START ABOUT SÖRBY ENVIRONMENT & QUALITY TULPANES OTHER RANGE CONTACT TULPANES Care instructions A tulip is born ... The history of tulips More historical facts A tulip is born ... Already at the first planting in August, the flower bud is ready as a fully formed fetus at the bottom of the bulb, albeit microscopically small .. It is only at this stage - stage G as it is called in technical terms - that we can begin the winter dormancy. Then we lower the onion temperature to 9 degrees, a perfect winter for a tulip bulb. The mother onion has been planted in October the year before in the fields in Holland. There you have an ideal land to grow the bulbs. It is an old lake bottom that has been extracted from the sea and there you have the opportunity to raise the groundwater during drought. During the winter, the bulbs are covered with a blanket of straw, which is removed when spring comes. Then the bulbs sprout and around the first of May the famous Dutch fields are in bloom. But soon the flower buds are cut off and thrown away, so that the leaves with the help of sunlight will collect as much nutrition as possible for the daughter bulbs, which then begin to grow. When the bulbs are later lifted out of the ground, they get optimal summer temperatures in large warehouses until the "fetus" is fully formed. From mid-August, the bulbs will be transported to us at Sörby Handelsträdgård in Gävle. Two trucks a week come then all autumn with bulbs. They are taken care of by our skilled onion drivers. The bulbs are planted in boxes filled with a peat mixture. After watering, the boxes are driven into cold storage. The winter rest at Sörby lasts for 12 to 21 weeks, depending on the variety. Därefter flyttas tulpanerna från kylrummens vinter till växthusens värme och ljus. Där får de små skönheterna omsorgsfull omvårdnad och tre veckor senare kan vi skörda de första blommorna. Tulpaner skördas veckans alla dagar för att vara riktigt färska när de kommer fram till butiker, och varje morgon har vi bara ett par timmar på oss att skörda medan de är i absolut rätt stadium. Plockas tulpanen för tidigt blir den liten och blek, plockas den för sent blir hållbarheten sämre. Efter skörden läggs tulpanerna i lådor och tas in i kylrum för snabb nedkylning. När tulpanerna är nedkylda förpackas dom. Därefter är de klara för leverans till din butik. Sörby Handelsträdgård Durovägen 135 806 28 Gävle Tel: 026-66 33 33 info@sorby.com Producerad av 100 procent media AB