The Nose Knows
Posted by Barb Mazzochi on March 10, 2005
Q: Do squirrels eat tulip bulbs. Sometimes my tulip bulbs that are planted in the ground in the fall don't come up in the spring and I was wondering if it is because the squirrels eat them. Barb
A: To the best of my knowledge, squirrels don't eat tulip bulbs. There are all kinds of reasons a bulb might not send out a new plant in the spring so it would be difficult to determine which one it was. However, keep a close look at the areas where you know there are bulbs planted and see if there are some "excavations" going on there - that would be what you'd see if squirrels were digging them up. Good luck!
John Wiessinger ( March 11, 2005)
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