I finally planted my tulip bulbs yesterday. About 40 of them, so I hope it makes a nice little patch next spring. I haven’t planted tulips ever, so hope I did ok. I used a roto-shovel to loosen the soil first, then used my bulb planter for scooping out the needed depth. I only bought bulbs from Walmart so hope these will be good enough. The package said to water them after planting, so I did. Do I need to water them often or just let Mother Nature do her thing? I just hope that at least a dozen will come up.
“Do I need to water them often or just let Mother Nature do her thing?”
Nope. Tulips are totally self-sufficient, as are most spring bulbs. The only time I’ve watered Tulips was a few Springs back when we were in the 90’s for a week in May - and even watering didn’t help. That was the year that even the Holland Michigan Tulip Festival was cancelled, and that’s never happened in my lifetime.
I have bulbs from both Walmart and Jung’s. Both have done just fine. :)