" It ’s no easy determination , we sure mislay quality . commonly we top at 100 percent inflorescence , but now we ’re only at 70 - 80 per cent . The bulb will afford less , I estimate 1,000 euro per hectare . "
But he had no other selection , thinks Simon Pennings , tulip grower in the Bollenstreek ( Bulb area , the Netherlands ) . Together with some colleague growers he started topping tulips ahead of schedule , last weekend . Regarding the measures by the regime , ' do n’t go to crowded areas ' , ' keep distance from each other ' , right smart too many people showed up .
On the one hand , agriculturist feel responsible for the health of their staff and the visitant . They do n’t want trampled fields , either . On the other handwriting , you ’d call up his interest is the bulb , and the societal ordering is the interest of the law hatchet man . " But we had no pick , " says Simon , who felt forced into a rip . " It was chaos . The police was there with drones , megaphones and what not , and yet citizenry kept on come . Plus , we have to have access , too , it would be unmanageable for us if roads would get blocked . This costs money , but we do really make a financial statement . At least for this twelvemonth , it ’s simply over . "
The topping of the tulip happen every yr . When the tulip has had enough sunshine , its head give-up the ghost off . Via the leaf , the tulip gets food for the electric-light bulb , but it does n’t make seed any longer . Some tulip , specially the heavier ones with slender stems , are top out around this fourth dimension anyways , in some grammatical case even before the real flowering starts . These peak would get top - dense otherwise , which causes the efflorescence to bust and that kill the electric light .
Topping tulips
Not everything has been topped , but the fields with the most shades of colour have . In other mature area , agriculturist may not have to take these criterion , it ’s just the case that this region gets a lot of tourists and day visitors . Greenport Duin- en Bollenstreek knows that too , last weekend they issued a program line where , next to a warning to keep a cadence and a half distance , they pointed to the websiteEnjoy the Flower Fields . On this website , the industry partake all kinds of video of the most beautiful fields - and now of the topping , too . " I ’d wish to repeat that message " , reason Peter . " Dutch radio diffuse Radio 538 just call me and I repeated it there , too . It ’s really worth contain it out , they made it a truly beautiful series . "
