How should you care for tulips and other bulb flowers after they are done blooming in the spring?

There are a couple of ways to handle and care for bulbs that are done for the season.


1) You can cut back the leaves after they have dried and just leave them for next year. The upcoming freeze of the winter helps to put them in a dormate state until they are ready to bloom next year.


2) You can dig them up,clean off the dirt,place them in a brown paper bag and store them in a dry dark closet.Replant them in early spring after the danger of freeze is gone.

How should you care for tulips and other bulb flowers after they are done blooming in the spring?
Wait for them to get 'brown' stems (really dry -- early-mid June), and cut them at ground level. That's about it!!
Reply:it depends on where you live, but if it is really hot during the summer months, you should dig them up and put them in onion sacks in a dark cool place until you are ready to plant them again.
Reply:Wait until the foliage is completely brown, then either mulch over them or leave them be. Just make sure that you can't see the bulb. There are fertilizer's made specifically made for spring bulbs that help make them stronger and the bloom time longer. Good Luck!