The end of the flowers

Remove/cutting off the flowers ( Koppen ) is necessary for growing the bulbs bigger . It`s the end of the colors on the fields

[Bill]

Thanks for showing the process.

[Kathy]

I guess all the flower removal is done individually? That's a lot of work!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

So sad! But certainly understandable from the business perspective.

[Esther Rosenberg]

Too bad....it was so beautiful. Waiting again for next year.

[moni kozi]

Wow. That is so interesting. I have to show this to my dad. We argue about that.
Nice shot

[bkb in the city]

Very nice

[Diana]

Oh that is very interesting and new to me. I suppose they do it with machines.

[Dianne]

It had to be done, but I loved your earlier images with those rows of colour!

[Wylie]

And they just throw them away? Eek!

[Beryl Lloyd]

So sad but necessary I suppose - but there is always next year !

[Dione Giorgio]

Sad to see the fields empty of flowers after all that colours galore.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful looking collage.

[Merrelyn]

I know that it is necessary for the bulb formation but it seems like such a waste. After seeing the beautiful Bloemencorso floats in Haarlem many years ago, I wondered if some of the farmers gave their flowers for them.

[Fisher Family]

Interesting to see the process, but sad to see the end of all those lovely colourful fields - fav!

Ian

[Heather]

Thank you for showing us this process. I had never thought about it before. Sad to see the end of the colourful fields (with the petals in the paths) but, as others have said, there is next year.

[Mary Siegle]

How interesting! I love your pictures, especially the bottom one with the red stripe of culled flowers. I especially love the two little stubborn red flowers who survived the cutting.