I have been binging a lot of your videos and I have to say, you are really putting together valuable content. I think the approach to your channel is very smart. You have definitely found a niche that is needed. There is enough growing content out there but as am entering my 3rd year and starting to feel like I have a better handle on the actual farming part, I really appreciate the info you are sharing so I can focus more on making better business decisions. Which can be very overwhelming so I appreciate how you are providing it in a comprehensive way.
Must-grow: Alibi (purple), Verona Sunrise (double peach, expensive), Columbus (pricy, double pink), Ad Rem (orange, perennializing). Interesting: Dream Touch (double magenta), Icoon (red with streaks of yellow), Mystic van Eyjk (pink, very beautiful, closes at night, does not store well), Cabanna (parrot, pink/white), Super White Parrot. Not growing again Foxy Foxtrot (creamy yellow, complications), Alison bradley (small purple double heads, early) After minute 33: New tulip order list. Very well made, informative video.
Hey there- unfortunately, the bulbs are only available to the students so there's a specifically portal on their site that we log into to buy. It's another advance of joining the workshop
We had a tiny discussion in one of your earlier videos about what company has the best quality of tulip bulbs. You had stated at that time that you wanted to wait till after tulip season. So, I am coming back at ya with my question. What wholesale companies are your impressed with?
Good memory! Now that I know more about the bulb procuring process, this is such a difficult question to answer but I'll try to break it down into parts. 1) Because I am forcing, the ability to obtain quality prechilled bulbs is important. A couple of things come into play here- is the wholesaler chilling in Holland or chilling here in the US? I've been told that chilling in Holland is superior though I'm not sure why. But more importantly, the supplier needs to successfully hold the bulbs in cold storage (harder than one thinks bc you're holding so many bulbs in bulk it's hard to have 100% quality control) and the rep needs to understand why you need to know the precise cooling details. This is where I got burned on last year bc the wholesaler was not one who dealt with alot of tulip forcers. 2) Many wholesalers will work with various tulip farms to source their bulbs. Therefore, quality is dependent on the grower and not on the wholesaler, though a good wholesaler should be doing their due diligence and not selling you bad bulbs. I can't think of any real wholesaler who purposely sells bad bulbs, but typically if you buy on clearance from the retail guys, you'll be more likely to get these "not so great" bulbs. 3) At the end of the day, a great wholesaler is one who is communicative and works with you on a refund if needed. I ordered from ADR last year and I had some pretty big issues with rot and the miscommunication on cooling times bc the rep didn't understand the significance of that info to me. But what mattered more is that they issued a refund, no questions asked. In hindsight, some of those bulbs could have been viable. But I appreciated how great their customer service was and ordered a few thousand $ in ranunculus corms this year. I will continue to support them, albeit maybe not tulips (also their pricing is less competitive than some other places, so there's that too). I am ordering predominantly from The Tulip Workshop this year but also from Netherland Bulb Co. I appreciated that NBC's bulb rep came out to visit. He was very knowledgable about winter forcing and we were able to have a great conversation, with me asking some detailed questions that I'm sure few other bulb reps could answer. I went with NBC because they have competitive pricing but also bc the instructors of The Tulip Workshop buy over 100,000 bulbs from them each year so they are very familiar with winter forcing and the students that come from the workshop. Hopefully this helps!
I have been binging a lot of your videos and I have to say, you are really putting together valuable content. I think the approach to your channel is very smart. You have definitely found a niche that is needed. There is enough growing content out there but as am entering my 3rd year and starting to feel like I have a better handle on the actual farming part, I really appreciate the info you are sharing so I can focus more on making better business decisions. Which can be very overwhelming so I appreciate how you are providing it in a comprehensive way.
Aww thank you :)
I always walk away with great value from your videos. Thank you!!!
Love this video. So informational. Great details. Thank you!
Must-grow: Alibi (purple), Verona Sunrise (double peach, expensive), Columbus (pricy, double pink), Ad Rem (orange, perennializing).
Interesting: Dream Touch (double magenta), Icoon (red with streaks of yellow), Mystic van Eyjk (pink, very beautiful, closes at night, does not store well), Cabanna (parrot, pink/white), Super White Parrot.
Not growing again Foxy Foxtrot (creamy yellow, complications), Alison bradley (small purple double heads, early)
After minute 33: New tulip order list.
Very well made, informative video.
Thank you for laying it all out!! Something I should have done in the description! :)
This is such a helpful video!!!
Thank you for this video, it is very detailed and super helpful
I am growing dreamer, nice double baby pink
I’m glad this is helpful!
I will also be growing dreamer for the first time next year!
@@bareflowerfarm the stems are decent length, good Vase life
Agree on the Prince tulips!
Haha, I have yet to find someone who disagrees which makes me wonder, who is buying the prince series year after year?
Was looking for varieties that we have but didn’t find any 😂 Our tulips haven’t gone up yet so we’re excited/anxious if we can actually sell them 😬🤞
There are just sooo many varieties and I only grew a few that I would call "staples". The tulips will come, just you wait! They will come in a fury!
Hi- you mentioned you bought bulbs from the tulip workshop- is this through a specific page different from the courses they sell?
Hey there- unfortunately, the bulbs are only available to the students so there's a specifically portal on their site that we log into to buy. It's another advance of joining the workshop
We had a tiny discussion in one of your earlier videos about what company has the best quality of tulip bulbs. You had stated at that time that you wanted to wait till after tulip season. So, I am coming back at ya with my question. What wholesale companies are your impressed with?
Good memory! Now that I know more about the bulb procuring process, this is such a difficult question to answer but I'll try to break it down into parts.
1) Because I am forcing, the ability to obtain quality prechilled bulbs is important. A couple of things come into play here- is the wholesaler chilling in Holland or chilling here in the US? I've been told that chilling in Holland is superior though I'm not sure why. But more importantly, the supplier needs to successfully hold the bulbs in cold storage (harder than one thinks bc you're holding so many bulbs in bulk it's hard to have 100% quality control) and the rep needs to understand why you need to know the precise cooling details. This is where I got burned on last year bc the wholesaler was not one who dealt with alot of tulip forcers.
2) Many wholesalers will work with various tulip farms to source their bulbs. Therefore, quality is dependent on the grower and not on the wholesaler, though a good wholesaler should be doing their due diligence and not selling you bad bulbs. I can't think of any real wholesaler who purposely sells bad bulbs, but typically if you buy on clearance from the retail guys, you'll be more likely to get these "not so great" bulbs.
3) At the end of the day, a great wholesaler is one who is communicative and works with you on a refund if needed. I ordered from ADR last year and I had some pretty big issues with rot and the miscommunication on cooling times bc the rep didn't understand the significance of that info to me. But what mattered more is that they issued a refund, no questions asked. In hindsight, some of those bulbs could have been viable. But I appreciated how great their customer service was and ordered a few thousand $ in ranunculus corms this year. I will continue to support them, albeit maybe not tulips (also their pricing is less competitive than some other places, so there's that too).
I am ordering predominantly from The Tulip Workshop this year but also from Netherland Bulb Co. I appreciated that NBC's bulb rep came out to visit. He was very knowledgable about winter forcing and we were able to have a great conversation, with me asking some detailed questions that I'm sure few other bulb reps could answer. I went with NBC because they have competitive pricing but also bc the instructors of The Tulip Workshop buy over 100,000 bulbs from them each year so they are very familiar with winter forcing and the students that come from the workshop.
Hopefully this helps!
My parrot king fans out like that, not droopy but very open
I find that certain parrots are more "droopy" than others. I haven't yet grown parrot king but good to know he probably droops less :D
I'm not sure I would grow it again for retail , I harvest them early enough , but im not sure my CSA will like them.