Head hunting.

Gladly I was just in time to capture some of the fields before they are all head hunted. This is the fate of all tulips because it is intended that the bulbs grow thicker. The energy that the flowers need can end up in the bulb better

[Beryl Lloyd]

A glorious scene under a beautiful sky , as these tulips wait their fate . A lovely pov , with leading lines . fav

[KWind]

Oh my goodness. It just seems wrong to do that to them.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

So sad to see them mowed down- even though I understand why- I wonder if they'd let you cut a few before they plowed.

[wendy frost]

Oh sad to see the flower heads gone but all in a good cause.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

That was good timing, Pyrrhula, and so interesting, too. Great capture.

[Kathy]

I like the details in this very much.

[bkb in the city]

Great shot

[Diana]

A fabulous capture of the fate of the flowers. Lovely to see some still standing.

[Babs]

Oh no this is so sad, what a waste of beautiful tulips

[KoalaGardens🐨]

great timing to get to show the process!

[Margo]

Must have been your lucky day catching them before they are all chewed up!!

[Denise Wood]

Such a wonderful scene and great capture :) fav

[Pyrrhula]

@olivetreeann No, they just cut off the flower`s head. If you want it into a vase you need the stem to.

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful shot. Do you mean that all those wonderful flowers are wasted? How sad they don't find a way to sell the flowers, too.

[Merrelyn]

I understand why this is done but it's sad to see. I wondered if in some areas the flowers might have been used in the floats for Bloemencorso?

[Bep]

Toch jammer dat al die mooie kleuren zo maar opeens zijn verdwenen.

[Jacqueline]

Mooie foto, in mijn jeugd haalde we vaak handen vol van die koppen en maakte daarmee drijfschalen was altijd prachtig. Deden we in de kop van Noord Holland. Fav, ook vanwege de jeugdherinnering. ;)

[Ivan]

Very informative image...knew it was done as tulips get weaker each year.

[Ivan]

fav! :)

[Margaret Brown]

So beautiful. Fav

[Diana Moss]

so glad you managed to get these beautiful flowers a fav

[FBailey]

Oh my goodness - seems such a shame

[*lynn]

a wonderful story-telling shot … thanks for sharing this information!

[Fisher Family]

A good shot to show the heads being cropped - fav!

Ian

[Caterina]

Super shot and interesting story. Fav