Les Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 I know there is a skilled inspector that can answer an honest question. I transplanted my tulips last fall in the office garden and now they are just beginning to come up. Most of them have only one leaf coming up thru the dirt! It is a nice looking leaf, but only one. What did I do wrong? I happened to need a little garden time today, after reading some of the stuff on this and other forums and maybe it is just the "Big Guy" getting back at me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted March 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 couple pictures of this obvious defect. Download Attachment: MVC-001S.JPG 39.04 KB Download Attachment: MVC-002S.JPG 38.69 KB Download Attachment: MVC-003S.JPG 39.14 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 More leaves soon to follow----and pretty flowers too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozofprev Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 When did you plant them? They need a good chill period for the first six weeks or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottpat Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Water and a little more time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 They will be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Did you get the model #. I can check and see if I have the installation manual or you can check the manufacturers website. There's probably some specifics in the 2006 IGC as well. I bought 2 dozen Bantam chicks last week and they all died. Do you think I might be planting them too deep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 I bought 2 dozen Bantam chicks last week and they all died. Do you think I might be planting them too deep? That may be the funniest line I've read at this site. That note aside... I've never been able to figure out why anyone would put up with the droppings, the noise, the garden damage and general squalor that only chickens can bring to raise a bird that lays really small eggs and dresses out to about 9 ounces. If I ever raise chickens I'm asking for the biggest, fastest growing, best tasting chicken. Bantams will be food for my chickens. As for the flower part of the question...one leaf at a time and they're not called twolips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Run for your LIFE!!! Those aren't tulips! They're alien pod creatures that will eat you and your children!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Hi Les, I asked my wife who is smarter about gardens than anyone I've met. She said first year bulbs frequently look just like yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Morrison Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Patience Brother Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian G Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Planning some tip-toeing Les? [] Brian G. What Ever Happened to Tiny Tim? [:-sing] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozofprev Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Kurt may be closer to the truth than he knows. Australia prohibits single leaf tulips: click here. An erect, bulbous herb... Ok, now I've used all the dirty botany words I learned in college. Originally posted by kurt Run for your LIFE!!! Those aren't tulips! They're alien pod creatures that will eat you and your children!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghentjr Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 The scoop is that you probably did not use enough mulch and composte, you probably did not use bone meal, and the tulips are just being obstinant. You can try a surface fertilizer. There also is something about letting them rest a while when you dig them before you replant them. And most importantly, when digging, you must tip-toe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted April 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Tulip update: Photo taken at 1:30pm 4-11-07. The flowers are plastic; a client stuck them in ground on Easter morning to shut me up! Please notice frozen single leaf tulips, as this forum could not advise me on matters of landscaping. Download Attachment: MVC-030S.JPG 37.15 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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