If you love to see the beautiful blooms of tulips in April and May, then caring for tulips during the growing season in your garden is a top priority for you. He spent good money and devoted his time to planting new bulbs in the fall. As spring unfolds, you want to see those yellow, red, white, pink and other tulip flowers. They are waving at you while waving the breeze for taking care of them. Review this article to make sure you take good care of your own tulips.

Tulip flowers are a hardy species, but if you don’t know how to deal with major challenges, your garden will suffer. These are the main concerns and problems with tulips before blooming.

Fertilize your tulip plants twice a year. The best time to feed tulips is in early spring (before they bloom again). The best way to feed them is to add a tablespoon of granular fertilizer into the soil around each bulb. This should be done before blooming because feeding the tulips after blooming could cause disease.

Tulips need a lot of water. If your garden receives a lot of rain, nature will take care of the watering. If you live in an area that is very warm year-round, be sure to water your tulip garden at least once a week.

Watch out for pest animals such as rabbits and squirrels. Rabbits eat the green shoots and can destroy the tulip plant so the flowers won’t bloom. Prevent rabbits from eating breakfast in your yard by using a physical fence like chicken wire, a deterrent like cayenne pepper, or non-toxic commercial products like Liquid Fence.

Squirrels can damage the tulip plant by digging up and eating tulip bulbs. Protect the bulbs by installing a net over the bulbs when you plant them. This will prevent squirrels from reaching the bulbs. Once you’ve planted the tulip bulbs, sprinkle blood meal over the soil around the tulip buds. You can also install chicken wire over the top of the garden to protect the small sprouts when they emerge.

Flights are another problem. Voles are small rodents that dig underground burrows and tunnels. It sees tulip bulbs for food and will eat the bulbs, destroying your tulip garden. Unfortunately, there aren’t many effective ways to get rid of voles.

The larvae are insects that are the main killers of tulips. If your garden soil has larvae, use an insecticide or time-release insecticide on the soil around it once or twice a year. Nurseries and home garden centers offer various maggot insecticides in granular form that control these annoying insects.

Here is an additional tip:

If you buy potted tulips from a nursery or store, you can plant them outdoors. Remember to plant the tulips as they are in the pot in a sunny location. You will kill the tulips when you separate them from the potting soil.

Caring for tulips in spring is not an option. Your garden will thank you and your tulips will greet you every time the breeze blows.