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Offline duh

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Tulips in the snow
« on: Feb 24, 2010, 01:22:56 PM »
I have tulip buds forming on my plants and it's started to snow again.  Should I cut the bottoms off of some of my milk cartons and put them over the plantings.  I so don't want to loose any of my tulips.

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Re: Tulips in the snow
« Reply #1 on: Feb 24, 2010, 01:25:11 PM »
Oh boy.  Wish I could answer that for you, Tammy, but I have no idea.  I hope you don't lose them.

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Re: Tulips in the snow
« Reply #2 on: Feb 24, 2010, 01:28:03 PM »
I found this online and the person answering is some expert in PA.

Tulips are very hardy and can withstand severe freezing. Snow will usually not bother tulip buds but open flowers may be damaged slightly (the petals fall) although rain is worse to do that than snow (snow usually just fall off the petals).

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Re: Tulips in the snow
« Reply #3 on: Feb 24, 2010, 01:57:01 PM »
My tulips have survived snow before...no coverage.

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Re: Tulips in the snow
« Reply #4 on: Feb 25, 2010, 04:52:20 PM »
Thanks all I was worried.  I so want to see them this year before the moles get to them.

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Re: Tulips in the snow
« Reply #5 on: Mar 07, 2010, 11:15:48 AM »
I solved the mole problem...

I dug up my bulbs and made a cylinder role from fine metal mesh(like you use in winter storm doors)...so it's like sticking your tulip in a long toilet paper roll... planted them back this way with the top of the roll at the edge of the ground...and never lost another tulip.

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Re: Tulips in the snow
« Reply #6 on: Mar 07, 2010, 11:27:25 AM »
I found wire mesh waste baskets in a dollar store. I planted tulips in those, I think 5 in each and buried those. It helped tremendously with the gophers here. Other creatures can still go up and into the pot to dig but they didn't bother them for a few years.
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Re: Tulips in the snow
« Reply #7 on: Mar 07, 2010, 11:38:04 AM »
Smart ideas to keep the moles away... :good2:
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Re: Tulips in the snow
« Reply #8 on: Mar 07, 2010, 04:31:14 PM »
very smart.  I'm going to have to see where I can get some fine mesh.  The moles never learned to come up the bottom of the role?

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Re: Tulips in the snow
« Reply #9 on: Mar 07, 2010, 07:20:16 PM »
It is good if the barrier is a certain depth for moles. It needs to be deeper for gophers. And gophers can come up and over the lip outside. I keep them a few inches above ground. That helps. Then there are rabbits and squirrels and deer. I plant narcissus around everything. That helps tremendously. It is a deterrent to everything.
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