any ideas on how to transfer potted tulips, after the blooms have fallen off, to the ground.. mid south
Can you normally grow bulbs where you live? Do you have a long enough ‘chilling time’ for them in the fall and winter?
If so, take them out of the pot and plant them in the ground, leaving the stems and leaves on. Water. Let the leaves die back naturally; while still green they are putting energy back into the bulb for next year’s bloom. Don’t fertilize now, as they’re going dormant.
They should do their thing for you again, next season. I would fertilize in the spring with a basic bloom-booster fertilizer. Miracle Grow makes a good one.
If bulbs aren’t something you can normally grow in your zone because you don’t have enough chilling time for them, then just compost them.