18626	I think the jury is still out on the effect of dead heading them. There was a thread about this going around a few weeks ago. Some people dead head them, others don't. I don't and mine do just fine every single year. So, think of it as an experiment...and if they don't bloom next year, then they will the next year and you'll have learned something.

Re: Tulip head, is this normal? #37907 June 7th, 2005 at 05:07 AM
Joined: Apr 2005 Laval,qc,Canada Francine Member
Francine Member Joined: Apr 2005 Laval,qc,Canada	how would one do to have them seed grow into bulbs,if one have no cold frame(good english guys dont you think,sorry. :p :rolleyes:

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