The Most Dangerous Tulip Diseases: Forewarned is Forearmed

Like any other self-respecting flower, the tulip has plenty of diseases that attack the plant from time to time.

Thanks to a brief excursion from the expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, you will be able to distinguish the main diseases of the tulip, and therefore, save the flower from death due to another illness.

Fusarium rot

The disease can be recognized by the yellowing of the part of the plant that is above the ground. Bulbs affected by fusarium rot turn brown, dry out and become covered with a gray coating.

Penicillium rot

If you notice that the scales of the bulbs have turned yellow and a bluish-green coating has formed on them, this is most likely penicillium rot. Other symptoms include rot of the bulbs up to complete decay, as well as peduncles and buds.

Bacterial rot

You will know that the tulip is suffering from bacterial rot if you begin to smell an unpleasant odor coming from it and see rotting bulbs that are colored brown.

Variegation virus

Let's list the symptoms that appear in case of this disease, the main one of which is probably the appearance of stripes and dots on the tulip petals. As a result of infection, the plant's metabolic processes slow down, which provokes a general decline, and flowering occurs with a delay.