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Pelvis Popcan wrote:
I was surprised to learn that tulip bulbs split apart and form small
bulbs that usually don't flower the following year...
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I will have to replant them every year.
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That has not been my experience. I put in a bed of tulips 12 years
ago in my backyard, and they pop up every year. I don't do *anything*
to them. I don't dig them up and separate them, I don't take them
inside, etc. They grow like crazy, and do fine every year. They
seem to be thicker now than when I first put them in, but I haven't
counted them.

The only thing that hurts them are the deer, who have eaten
them back three years in a row, now.

billo