After the flower dies, do good gardners dig up the tulip bulbs, place in a dark place and re-plant next year?
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No, it is best to leave the bulbs in the ground. That way they can grow nutrients for the next blooming season. They harden off in the colder temps in the winter. This step is necessary to produce the blooms.
i just leave mine in the ground i live in tennesee, and they are fineand bloom every year.
I may not be a "good gardener", but I have always just left my in the flower bed. Thay always seem to come back fine. That is, if the chipmunks and squirrels don't dig them up.
I live in Tennessee too, and we mostly just leave them in the ground.
Here in MI it is better to dig them up or some will be lost to freezing.
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