Tulip cultivation report

In fact, the leaves also play the role of stems, so pay attention to the slightly interesting way tulips grow, which you may or may not know.

Lama: Hello! I’m a tulip fairy, Lama!

Pepe: Same, I’m Pepe!

Salu: Same, I’m Salu!

Lama: Oh! It’s no good, if three people talk at once, the number of lines will increase steadily! On behalf of that, I, Lama, will talk.

Pepe: It’s well known that tulips grow from bulbs, but how they actually sprout, how they grow, and how long and when they bloom after planting the bulbs. Don’t you remember that much?

Lama: Hey! I would have had a meeting behind the scenes to explain!

Salu: It’s a very unique growth, such as sleeping in the soil for a month after planting, growing taller and taller without knowing whether it’s a stem or a leaf even if it germinates.

Lama: Hey! I···

Pepe: Tulips have a lot of flower colors! In spring, when I thought it was getting warmer, it was very gorgeous to see all the colors blooming all at once. I hope you will feel happy!

Lama: I don’t know anymore!

Tulip “Occasionally Weekly” Cultivation Report

11/1 start
Bulb planting
Lama
This is a tulip bulb. It’s quite large, isn’t it? It’s packed with plenty of nutrients, so it’s great for cold winters!
Pepe
The planting period is about September to December. The depth is 10 to 15 cm, and the distance between the bulbs is 5 to 10 cm for potted plants and 10 to 15 cm for ground planting.
12/6
After a long sleep, it finally germinates!
Salu
It took a long time to germinate.
Pepe
It is firmly rooted. I would like to ask for watering without fail.
12/13
A little change
Lama
It took me a month, and when I finally thought that the buds had sprouted, I was shaping something.
12/20
“Temperature search antenna” completed!
Salu
The tip is cute pink! Ah, it ’s a bud?
Pepe
It wasn’t really a bud, though I was thinking about it. It seems that he is just a little out of the ground and searching for the surroundings, especially the temperature.
1/3
Decide on a wait-and-see
Lama
Oh my goodness? It seems that growth has stopped here again!
Pepe
Tulips are probably searching with a small antenna. From the end of the year to the coldest part of the year, it seems like a wait-and-see.
Salu
But for tulips, this cold season is very important for good flowers to bloom.
1/24
Activity resumed!
Lama
Oh my goodness! The buds started to crack and new buds came from the bottom!
Salu
When a warm day comes, I’m going to resume my activities.
1/31
It’s getting bigger
Lama
It’s opened It’s opened!
Pepe
The fact that the buds themselves grow huge is the unique way of growing bulbous plants.
2/7
Leaf? Stem?
Lama
Oh! A new bud came from where I thought it was a bud!
Salu
Stem … Idon’t have it
2/14
Growth of unknown final form progresses rapidly
Lama
Something like this, the tongue comes out of the mouth, it may be gloomy depending on the viewpoint! As usual, it ’s pink.
Salu
Stem … Idon’t have it
2/21
Leaves are being formed first
Lama
Oh! It looks like the mouth has opened even wider!
Pepe
So-called leaves
Salu
Stem …
2/28
The leaves start to open
Lama
It looks like you’re screaming “It’s spring” and “It’s warm”
Salu
The stem is! ??
3/7
Leaves corrugated
Lama
When the leaves start to grow long, they have a unique wavy shape.
3/14
Leaves begin to grow one after another
Salu
Leaves have begun to grow from the side
3/21
The leaves started to grow big
Lama
It started to spread sideways. Gradually the soil underneath is disappearing!
Salu
Well, the stems haven’t come out yet! ??
3/28
Buds appear!
Lama
The tulip buds popped out of the leaves!
Salu
Stem …
4/4
Flowering!
Lama
Oops! It bloomed all at once!
Pepe
It was super early after the buds were made
Salu
Stems have come out! The stem is really the last one.
4/11
full bloom!
Salu
It’s in full bloom! It’s open!
Pepe
But tulips are said to be his self-incompatibility, and he doesn’t pollinate himself or his close relatives (clones). So it’s difficult to make seeds.
5/2
The flowers have fallen and the seeds are …
Lama
Where there were flowers, seeds are formed if they swell, but this time …? ??
Pepe
The flowers have fallen, but leave the leaves as they are until they die. It means that we are injecting energy into the bulbs with the nutrients needed for germination next year.

Tulip cultivation point

It takes about one month from planting the bulbs to sprouting on the ground after the rooting period. It will be staring at the soil until germination, but basically the bulb itself has flower buds and nutrients, so it will grow until it blooms stably after it buds without any care.

Cultivation difficulty：★☆☆☆☆