I'm NEVER growing tulips again (and here's why)!

[rfvkzpu]

Finally!!! Someone that doesn't practice the click bait culture of youtube.
Thank you.

[jenmclean]

I have a small flower Farm and I agree with you 100%! For so many reasons they are just not worth it and I stopped growing last year.

[MyFocusVaries]

I really appreciate your sharing this important information! I didn't go out to the big tulip festival this spring because of your sharing the info about the fungicide resistance in a previous video. The message needs to be repeated! Then I got tulip fire in the old tulips I had in my garden. No more tulips for me.

[valerietzand]

I'm from the Netherlands, and luckily people are finally catching up with this. I always buy organic bulbs, grown in the Netherlands, by companies like Huiberts bio bollen, Bloemoloog and Natural Bulbs. I would never ever buy non organic, because of the reasons you mentioned.

I see so many gardeners and/or garden influencers (from here, and from the US and UK) that claim to be organic/wildlife friendly but still fill up their gardens with dirt cheap crappy bulbs from Walmart or Aldi or something. Same thing with plants from garden centers and nurseries, people just don't realize that most of them are doused in and synthetic fertilizer, and they're growing "pollinator friendly" gardens with these plants.

In the consumers defence; many of these companies add nice little brown cardboard labels with cute bee illustrations to their products, to insinuate they're organic and safe. Only way to be sure is to check with growers what they use to keep their crops healthy. Luckily in NL there are quite a few organic nurseries, but don't expect to find anything organic in the big garden centers.

[ireneNL]

I also live in NL and only have a small garden so not the same problems as someone who needs to grow commercially. I only put them in pots because they do badly in my heavy clay soil with a high water table in winter. I also struggle with mice getting at them (in the pots). I buy mine from a producer who sells bulbs grown organically called 'Naural Bulbs', but they cannot yet produce enough to satisfy demand. It is well known that the fancy tulips and those with beautiful, subtle colours, almost never come back. I appreciate all the information (& tribulations) you give us on growing plants. Keep up the good (hard 😊) work !

[bathblooms]

I did about 1000 tulips this spring, although I wasn't going to... I am for sure NOT going to this year! There is no way to compete and what you can get needs too much work, water, time, hustle...we try to be as organic as possible, but I couldn't resist!

[faithannetoo]

Great information on a sad and important topic. I may have laughed out loud at Schmeden Fruthers 😆

[richbishop]

I'm just a home gardener and I plant mostly alliums and daffodils. Your videos are so informative. Glad I didn't order any this year. I've got some Darwins that have come back for years. Bonny

[lauragalenkamp]

Thanks for sharing this, I had no idea. I will be making a point to look for organically grown bulbs in the future.

[evitaslittleparadise]

I just love your channel! You always give so many valuable information. Thank you so much! I have very good and bountiful tomato harvest almost every year because I change the bed location every year, like you said, to prevent diseases.😊Have a wonderful weekend! - Evita

[amandabrook]

Thank you, I love in oklahoma and was considering tulips but now I will probably do something different. I bought ten acres and really want to start a flower farm

[TheLARAS-ghbp]

Thank you for the 411. I too stopped growing for similar reasons you mentioned and I’m just an average gardener. Thanks again

[katebarrett]

Now I know what happened to some of my tulips last year! Tulip fire! Thanks for this very helpful info! Keep it coming!

[cbak]

Oh.. that's what happened to me garden tips last year! I decided to give it a break this year. Thanks for sharing this!!!!❤

[elib]

Anyone else watching the cute sheep?❤😂

[chickenfarm]

sorry to hear your troubles and I guess it is clear geoengineering is have detrimental effects on tulips but also flower farming in general

[doberchic]

Holy cow thank you I'd no idea what risk dealing with tulips entailed.

[t.hummel]

I get your point, I don't know what the growers in NL use (for funghi etc) on their crops but I live in NL, near a couple of tulip growers, and I know they do rotate their tulip fields! In the field near our house there are only tulips every 3-4 year, the other years other crops are planted there.

[sophian]

Thank you for informing us of this issue. Im very sad about this because i ❤ tulips and order them every year for my garden. Now i will think twice. 😢

[jolienwillowtree]

I think I'm going to try. I live I Belgium, so perfect Environment.