True or false? I have heard that if tulip bulbs are exposed to 70 degrees or higher, the tulips will not grow.

Or they will grow, but the flowers would be a lot smaller...

True or false? I have heard that if tulip bulbs are exposed to 70 degrees or higher, the tulips will not grow.
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.
Reply: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
Reply: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?
Reply:TRUE
Reply: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.