How to Make Potted Tulips Last

Potted tulips brighten up your home in the long, drab months of winter. Most commercially available potted tulips have been forced to bloom out of season. While the plant will give you a nice flowering display, the actual bulbs could take years to re-bloom if you plant them in your garden. In the garden, however, tulips can bloom for weeks. If you want the potted tulips to last as long as possible, you need to mimic the conditions they would receive outside.

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Instructions

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  Purchase a potted tulip plant with as many closed buds as possible. This will allow the new blooms on the tulips to last for several weeks with the right care.
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  Place the potted tulip plant in a cool, sunny location. So the tulips last, keep them away from any hot drafts of air from your heater.
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  Keep the growing medium around the potted tulips moist but not saturated. Don’t allow the medium to dry out.
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  Add 1 tablespoon of houseplant fertilizer to the tulips when they are flowering. Apply the fertilizer with water.
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  Allow the tulips to grow until their leaves turn yellow and die back, if you want to plant them outside. Store the tulips in a cool, dry place until the ground is workable. Plant the bulbs in a sunny location at a depth of 6 inches.

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