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Today we will talk about the features growing tulips, about how they differ from others
There is no garden where tulips do not bloom and in April their spiky seedlings pierce the melting snow - leaves begin to grow.
And after 20-30 days they bloom and we can admire their luxurious flowering for up to 35 days.
In order to make it easy and enjoyable, you must follow a number of simple rules.
Growing rules
As of appearance tulips, you can determine what elements are missing in the soil. For example, if there is not enough nitrogen, then the tulip's leaf plates become narrow and are no longer able to maintain an upright position. At the same time, the stems and leaves gradually acquire a red tint. With a lack of potassium and phosphorus in the soil, a blue-green color appears at the edges of tulip leaves.
All agrotechnical techniques - loosening, weeding, feeding, removing diseased and viral plants - must be done very carefully so as not to damage the leaves and roots of healthy plants, because they are the ones that "feed" the bulb.
Tulips grow very quickly leaves, stems, flowers, and even goes underground. active work according to the increase in the size of the daughter bulb and the grandchild bulbs are laid. And this explains their short life span. These rapid processes require large amounts of nutrients and moisture in the soil. Therefore, during the period of budding and flowering, especially in the absence of rain, it is necessary to regularly water the plants. And also in order to get a properly formed large replacement bulb, tulips need to be watered for another two weeks after flowering.
In order to get large flowers in the second year and so that the bulb does not disintegrate into small onions, the appearance of a seed pod should not be allowed - when the flower begins to wither, you must immediately remove it (cut it off with your hands, and not cut it with a knife). At the same time, it is imperative to leave at least two leaves on the stem, because at their expense the future flower and bulb will be fed.
Tulips love sun and well-drained, light soil. As a rule, bulbs are dug up every year, but if you plant the tulips deeper and remember to feed them during growth and after flowering, they can grow in one place for several years. I transplant tulips in 3-4 years.
In June, as soon as the leaves begin to turn yellow, dig up the bulbs, dry in the shade and store in boxes until autumn, signing the name of the variety. Tulip bulbs cannot tolerate direct sunlight and therefore (I want to repeat again) they must be dried in the shade, in a well-ventilated place.
In September it is time to plant tulips on the ridges. To do this, we make trenches 30 cm wide and about 20 cm deep. Pour superphosphate at the bottom. Attention! I remind you - in no case should manure be applied under tulips (as well as under all bulbous ones), as this leads to decay of the bulbs. First, we lay out large onions in the trenches with the bottom down and lightly sprinkle with earth. Then we plant smaller ones between them and sprinkle them again, and spread the children around the edges. Top up with the rest of the earth. With this planting, the beds look more decorative in spring and there is no need to dig out tulips every year.
Diseases and pests
If the tulip bulbs have sprouted, but the leaves begin to turn yellow and dry, then we can talk about a plant disease. Very often, diseases spread after damage by both a root onion mite, a bear, click beetles, and mechanical ones.
Symptoms fusarium rot (fusarium) are: sudden yellowing and drying of the ground part of the plant, the bulbs begin to turn brown and dry, a weak grayish bloom of mycelium with spores appears.
Penicillus rot manifests itself as follows: the scales on the surface of the bulb begin to turn yellow and then a dense bluish-green sporulation rapidly grows. Decay begins with flower buds and peduncles, and very often the bulb rots completely.
Bacterial rot (bacteriosis) develops mainly as a result of damage by the root onion mite, which feeds on the bottom and young roots of the bulb, sometimes nematodes also provoke the disease. With this disease, the bulbs turn brown and rot, an unpleasant odor appears.
One of the most common and dangerous viral diseases of tulips is considered variegated virus... Outwardly, it appears on the petals of tulips in the form of various stripes and specks, which often look decorative and unusual. However, the virus infects all parts of the plant, slows down metabolic processes, provokes a delay in flowering and early yellowing of leaves.
Or maybe you have your own interesting secrets in growing tulips, dear readers? Share with us!
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I usually dig up tulips and daffodils after they have faded and the green leaves turn yellow, you can keep tulips in one place without digging, but in order to multiply the variety, I dig them out every year. After digging, you need to rinse the bulbs well and process them in the Maxim solution, if you do not have it, then with a weak solution of manganese, then let it dry and put it in a dark cool place, and in September you can plant it again, do not forget to put sand in the hole when planting , but not in any way manure, you can mulch it after you plant tulips.
If you choose the right place to store your tulip bulbs with the ability to ventilate and reduce the temperature if necessary, all planting material will be perfectly preserved until autumn, and during planting you will not have to discard moldy bulbs. And as you already understood, high-quality planting material is the key to successful cultivation of excellent tulips! The onions can be powdered with ash and sprinkled with sand on all sides;
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Love for tulips has not spared our florists either: for some, planting tulip bulbs has become a favorite hobby, and someone, conquered by the charm of delicate buds, is just beginning to master the art of cultivating this bulbous culture.
And the distance depends on what and how many bulbs you have.
Flowering, how beautiful to plant tulips with other plants in the garden: You need to dig it out when the bulbous ones bloom and the leaf turns yellow, to plant them in the fall, one month before the onset of frost. Daffodils do not need to be dug up every year, they do not need it. Unlike tulips, they do not have a clear dormancy period, and the bulbs and roots are perennial.
The planting depth of all bulbs depends on the type of plant, but on average they adhere to the rule of three times the height of the bulb. This refers to the thickness of the soil layer above the bulb, not the distance from the bottom of the hole or furrow to the surface.
Plant the bulbs in the ground.
- from the second decade of September until the last days of October. The right time When to plant tulips depends on the region and local climate. So, in central Russia, bulbs are planted starting from the twenties of September, and in the southern regions - from October.
Tulips are one of the earliest spring flowers that appear in abundance in retail for the Eighth of March, and after the snow melts, they begin to peep out of the warmed earth in private flower beds, so that soon they will bloom with fragrant delicate flowers. If you finally decided to settle adorable tulips in your garden, you most likely have a logical question: when to plant tulips?
A tulip has a new bulb every year. As soon as flowering ends, the roots begin to die off on the bulb, because a new one has appeared, and this new roots will grow back only by autumn.
Planting depth tulip bulbs
Video about methods of planting tulips Plant tulips in open ground it is necessary until April, but if frosts are still possible in your region at this time, first plant the bulbs in a container suitable size, and only then carefully transplant to the flower bed.
It would be logical to start planting bulbs in the spring, along with other flowers and vegetables. But it was not there! Majority experienced florists unanimously say that autumn is the only suitable time to plant tulips. Although there are also supporters of spring planting, who can give many reasons why it is preferable to plant tulip bulbs in the ground in the spring. So all the same, when to plant tulips, and who is right?
If the fall is dry, the flowerbed will need to be watered a week and a half after planting. As soon as persistent frosts set in, cover the ground with peat, dry leaves, compost or straw. Remove the mulch in the spring so that it does not interfere with the delicate sprouts of tulips.
"Autumn!"
And of course, at first, beginners have many questions: I, for example, make several "flower beds" half a meter by 20 centimeters (approximately) and plant there closely in two layers - it turns out very beautifully in the spring.
Often next to tulips, you can see bright blue muscari;
In order to immediately achieve the desired correction and not the picture then mistakes, think over how to plant tulips in advance. And since these bulbous plants are recommended to be planted in flower beds in the fall, it is worthwhile to start drawing up a flower garden for the next season in the summer months. Sketchy sketches of flower beds in color will help you find suitable combinations plants and more will allow you to visualize how everything will look together in reality.
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And the narcissus bulb seems to grow from the inside, "swells" due to the appearance of new scales. And if the soil is rich, shady place and there is enough moisture, then daffodils can stand with leaves almost until the end of summer. Because they always have nourishing roots.
On heavy clay soils, the planting depth is reduced by 2-3 cm, and on light sandy soils, it is increased by the same 2-3 cm. The tops of the bulbs should always be directed upwards when planting. If they turn upside down, they will sprout much later and will be weakened. Also, do not overlap the bulbs on one side. In shady areas, a spring flower bed is made of shade-tolerant plants (Fig. 27).
Most importantly, remember: no matter what time to plant tulips, agricultural techniques must be followed carefully, otherwise due to improper care the bulb of the plant grinds, and after it the stems and flowers will become smaller.
You can determine when to plant tulips by soil temperature:
It is only important not to rush so that the bulbs do not sprout until frost, and not to delay the timing, otherwise flowering will come much later. It is necessary to choose such a time from mid-September to mid-October, when the soil temperature will be stable at around +10 degrees at a depth of up to 15 cm.
Oh, there is confusion and wobbling with tulips here ... and in the spring they plant stubbornly and already in the middle of August they gathered ...
Tulip buds look spectacularly bright against the background of lush host and ferns;
In landscape design there are several basic techniques on how to arrange flowers and plants effectively on the site. These techniques can be successfully used during disembarkation Landing. Daffodils do not dig out at all, after flowering beautiful grass remains, when it starts to dry out, just cut it to ground level. Tulips are dug out after flowering, and dried until the bulbs have taken all the juices from the leaves, then the bulbs are cleaned of dried leaves and stored in a dry room. Tulips are planted in September-October. In many areas there are places where there is little sun - near the northern wall of the house or under the crowns of trees. Very often such places are empty - it is believed that nothing will grow there. However, there are many flowers with different flowering periods that can successfully develop and bloom in the shade. Plants blooming in spring are best planted under the crowns fruit trees, since by the time the fruits are harvested, these plants are already fading.
Daffodils are not recommended to be often dug up, because the bulb lives for several years and grows overgrown with children. This is usually done after three to four years, when the "family" becomes large. And some children can no longer pick up the buds :) I do not cut the leaves of faded daffodils, I braid them in pigtails and leave them until they naturally turn yellow. This way the bulbs are better prepared for the next bloom.
As soon as the soil temperature dropped to + 7 + 9 degrees at a depth of ten centimeters, it was time to start planting the bulbs;
Tulips are planted when the soil temperature is + 10 grams. In the suburbs, this is either the end of September or the beginning of October. Prepare the soil in advance. The bulbs are planted to a depth of 3 bulbs, not pressed, but carefully laid. Well-rooted bulbs overwinter well.
A very interesting composition can be planted, creating tulips next to flowering shrubs - forsythia, luiseania, rhododendron and weigela;
Tulips in groups
If the temperature is higher, the bulbs will sprout, which will die during the first frost, and rooting will be worse;
Video about correct fit tulips
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It remains only to decide when to dig up the tulip bulbs: wait until the last, until the stems are completely dry, or immediately remove the fading plants from the flower bed so that they do not spoil the view? It is best to start digging when the aboveground part of the tulips has already turned yellow, but has not yet dried up, otherwise the nests will crumble, and some bulbs may remain unnoticed in the ground.
Before starting planting work, you need to choose an unshaded place in the garden, prepare the soil and bulbs. The soil in the flower bed should be fertile, loose, air and permeable, and the bulbs should be sorted by size, rejecting all sick, damaged and too small specimens. Immediately before planting in the ground, the planting material is freed from the upper husk and disinfected with potassium permanganate or Maxim.
What place to choose for them, and how to prepare a flower bed;
Council - read on the Internet the articles of Vyacheslav Khondyrev - breeder and agronomist, an expert on bulbous plants.
Tulips invariably attract attention, growing against the backdrop of green boxwood conifers or plants.
No matter how much you would like to buy a couple of bulbs of the variety you like, try not to succumb to this desire or buy several bulbs at once. The fact is that graceful beautiful tulips look only in group plantings, but if you plant different varieties one by one, the flower bed will simply turn into a vinaigrette. And single specimens, scattered around here and there, then there, and may remain whatever, unnoticed, no matter how magnificent they are.
They are planted in August. I don't dig them out.
They are dug in the summer, planted in the fall, so that they can take root before the frost! !
Practice shows that without annual digging, the reproduction rate decreases, the bulbs become smaller, the area of plant nutrition decreases, the risk of disease and pest damage to the bulbs increases, the soil is depleted, and pathogens accumulate in it. Therefore, it is better to dig up tulips annually.
At a lower soil temperature, the bulbs simply do not have time to root well before the onset of frost, which will lead to tulips lagging in growth in spring and to unsuccessful flowering.
Most of the tulip species are native to Central Asia. Here, wild tulips are found in rocky and sandy deserts, in arid mountain areas, foothills, on stony taluses, in rock crevices, as well as in the steppes. In early spring the slopes of the mountains and deserts of Central Asia represent a truly picturesque picture - blooming tulips play with bright colors in the sun, covering the earth with flowering carpets.
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How deep to plant the bulbs;
Tulips look better when they grow close, 10 cm is enough, it can be closer if you do not need a large baby to grow. Plant calibrated bulbs.
Decorating their garden with tulips, flower growers are invariably faced with the question: what to do, when will their bloom stop? You have to choose between economy and beauty - to leave withered plants in flower beds, a bulb so that it has time to accumulate nutrients and grow in optimal sizes, or immediately dig out tulips that are fading and get rid of them without regret, acquiring new planting material every year.
The color of several of the spot of tulips of the same variety and one looks much more spectacular in shade. Moreover, if you wish, you can place several such "color spots" on one flowerbed, creating a contrasting or composition using a smooth transition of shades. It will also be interesting to look at a monochrome flower bed on which tulips grow in the same color, but of different types: double and simple, simple and fringed, simple and lily-colored, etc.
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Tulips and daffodils
Sufficient time for rooting of the planted bulbs is about 20-30 days at optimal soil moisture and temperature in its upper layers up to +7 degrees.
As soon as spring warmth turns into hot heat, tulips quickly fade, dry up, and all life in them is concentrated in bulbs. The bulbs go deeper into the ground, and with the arrival of cool autumn weather, they form new roots in order to bloom again in the spring immediately after waking up.
The optimal dates for digging tulips in central Russia are from the third decade of June to mid-July. It is desirable that the weather be dry at this time.
How the bulbs are planted:
What to do so that the plantings do not freeze over the winter and give amicable shoots in the spring, etc.
Now if you dig up yellow leaves in the shade, dry them, at the end of August-September you will dig
From city flower beds, tulips are dug out with green leaves and the bulbs are sent for growing. In private flower gardens, yellowing gardeners try to cover the tulips with other plants, digging tulips when their foliage turns yellow completely. But the third is the option that is gaining more and more popularity: planting tulips in containers or Huge. baskets, the advantage of this option is that containers that can be dug out of the ground at any time, while filling the flower bed with lettuce, and put the bulbs in containers or baskets for growing in another Use.
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I transplant the daffodils, divide them as needed, preventing large bushes from growing. When the bush is large, there are many bulbs and they interfere with each other, begin to bloom worse, become smaller. I dig it out when the leaves begin to turn yellow, die off.
Mistake # 1: Tulip bulbs need to be dug out at the end of July
Tulips and daffodils do not grow well in mixed plantings, so it is better to plant them in separate flower beds. If it is envisaged to combine these flowers with other plants, then it is better to plant them in buried containers, which are easy to include in any floral arrangement. For this purpose, old galvanized buckets are suitable, at the bottom of which drainage holes are made, a layer is poured broken brick or gravel (5 cm), and then - an earthen mixture. Each Container is labeled with a sheet, thick foil or plastic label indicating the type, grade or color to prevent confusion. In one bucket, you can plant 5-7 tulips or 3 daffodils.
Thus, the flowering of tulips in natural environment occurs only after a period of winter cooling, which is necessary for the formation of substances in the bulbs that affect the germination and flowering of the plant.
Keep in mind that if you want to harness the tulip's power to form strong, large bulbs, break off the buds before they even begin to bloom. At the same time, at least two leaves must remain on the stem, which are necessary for the photosynthesis of the plant.
Make grooves or separate holes in the flowerbed for tulip bulbs, you can place planting material on the leveled ground;
Since it is in the bulbs that all organs of future tulips are laid and developed, work with planting material requires special attention. It is important to figure out in advance how to plant tulip bulbs correctly, so that later you do not get upset because half of the seedlings did not appear, or the flowers turned out to be not at all as beautiful as expected.
As soon as it gets colder, I dig for the bulbous "foundation pit". The deeper the planting, the stronger and larger the sweat of the plant. At the bottom of the pit, I pour the purchased land from the store, then carefully stick in lilies, onions (where I need them), then tulips at a distance of 1 bulb, no more, in the form of filled patterns. I frame with crocuses in 3-4 rows, end-to-end. I fill the rest of the space with little blue bells (I forgot the name) And I make a couple more lines with daffodils. Then I carefully sprinkle everything with the same purchased earth, and fall asleep with my native soil. My friends are sowing from above lawn grass, this prevents weeds from growing, and the flower bed has a well-groomed appearance. Like this. It takes a whole day, there are about 400 plants on the flower bed, but in spring the beauty is indescribable.
The place of containers also allows you to solve the problem with soil on the site, because tulips need fertile light soil. In the case of baskets and containers, you will not have to puzzle over where to plant so that the tulips take root well - it is enough to fill a suitable container with soil mixture and place the Source there.
Considering the height of various varieties, they can be neatly arranged "by height" by arranging tulips with the highest peduncles in the background, in the middle of the middle height, and dwarf tulips or other low-growing ones in the foreground. tulip flowers in height can also be carried out on multi-level stepped flower beds or on earthen like - the embankments will tell you imagination. The main thing is that the plants do not cover each other.
Tulips are also dug out depending on the condition of the leaves. Dried and planted (in our region) - September-October month. Preferably annually.
- In no case! The digging of tulips should not be strictly tied to the calendar. They are dug when the leaves begin to turn yellow. If you wait until the leaves of a tulip turn yellow completely or, even more so, dry out, half of the planting material will be lost. Because by this moment the babies are already separated from the bulb, and when you dig up, you simply will not find them, they will remain in the ground.
Tulips in containers are dug up immediately after flowering and transferred to a storehouse, where they finish the growing season, and letniki are planted in their place. The containers with daffodils remain in place for 3-4 years, after which the bulbs are removed, sorted, and planted again in a fresh earthen mixture.
But if for some reason the recommended dates were missed, when can tulips be planted in this case? According to experienced gardeners, it is possible to plant bulbs until the first days of December - it is still better than postponing planting in the spring. And so that the bulbs do not freeze, and the tulips do not lag behind in development in the spring, it is recommended to cover the flower bed with spruce branches, dry leaves or straw and sprinkle the top with snow.
Having carefully dug the bulbs at the right time, sorting them out by variety and size, you need to think about where to store tulips until autumn planting... For this purpose, you should choose a room in which the temperature will be kept at +20 degrees, there will be no dampness and sunlight. A dark covered terrace or wooden shed is ideal.
Pour some sand into the holes to prevent disease of the tulip bulbs;
And at the stage when the leaves have just begun to turn yellow and still have signs of greenery, the bulb is already ripe enough to be dug out.
A spring flower bed of tulips Or daffodils looks great. These flowers belong to bulbous plants and are propagated by children, which are formed from the axillary buds of the bulb. Daffodils begin to be planted in August (in the northern zone) or in September-October (in the southern zone). With such a planting time, plants take root before frost and easily endure winter, and their spring flowering depends on this. Planting depth also plays an important role, depending on the size of the bulbs.
It also happens that flower growers remember about the need to plant tulips only on the eve of spring. The time, although not the most successful, but now do not give up completely from these graceful flowers. Tulips planted in spring also grow, but begin to bloom much later. You can accelerate their flowering with a simple trick:
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The life cycle of cultivated tulips is the same as that of wild tulips, so the most suitable period when you need to plant tulips is autumn. Once in the ground, the bulbs manage to grow roots before frost, after which life freezes in them with the onset of winter. In the spring, the stem quickly peeps out from under the snow and delicate buds form in a short time. At the end of flowering, the tulips are dug up, and the bulbs are sent for storage until the autumn planting.
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Determine the planting depth depending on the size of the bulbs - they are usually planted at a depth three times the size of the bulb (preliminary sorting of planting material by size will facilitate your task);
Unlike most garden plants and flowers, tulip bulbs are not planted in spring, but in autumn. To understand why this happens, it is enough to pay attention to how tulips grow in natural conditions. Wild tulips begin to bloom immediately after the snow melts, bright flowering does not last long enough, and by summer the plants begin to gradually wither and dry out. All the vitality of tulips is transferred to the bulbs, which are buried for a while in the ground and begin to form new flowers. Particularly active development occurs in bulbs in the cool autumn months and during wintering.
A couple of years ago in "Komsomolskaya Pravda" there was an article like "how to grow a tulip at home by March 8". It was recommended to plant the bulb in early October in a container with earth and put it in the cold (I kept it in the refrigerator), occasionally watering it. After about a month or two, I put it in a darkened place. On New Year's Eve, a wonderful pink tulip "hatched" :))
Planted in late September, early October, three bulb sizes deep and 10-15 cm between bulbs
If you do not want the flower bed with tulips at once to be empty, pick up different types and so the varieties so that they gradually bloom one after another. So, simple and double early tulip varieties begin to bloom from the end of April, early flowering tulips are also among some wild ones. species behind the earliest varieties bloom Kaufman tulips, varieties of the Triumph and Darwin class also, and Greig and Foster tulips hybrids. Throughout May, varieties of tulips of a group of numerous late flowering will open their buds. As you can see, there is a very wide choice, you just have to combine with tulips in one flower bed.
And I planted tulips and daffodils in the fall! And I don’t dig it!
The main signs of "maturity" are the color of the peel and scales. White - early to dig. If it is the color of baked milk or pinkish - it's time: the kids are still in place, they haven't fallen off, no one is lost. If the scales are brown, then the bulb is fully ripe, it's too late to dig.
Planting daffodil bulbs
Tulip bulbs that were stored all winter or were recently purchased, put in the refrigerator overnight (just not in the freezer!);
Before storage, the sorted bulbs are dried for a couple of days, poured in two layers into mesh boxes so that the future planting material does not deteriorate and rot. Then the nests are divided into separate bulbs, which are cleaned from the upper scales, from the roots and etched in potassium permanganate for half an hour. After such processing, you can send boxes with bulbs for storage.
Keep the distance between tulips twice the diameter of the bulbs;
Natural cooling has a special effect on the processes taking place in the bulb, allowing it to sprout immediately with the onset of spring and soon throw out new buds. Like other bulbs, tulips do not bloom without a cooling period.
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Tulip is a perennial herbaceous bulbous plant of the Liliaceae family, which during its history has earned enviable popularity in the world of selection and gardening and occupies a prominent place in the list of the most demanded ornamental plants.
The homeland of the tulip is Turkey. In the middle of the 16th century, despite all the strictness of export, the flower is transported to the capital of Austria, and then to Holland. English, French, German merchants are fond of growing tulips. In those distant times, they were grown in the gardens of only noble and wealthy people. In Russia, these flowers appear at the time of Peter I.
Many beautiful legends are associated with tulips and symbolic meanings... Delicate and touching, they symbolize love, joy, happiness. The time of flowering tulips is associated with the arrival of spring, holiday and good mood.
The plant fascinates with a variety of varieties. The color of flowers is striking in its color. They can be of the same color (white, yellow, red, purple, etc.), or they can combine several different shades.
The flower shape is bell-shaped, goblet, cupped, lily-shaped.
Goblet Cup-shaped Oval Parrot Lily 
Terry Fringed Flower Shapes
By timing, varieties are divided into two types:
The beginning of the growth point is the bulb, from which a straight stem with several leaves and one flower emerges. The fruit is a triangular capsule with triangular, flat, brown seeds.
Tulips grow well in sunny places. Wind protection is essential. In such places, tulips look healthier, brighter, and bloom earlier.
Tulips are grown in group plantings of one or more varieties. Tulips prefer light, loose, rich, moderately moist soils. An important condition for growing is "clean beds", free from weeds.
Planting of bulbs is carried out in autumn, when tulips end their period of natural biological dormancy. Only healthy bulbs are used for planting. They choose the time before the soil freezes, otherwise the bulbs may not have time to take root.
The landing pattern can be very different. Planting density is maintained up to 15-20 cm, depth up to 10-15 cm. Prepared holes or grooves are thoroughly watered and the bulbs are laid in them with the bottom down. Fall asleep with earth, a layer of 5-10 cm.
Tulips tolerate winter well. In winters with little snow with low temperatures, plantings are covered with insulating organic material - peat, humus, leaves.
Growing tulips is easy. This is unpretentious plants requiring little care. They start leaving in the spring. After the snow cover has melted, the plantings are carefully loosened, with dry soil, regular, moderate watering is carried out. Tulips love moisture very much.
During the period of tulip growth, three dressings are carried out using solutions of organic and mineral fertilizers:
Weeding and loosening are regularly carried out. Blooming tulips do not cut, but break off, leaving as many leaves as possible. After flowering, watering is reduced, wilted flowers are removed so that the plant does not waste energy on ripening the seeds. After yellowing and wilting of the leaves, the bulbs are dug up. So that the bulbs do not become smaller, the digging procedure is repeated every season.
Before storage, the bulbs are disinfected in a four percent solution of karbofos for the prevention of diseases and protection from pests. Then it is dried in the shade, outdoors, for a week.
Before storage, the bulbs are sorted into large and medium sized ones. Children are separated at the same time. Storage areas should have low ambient light and good ventilation.
The storage temperature should be about 17-20 degrees C. Under these conditions, the bulbs are stored until transplanted into the open ground.
You can propagate tulips:
Seed propagation is used more often by breeders. Reproduction with bulbs is faster and more efficient. For these purposes, bulbs with a diameter of at least 12 cm are selected. It is believed that these are the ones that inherit the main varietal characteristics. Smaller bulbs need to be grown at home before planting in open ground.
Tulips can be affected by viral diseases. One of these is variegation, which is manifested by the presence of spots, streaks, stripes on the leaves and petals of flowers. It is very difficult to deal with such diseases. It is important to observe disinfection measures, and if the plant is damaged, it is better to destroy it.
Fungal diseases may occur. These include various types of rot:
It is also better to remove plants affected by these diseases, and disinfect the planting site and neighboring plants with antifungal drugs. Ash treatment can be applied.
Traps are placed and hung up to protect against pests (bears, scoops, slugs). Against rodents, the bulbs are sprayed with red lead iron and mousetraps are placed.
Tulip is a perennial bulbous plant from the lily family that came to us from Central Asia. At the moment, there are 110 types of tulips of various colors: red, yellow, white, purple, purple and even black tulip, and combinations of two, three or more colors are also common. The most fashionable tulip is green, the original contrast of which is created by nature with the help of a green center and edges of colored petals with green veins.
Tulips were brought to Russia in the 17th century from Holland. The cost of the bulbs was fabulous, so only wealthy people could afford to grow these flowers. There is a legend that flowers are tulips, especially yellow color, bring happiness and good mood, and it is customary to give a girl unopened buds or those that have just begun to open.
If you adore tulips, always look forward to the arrival of spring and madly want to see these wonderful flowers on your windowsill all year round, then our article is for you. Today we will talk about growing tulips in an apartment.
Although it is believed that this flower is quite unpretentious in growing, there are several planting methods for apartment breeding, as well as certain requirements for care during the growing season. Observing them, the result will certainly please you.
Basic Rules
1.Golden rule: buy bulbs from reliable suppliers, selected and healthy planting material will make it easier and faster to get blooming tulips. Always select the largest available.
2. The bulb must be peeled from the hard shell. This will allow you at the initial stage to detect possible damage, and "naked" and healthy bulb it will be easier to grow.
3. All planting material must be kept for about 30 minutes in a warm broth of celandine. Instead of celandine, you can make a weak solution of potassium permanganate - 3-4 crystals will be enough for a liter of warm water.
4. If planting is planned in a land substrate, do not forget about the mandatory sterilization procedure to get rid of pests and larvae in the soil.
5. Choose the undersized varieties best suited for forcing at home: Hibernia Kiss Nellys, Apricot beauty, Apeldorn Elite, Christmas Marvel, or Gander.
Growing tulips in a vase
What you need:
Large bulbs;
Transparent tall vases;
Filling: glass beads, sea stones, sterilized rubble, plastic beads or gel balls replacing the substrate.
Growing technology:
Wrap the purchased and sorted bulbs in dark paper and put them on the shelf in the refrigerator door for 12-15 weeks;
Prepare makeshift pots: put pebbles, beads and balls in a vase, fill one quarter with water;
Plant the matured bulbs with sprouts up and fix them with the "soil" - the bulbs should not touch the water;
Place the vases in a cool place without direct sunlight for 4-5 weeks until green shoots appear;
Place your tulips on a windowsill on a sunny side;
Just a few weeks of waiting and your apartment will turn into a flower garden.
The flowering time will be about two weeks, so be sure to prepare the bulbs for the next planting in advance. Those. after the opening of the first flower, you can prepare the following vases so that the flowers on your windowsill bloom without interruption.
Growing tulips in flower pots
What you need:
Large bulbs that have been cold treated for at least 12 weeks;
Planting containers not smaller than 15 cm;
Drainage to the bottom;
Prepared soil mixture.
Growing technology:
Fill the pots one-third of the height with earth;
Arrange the bulbs, sprouts up, 1 cm apart;
Cover with earth to the top of the pot, water and add earth as needed;
Put the pots in the cellar for several weeks, check the moisture content of the earth;
When the height of the seedlings is 5 cm, you can transfer the pots to the room, covering them with a paper cap to protect from sunlight;
After a few days, the caps can be removed, in winter time you will need additional lighting for the flowers;
Enjoy blooming any time of the year.
You can extend the flowering period by placing the pots in a cool room at night. Do not forget about mandatory watering. It is not recommended to reuse the bulbs of tulips grown at home for this purpose, so send them safely to the country and to next year they will delight you with their flowering in natural conditions... Try to plant the bulbs in an old tree stump on the site - this will original idea for a blooming flowerpot.
Good luck with your experiments and spring mood all year round!
A flower bed with tulips will be colorful and healthy if the gardener chooses the right place for its organization, prepares purchased or his own bulbs and soil for planting, selects the optimal planting time, provides high-quality care for the planted flowers and the entire flower bed.
Few amateur florists do not have at least a couple of tulip varieties in their collection. These flowers are easy to care for and come in a wide variety of shapes and shades, which makes them such a desirable flower bed decoration. Every spring, millions of flower beds bloom across the country, where these wonderful plants are planted. And although it is believed that there is no more optimal time to plant them than early autumn, experienced gardeners know a few tricks on how to plant tulips in spring to make them bloom.
If the bulbs were at your disposal in the fall, then it is better to plant them in the fall. Optimal time for this September - early October. If the planting material fell into your hands in late autumn or winter, there is no point in planting it in open ground, even if the weather permits.
It is recommended to store the bulbs in a cool dry place until spring, such as in the refrigerator (but not in the freezer). Under influence low temperatures special chemical and physiological processes take place in them, which then contribute to better germination and flowering of plants. Even if you purchased the bulbs just in time for planting, they still need to be kept in the cold for at least 12 hours for them to germinate better.
In late February - early March, after wintering, the planting material must be disinfected in a weakly concentrated manganese solution. In it, the bulbs should be held for half an hour before planting tulips in a pot at home (only in spring they can be transplanted into open ground). The distance between the bulbs can be minimal. From above, they are covered with a five-centimeter layer of earth and so left in a warm (heated) room for about a month until sprouts appear. Only then can tulips be planted outdoors.
If the spring is early and the snow has melted in March, you can try planting the bulbs directly in the open ground. But in this case, be prepared that in the event of more or less severe frosts, the plants may die, and if this does not happen, then the flowers will appear much later in any case than those of those tulips that were planted in the fall.
It should also be noted that if you decide to plant blooming tulips in the spring, then it is better to just transfer the pot to the flower bed and leave it that way. In extreme cases, you can carefully remove them from the pot, trying not to disturb the clod of earth, since otherwise the plant will not be able to take root and die.
If you use bulbs obtained from your own flower garden as seed, they should also be pre-planted. Before planting tulips in spring, they must be subjected to the following procedures:
So, we have already answered the question of whether it is possible to plant tulips in spring. You can, if you know some tricks. But in general, the process of spring planting is not much different from the autumn one. The most important thing in the spring planting of tulips, as well as roses, lilies, or any other flowers, is the correct preparation of the land plot.
The soil in the flowerbed must be dug to the depth of the shovel bayonet, that is, by about 25 cm.To increase the permeability of the soil (do not forget that tulip bulbs do not tolerate high humidity), it is recommended to add coarse sand to it. Also, do not forget about fertilizers, in particular about humus (but just do not use fresh manure).
For preventive purposes, the flower garden can be treated with a light fungicidal solution that will kill fungal diseases contained in the soil. If the problem is found already on adult plants, it is recommended to treat it with a solution of twenty grams of working substance per 10 liters of water.
In open ground, adult large bulbs are usually planted one at a time, but last year's "kids" can be placed in groups of five to ten in one hole. Since the stems of tulips rise high enough above the ground to create a continuous carpet of ornamental plants on the flower bed, low-growing flowers (for example, forget-me-nots or daisies) can be planted on them, or ornamental grasses - host, astilba, or bruners.
Planting depth also depends on the size of the bulbs used. Large ones are located at a depth of 10-15 cm, small ones - 7-8 cm.The distance between the planted plants should also be about 8-10 cm.The distance between the rows should be more - 20-25 cm.
When placing the bulbs in the garden, they must be carefully placed in the hole, but in no case pressed into the soil, as this can damage the root system, which at best will slow down the growth of shoots.
Since tulips do not tolerate excess moisture, make sure that the flower bed is sloping. It is unacceptable that there are pits and depressions in the flower garden that can accumulate rainwater.
It is also worth telling another tricky way to plant tulips in the spring in the country. Dutch professional flower growers practice the so-called "floor method" of planting bulbous flowers, which is now adopted by many domestic gardeners. This method allows you to simultaneously plant several types of flowers with different flowering periods on the same flower bed. Planting technology is extremely simple and involves planting bulbs at different depths. For example, tulip bulbs are first planted, covered with a five-centimeter layer of soil, and then, for example, hyacinths are planted on top. Another layer of earth is placed on top of the hyacinths and, say, crocuses are planted in it. As a result, you get a flower bed, where three types of flowers bloom and fade at once, and you just admire them and do nothing.
Now let's take a closer look at the question of when you can plant tulips in the spring so that they give strong shoots that can bloom beautifully. This issue is no less important than the preparation of the flower bed, since the survival of the plants depends on how optimal the planting time was.
As mentioned, tulips are best planted in the fall between early September and mid-October. However, since we are talking about spring planting, then its own rules apply, and there is its own optimal period for planting in open ground.
If the bulbs are planted too early and they germinate before the night frost period ends, the young shoots, and possibly the entire bulb, will die. If you delay planting longer than necessary, the plants will germinate normally and nothing will threaten them, but there is a high risk that they will not bloom this year.
It is believed that tulips can be planted in open ground when the ground at the planting depth warms up to 9-10 degrees Celsius. Depending on the region, this can be from mid-March to early May.
Since spring planting is not a biological norm for tulips, the issue of high-quality and timely plant nutrition becomes even more urgent. Whether tulips planted in spring will bloom largely depends on this. In order for the shoots to give beautiful flowers, and then form strong viable bulbs, they need to be fed three times:
For feeding, you can use complex fertilizers created specifically for tulips. If this method does not suit you for some reason, you can apply fertilizers separately. In particular, tulips can be fed with nitrogen (ammonium nitrate, ammonium nitrate, etc.), potassium sulfate, phosphorus (superphosphate, calcium phosphate, bone meal).
In conclusion, it is worth talking a little about where exactly tulips should be planted. These flowers have certain preferences for growing conditions, so providing them with such conditions, you can achieve truly amazing results. In particular, when choosing a landing site, keep in mind that:
