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Caring for Spring-Blooming Bulbs After Flowering

TULIPS FADING? A HORTICULTURIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION IS OFFERING SOME ADVICE ABOUT HOW TO CARE FOR SPRING BULBS AFTER THEY BLOOM.

 

FOR THE MOST PART, YOU SHOULD JUST LEAVE THE PLANT ALONE FOR A WHILE SAYS THE EXTENSION'S KEN JOHNSON.

 

 

FOR SMALLER BULBS LIKE SNOWDROPS, THE LEAVES WILL DIE BACK FAIRLY QUICKLY. TULIPS AND DAFFODILS MAY TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS TO TURN YELLOW. JOHNSON SAYS YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THE FADED BLOOMS SO THE PLANT LOOKS A LITTLE NICER AND TO PREVENT SEEDPODS FROM FORMING.

 

 

JOHNSON SAYS IF THAT HAPPENS, YOU CAN DIG UP SOME OF THE BULBS AFTER THEY'VE DIED BACK TO MAKE MORE ROOM. THEY CAN BE REPLANTED RIGHT AWAY OR STORED INSIDE AND PLANTED IN THE FALL. ANY BULBS THAT FEEL SOFT SHOULD BE THROWN AWAY.

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