Highlights
from the Tulip Test Garden
What Can You Learn from
Observers?
(Back to Today's
Update - 2/11/10)
02/10/10
Dequeen, Arkansas:
Today, for the first time, we actually saw some of our tulips emerging
from the ground. They were only about 0.5cm up, but we could see them!
Most of us think they will bloom around the first week of March, but a
few think it will be the middle of March. We are really excited about
this project!
02/08/10
Newport News, Virginia:
We have 2 different emergence dates. I'll predict [using our data from
the past 12 years] that the batch that emerged in January will bloom 3/24
and the batch that's emerging now in February will bloom 3/16.
That seems to be what happened in 2006/2007 and 2001/2002. It seems the
earlier the tulips emerge the later they tend to bloom.
02/05/10
Kearns, Utah:
The
bulbs are sprouting, they look reddish/purpleish. Some are bigger than
others, and not all of them are up yet, only a few have been spotted.
02/02/10
Lynnwood, Washington:
Hi! I am one of the tulip bulbs at Martha Lake. My name is Bob, the bulb.
Some of my cousins are just beginning to sprout - that means to emerge
from the dirt. It is a sunny day and Room 204 has finally come down to
check on us. The sun shinning bright on us and the temperature is about
50F degrees. Most of my cousins haven't shown up yet, they're still babies
I guess. You all better be checking your bulbs to see if any of them have
sprouted.
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