This is the best way to proceed

Don't harvest tulip bulbs too early - that's what counts

The end of the flowering period leads to the active phase of reproduction. Deep in the ground, a tulip bulb is now busily trying to sprout numerous brood bulbs. This process takes a lot of strength. The remaining nutrients in the leaves are invaluable. This is how they are not lost during the harvest:

• Only cut off the leaves when they are completely withered and drawn in
• With the Digging fork loosen the soil all around
• On a dry day, lift the tulip bulbs out of the ground

If available, the bulbs will fall into place eye. Cut these off with a freshly sharpened and meticulously disinfected knife.

Harvest seeds before the capsules tear apart with zeal

If you aim to breed a new, furious variety of tulips, the plan will only succeed on the basis of generative propagation. In the seeds of your most beautiful tulips rest hidden attributes that are part of the

sowing can be activated. To ensure that vital, germ-free seeds are available to you, please follow these instructions:

• Do not cut off the withered tulip flowers
• At the end of the flowering period, continue with the normal care program for 8 to 10 weeks
• Only harvest the bulging fruit capsules shortly before they burst

It takes a trained eye to determine the perfect time. If you harvest the seeds too early, you will look in vain for seedlings during the sowing process. If you wait too long, the capsule will tear and the seeds will be scattered in the bed, never to be seen again. A seed pod that is ready to be harvested is brown in color and crackly dry.

Clean seeds after harvest

To get to the flat, dark seeds, the ripe capsule is rubbed over a bowl between the fingers. Then separate the seeds from the peel remains by sifting them repeatedly.