After my tulip dies, what is the best way to preserve the bulb for the following year?

after the greenery dies or turns brown, cut it back to the ground and leave it alone.. don't fertilize it or water it! they'll sprout early next spring. a little mulch over the area doesn't hurt, but all u'll need is a hand full no more then and inch or so will do fine!

After my tulip dies, what is the best way to preserve the bulb for the following year?
Wait till the green turns brown then just mow over them.
Reply:leave it in the ground (a damp cool spot ( where it was origonally) and it will grow back in that spot just as the year before! that is what bulb plants do! but, if nothing comes around next year, it means your plant could not survived! I would suggest stocking up on bulbs before the season, not only just in case, but also for extras to put elsewhere
Reply:After the flowers are done blooming, clip off the spent flower.Do not remove the tulips, leave them in the ground, allow the foliage to naturally die back as this process "feeds" the bulb for the next season. Once the foliage is dead you can clip back the foliage and wait until next spring to get new blooms. You can plant annuals in this area to give you summer long colour.
Reply:wait until foliage dies down then lift bulb and keep in a dark cool area until year planting. The bulb needs to reabsorb all the spent nutrients from the leaves and this is the time to give the bulb some fertiliser. (after flowering)
Reply:You don't have to do anything with you tulips...... they are a perennial........ which means they come back year after year.


The bulbs will multiply and next year you should have more tulips...... Annual type flowers can be planted on top of the tulips once they die off for the season. When the annual flowers are done for the season remove them in the fall and your flower bed is once again ready for your tulips come next spring.
Reply:If you are planning on removing them and replanting them it's best to allow the entire stem to turn brown before removing the bulbs from the soil. If you decide to remove them, do so gently, then make sure you clean the soil off, clip off the dead leaves and allow the bulbs to dry before wrapping them lightly in a brown paper bag and storing them in a cool dry place, such as a basement. Replant them the following early fall in moist soil which has been fertilized with bone meal.
Reply:after the flower die waint untill the foliage dies back. then dig them up lighhtly wash them off with water and let dry in the sun. then store them in a burlap bag or a bucket full of sawdust in a ciil dry place untill planting season(matters where you live oct-nov)
Reply:wait till the greens die down (turn brown). cut them to ground level and mulch deeply. the bulbs will stay happy in the ground till next spring. be sure to feed them some bone meal and give them a drink of water occasionally.