How to Make a Tulip Bud
Tulips are perennial, bulbous flowers that belong to the Liliaceae family. A bed of tulips adds color and flair to your garden, producing colorful flowers during the spring months. They are easy to grow. Some basic gardening skills, a few gardening supplies and the tulip bulbs in your desired colors help you finish the task. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Mechanical tiller
- Bulb fertilizer
- Bulb planter
- Garden hose
- Water
- Straw or organic mulch
- Garden fertilizer
- Pruning shears
Instructions
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Choose an area with partial shade for your tulip bed. Use a mechanical tiller on the soil. Add bulb fertilizer to the soil during the final pass over the soil with the mechanical tiller.
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Dig holes into the soil with a bulb planter to a depth of 8 inches. Space the holes 4 inches apart. Plant the tulip bulbs with the pointed end facing up. Push soil back over the bulbs.
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Water the tulips with a garden hose. Add straw or organic mulch to a depth of 2 inches over the tulip bulbs.
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Spread 20-20-20 fertilizer over the tulip bed 2 inches deep once the tulips start sprouting. Rainfall during the spring often provides the necessary water for the tulips, but supplement the rain with watering with a garden hose if the soil begins drying. Spread more garden fertilizer across the tulip bed once the tulips begin blooming.
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Use garden shears to remove any dead foliage as well as the heads of the tulips when they begin fading. Do not remove the stems, so that they may produce new foliage and flowers the next year.
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Tips & Warnings
Choose your color arrangement ahead of time. Organize the bulbs by color beside your bed before planting them to avoid mistakes that can disrupt the color palate of your bed.
Leaving old bulbs in your bed can cause your tulip bed to die. Replacing your tulip bulbs every 3 years ensures a healthy flowerbed.
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