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Old 21-02-2008, 12:16 AM
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It's because the stalk needs to grow from the bulb below the soil surface and continue upwards. The tulip has chemicals called auxins that help the
stem/stalk to grow. Even after cutting, the plant cells inside of the stem
continue to divide and elongate.
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It's because the stalk needs to grow from the bulb below the soil surface and continue upwards. The tulip has chemicals called auxins that help the
stem/stalk to grow. Even after cutting, the plant cells inside of the stem
continue to divide and elongate.

See...I knew it was something to do with the cells in the stem!!
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Turgid - great word Chris Thanks for that Jake am going to print that off and give it to my customers who think I am talking crap when I tell them the tulips will keep growing, am not clever enough to recite it to them
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It's because the stalk needs to grow from the bulb below the soil surface and continue upwards. The tulip has chemicals called auxins that help the
stem/stalk to grow. Even after cutting, the plant cells inside of the stem
continue to divide and elongate.
Many thanks. This was a question posed by college.
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Turgid - great word Chris Thanks for that Jake am going to print that off and give it to my customers who think I am talking crap when I tell them the tulips will keep growing, am not clever enough to recite it to them
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ranunculus do as well... they grew in my yellow bridal posy....
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ranunculus do as well... they grew in my yellow bridal posy....
Well you have taught me something flower, I didn't know that ranunculus continued growing whist cut, I thought that was soley the province of the tulip.............well you learn something new everyday! That's why floristry is so fantastic!
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