Tulip Test Gardens
Update: January 9, 2008   

Today's Report Includes:

  • Maps and Highlights: >>
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  • Focus: Keeping Your Eye on the Garden >>
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  • Explore: Maps — Tools for Prediction >>
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  • Forget to Report? >>
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  • Links: This Week's Tulip Garden Resources >>


Students celebrate the first green tulips emerging in GA and NY!
Credit: Bickmore

Forget to report? There is still time. >>

Maps and Highlights

First to Emerge!
Can you find some green on the map? After a warm holiday break, the students at Minor Elementary in Lilburn, GA went out to check their tulips. On 1/3/08 they saw green tips coming out of the ground! "We got some good rain over the holidays which may have encouraged the growth as we're in the middle of a very bad drought here."
2 more gardens reported emerging this week. Where will the next gardens emerge? Make your predictions now!
This Week's Map
(planted/emerged/bloomed)
  • Today's Data >>
  • Map Questions (Handout) >>
  • About Tulip Maps >>

Map Questions
(handout) >>
Focus: Keeping Your Eye on the Garden
What are YOUR Tulips Doing?
You may have discovered that some of YOUR tulips have broken dormancy already this year. If you see tulips beginning to emerge in your garden report to Journey North that your garden has EMERGED. Be sure to note this event in your Tulip Garden Journal. 

Will My Emerging Tulips be Safe in the Cold?
If a plant isn't dormant, the growing tissues can be damaged with freezing temperatures. Water in the plants tissues can burst,

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cutting off water and nutrient flow to the bloom or leaves, and in some cases, causing them to die. However, tulips are tough and can survive cold temps and even freezing.
Applying a layer (4-6”) of mulch over the garden area will protect delicate tissues from freezing temperatures.
Explore: Maps — Tools for Prediction
Maps Slideshow >>

Maps hold clues to help us predict spring's arrival across North America. Temperature maps, gardening maps, satellite maps, and our own Journey North maps help us understand the changing seasons. This winter and spring get to know them.

Maps: Tools for Predicting When Your Garden Will
Emerge >>

 
Slideshow >>
Forget to Report?
 

Have you forgotten to report your garden planted? There is still time to get your data into the experiment! Press the word "Sightings" on the navigation bar at the top of this page.
Report your Tulips PLANTED: >>
Resources: This Week's Tulip Garden Resources
  • What's Happening Underground >>
  • Snow Blankets the Earth: How Does it Affect Bulbs? >>
  • Prepare Maps for Tracking Spring >>
More Journey North Lessons and Teaching Ideas!

The Next Tulip Garden Update Will Be Posted on February 7, 2008.


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