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What is the best fertilizer to apply to my tulips and daffodils now? My bulbs are all from Brecks. Daffodils are mostly the naturalizing variety and ...
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Fertilizing my tulips and daffodils and Lilac bushes #871560
Asked June 04, 2024, 3:45 PM EDT
What is the best fertilizer to apply to my tulips and daffodils now? My bulbs are all from Brecks. Daffodils are mostly the naturalizing variety and tulips are perennial variety. I know it should be bulb specific but I don't know which one to choose. What should the numbers be? 3-5-3. Is Bone meal a good choice?
I have Sensation Lilac bushes, planted summer of 2021. I have kept the watered through the last few years of drought. How can I get them to bloom? I have not fertilized them. what kind of fertilizer should I use for them.
Thank you for your assistance.
Chisago County Minnesota
Expert Response
See these web sites for bulb care. The last one mentions fertilizing.
https://chemung.cce.cornell.edu/resources/culture-of-spring-flowering-bulbs
https://extension.umn.edu/how/planting-bulbs-tubers-and-rhizomes
https://marinette.extension.wisc.edu/files/2020/08/Caring-for-Spring-Bulb-Plants.pdf
See this web site for lilac care
https://extension.umn.edu/trees-and-shrubs/lilacs
See the FAQ on this web site
https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/how-to/growing-lilacs-home-garden
https://chemung.cce.cornell.edu/resources/culture-of-spring-flowering-bulbs
https://extension.umn.edu/how/planting-bulbs-tubers-and-rhizomes
https://marinette.extension.wisc.edu/files/2020/08/Caring-for-Spring-Bulb-Plants.pdf
See this web site for lilac care
https://extension.umn.edu/trees-and-shrubs/lilacs
See the FAQ on this web site
https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/how-to/growing-lilacs-home-garden
