As long as they get a period of cooling (40 F or below for about 8 weeks), the temperatures the rest of the time don't really matter a lot. Bulbs that haven't been planted yet should be stored in a cool dry place so that they don't sprout prematurely, but if they reach 70 in the garden, they're perfectly ok. I had tulips in Colorado; they withstood -20 in the winter, and 95+ in the summer (high elevations and thin air!!), and they bloomed just fine.True or false? I have heard that if tulip bulbs are exposed to 70 degrees or higher, the tulips will not grow.
you can outsmart them by putting the bulbs into the frigerator bottom bin for about 6 weeks and fool them into a ';cool';climate. Depends on the area you live in .
I always get my tulips from Tulips.com
Also depends if you fertilize your bulbs ,so they can have nice big flowers
http://www.tulips.com/faq.cfm
There is a slight problem with this idea--how could they sell them in stores that are usually 68-72 degrees if it meant they wouldn't bloom?
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Are you talking about loose bulbs out of the ground, or planted? My mom has a bed of over 100 tulips, and it gets over 100 degrees in the summer where she lives. If you're talking about tulip bulbs, out of the ground, I don't know, but it sounds wrong. 70 degrees isn't that hot.
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