tuberose advice?

I planted tuberose purchased from reputable sources indoors just as frost ended, and throughout the Spring. All are now outside. Plenty of leaves and now blooms. Any advice on what went wrong and how I would collect them for winter, if that can be done. Thanks.

It probably is still too early for these to flower.

Mine blooms in the Fall. Wonderful scent and one of my favorites. I keep it by the front door.
After they die back I remove them from the container, dry them and then treat them like any other bulb. I cover with some peat moss and keep in my cellar. They will multiply. Linda

Andi,
I am having the same problem with mine. They like it REALLY hot and we just haven't had the temps that they thrive in. Don't know if your summer has been the same. They should start blooming or at least budding in mid to late Aug.

I've had two clumps for a couple of years. Both recently sent up stalks with nice bundles of buds. I just leave them in their pots overwintered in the basement. When early spring comes I repot them in larger containers. I set these outside in late spring. The climate this year here has been uncommonly hot which could be a factor in their sending bloom stalks up this early. They have, heretofore, bloomed in early fall.

Good to know that they can overwinter inside. Our summer has been hot but they don't look like they have stems, just leaves.

I think last year mine started blooming in August and bloomed all the way until November. I kept them potted, out by the pond, right under my bedroom window. It was nice when it was cool enough to leave the windows open. The smell wafted right on in and I also got to listen to the sound of water slapping against the rocks. Can't wait!

I do not have stalks yet either. :)

After all of my complaining I see that I have one coming into bloom now. Although it is one of several, and kind of small. Interestingly, I've noticed that when I buy these as cut flowers they never open. Never.

Good things come to those who have patience......................most of the time.

Tuberose with flower stalk. It might bloom before the end of this month.

Blooming.

I am glad I found this thread again.

Both of my clumps of tuberoses are in different places and both failed to bloom this year. Had healthy green foliage but not even a sign of a bud. They should have bloomed by now.

Anyone else have this happen?

What happened???

I have some that bloomed wonderfully, and another set that I got from another grower that was in a big clump. Lots of foliage, but no blooms. I think that I should have separated them to get them to bloom. Perhaps they were too crowded, since only the clumps failed to bloom.

If a Tuberose is one big bulb, it probably will not flower, ot flowered last season. If it has a big bulb with lots of little ones around it, if the little ones are big enough some may flower. Here again, the large one will not flower. The littler ones need to grow one year for them to flower next year. I bet that next year you will have lots of flowers. You DID fertilize them twice, right? One time when you planted them and one time about a month ago? Do this again in the Spring when they come up.

The clump was a cluster of maybe 20 little bulbs around some big ones. I watered and fertilized.

It was really helpful to see a a photo of a large clump. I planted mine almost 2 years ago and they still haven't flowered. They are no where near as large a jthose in morth's photo though. The leaves on mine are maybe 7-8 inches long...guess it's going to be a while.

The first time I grew a tuberose it was in a container. It was a small bulb and it bloomed profusely.
That following Spring, I had discovered that it had multiplied into several bublets. I separated them all and planted them in a big pot. They all bloomed. This was last summer- 2004. This past spring(2005) I removed all of them from the pot and planted them in 2 clumps in different areas of my flowerbed.
Guess they were happier in the pot, huh?
I am going to leave them alone and see what they do next year.

I have read that tuberose resents being moved. Maybe it bugs them to be dug up in the winter in the colder zones. Maybe they would like to live in a pot a little better, then you can just bring them in without disturbing the roots. I have some very old ones that bloom well, I would like to thin them for trades but I'm afraid to!

Tuberoses do not resent being moved. However, they *do* resent colder soils and therefore many people in cooler climates have better luck growing them in pots since the smaller containers are more exposed to the heat of the sun. A long and HOT growing season = more blooms and happier plants. They also need to be regularly divided in order to remain productive, otherwise they will produce great patches of green, leafy growth with little or no blooms.

In my experience, the type known as 'Single Mexican' is much easier and much more fragrant and rewarding than the cultivar known as 'The Pearl'. The doubles seldom if ever even bother to open when used as cut flowers and, strangely enough, they tend to lose their fragrance when cut. They are also not even nearly as elegant as the singles.

Is it important to let these die back naturally? The fall weather has set in, but they are still somewhat green. I'd rather pull them up now for storage if I can. Also, is it better to divide them now or just before planting?

I have had mine in the ground for two years and they bloomed both years. I agree with Ispahan though about the doubles since that is what I planted. I will try some singles and see how fragrant they are.