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what's up with my tulips???
they bloomed beautifully two years in a row ... this year they are all leaves, and it doesn't look like a stem is coming up. is this normal tulip behavior? if so, i'm totally bummed.
TIA
Re: what's up with my tulips???
It could be two things. They could have run their course and you need to re-plant, or you could have rabbits eating off the buds.
Last year, mine did this in their second year and it was rabbits. I planted daffodils around them because rabbits don't like daffodils and I put some garden fencing around as well which I'll remove when they get too tall for rabbits to eat. It's too soon to tell now because my tulips are just now coming up, but I fully expect full bloom form them this year.
i'm pretty sure we don't have rabbits (i'm in a city) ... but i guess i didn't know it was normal for tulips to "run their course"
thanks
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oops. Missed you were in NYC. Could something else gotten them? Squirrels? What other animals do you have in New York? Besides birds. They don't eat tulips. Squirrels might tho.
As to the other suggestions:
1. The soil might be an issue - I never had that problem, but in New York City, I can see why it might. You might want to test that.
2. You don't split tulips. Tuber type plants multiply and Tulips grow from bulbs. Bulbs don't multiply. They run their course over a period of years (2 years like yours Jordanalmond is a bit too soon) and then they are done.
3. I am pretty certain NYC got plenty of cold hours this winter for your tulips to bloom if they were outside the entire time.