When to plant tulips

Tulips are one of the most cultivated bulb plants not only in Russia, but throughout the world. Many mistakenly believe that they come from Holland. However, few people know that the birthplace of the original botanical species, and not the varieties that are the results of the work of breeders, is West and Central Asia. In many color variations and shapes, tulip care and growing, including ensuring abundant flowering, are available without quality planting material and timely transplantation.

Landing time

When tulips are grown in open ground, their bulbs are usually dug up after flowering.

Flowerbed with tulips

Then they land again in spring or autumn.

This is done for:

• culling diseased specimens and selecting strong healthy planting material;
• protection from winter cold weather of onions in some regions and their preservation in favorable conditions;
• preventing the natural deepening of the bulbs to such an extent that it is already difficult for them to germinate;
• optimal soil preparation for spring flowering.

When the bulbs are ready to plant

Tulips grow from bulbous membranes. Each bulb, which is a modified shoot, produces one flower. Its center contains the bud of a flower bud, which is surrounded by future leaves. From the bottom, called the basal plate, the roots will grow. Outer, dense flakes protect the inner tissue, which builds up nutrient reserves, from injury.

Tulip Bulb Structure

When the flowering ends, the old bulb dies, in its place a new one is formed, around which children can already form. It is a young bulb with children that gardeners dig and preserve until planting. Children will serve for the reproduction of plants.

When it is time to plant tulips, it is determined taking into account the climatic conditions of the area and the current weather.

General landing dates

For Siberia, the Urals, the Moscow Region and other regions, united by similar climatic conditions, there are optimal planting dates.

Dates of planting tulips in different regions of the Russian Federation

For specific calendar dates, you need to pay attention to specific weather conditions.

Reasons for planting tulips in autumn

Despite the possibility of autumn and spring planting, there is practically no choice for specialists when to plant tulips. Many people prefer autumn planting.

For the northern regions already at the end of August, for the rest - in the autumn, the time comes when to plant tulips. This will maximize their life cycle. With a decrease in temperature in natural conditions, bulbs actively begin to take root, pulling nutrients from the ground, they, in turn, will give the plant strength to bloom with the advent of spring. Summer is for them a period of rest.

Tulip fields

That is why tulips transplanted in the autumn months quickly grow and form magnificent flowers. If they are planted in the spring, the colors of the buds may be paler, the stems are weak and stunted. The natural life cycle of the plant is disrupted, it will take about a month for good rooting, only then the tulip will grow.

Agriculture Autumn Tulip Planting

Weather factors determining when it is time to plant tulips are characterized by a relatively low air temperature and soil cooling to + 10 ° C.

This is based on the following considerations:

1. If the planting starts prematurely, the bulbs can germinate before the onset of frost and will not survive the winter;
2. In cold soil, the risk of transmission of fungal infections is minimized, and voles that like tulip bulbs become less active.

How and where to store bulbs until fall

Growing tulips from a bulb suggests preserving it in good condition until planting. After digging, the bulb is cleaned, treated with fungicides and dried. Spoiled onions are rejected.

The basic rules for the preparation and storage of planting material:

3. Bulbs are dried for 6-7 days in a dry place, but protected from direct sunlight. For example, on the veranda of the house. If there is a barn in the country, then you can dry it there;
4. The first 10-15 days, the storage temperature is maintained 24-28 ° C, then -18-20 ° C, a week before planting - 12-15 ° C;
5. Humidity is maintained at the level of 65-70%, which will not allow the onions to dry out excessively. However, excessive dampness will lead to the onset of putrefactive processes;
6. The best storage tanks are wooden or cardboard boxes, baskets with air access. Sometimes onions can be placed directly on the shelves. If the second layer is stacked, then newsprint is placed first. To protect against rodents, nets with bulbs are hung on the walls;

7. Planting material should be checked regularly, removing damaged specimens.

Bulb Drying

How to plant tulips

In addition to the correct dates, you need to know how best to plant tulips so that they feel comfortable. The success of germination of the bulb depends on the depth of planting.

It is determined by its diameter (D) and soil type:

• in loose sandy ground - 3D;
• in clay soil - 2D.

Typically, tulips are planted in furrows laid in parallel at a distance of at least 0.2 m from each other.

Procedure:

1. If planting is carried out in dry soil, it is pre-moistened;

2. Sprinkle the bottom of the grooves with sand;
3. Bulbs are placed with sharp tips up, each after about 10 cm;

Planting tulips in furrows

4. Then they are lightly sprinkled with ash and some sand is added to the groove between the bulbs;
5. Furrows are completely buried by the ground, leveled and watered.

Soil preparation

What soil is needed for tulips? They grow well in normal garden soil. Clay (with stagnation of moisture) and too sandy soils are most difficult to tolerate. In such conditions, the cultivation of tulips is problematic, they bloom poorly. Permeable nutrient alumina soil that is neutral or slightly acidic is ideal.

Chalk is added to acidic soil, and river sand is added to clay soil.

About a month before planting, they dig up the earth, and later fertilize:

• ash;
• peat or leaf compost;
• superphosphate.

Seat selection

Tulips love sunny places, with a flat surface and not blown by the winds. They can be bred on separate beds or combined with other plants.

When and how to plant tulips in spring

The disadvantage of spring planting is that in most cases tulips do not bloom at all, and you have to wait for them to bloom only next year. Sometimes, with a sufficiently early planting, already in March, and favorable spring weather, tulips can have time to gain strength for flowering. Some gardeners plant them in the winter, in the spring they only move them to the open ground. Then there is a high probability of solving the problem of how to grow blooming tulips in spring.

Proper storage of bulbs for spring planting

If it is assumed that only in spring the time will come when it is necessary to plant tulip bulbs directly in the open ground, then they need to be kept in the same containers as during summer storage. The only difference is that the storage temperature should be from 0 to 3 ° C, otherwise the onions will sprout earlier than necessary. This place cannot be home rooms, only a cellar or basement.

Bookmark onions for winter storage

Those who grow tulips for sale can be planted in the greenhouse much earlier than natural climatic conditions allow.

Preparing for tulip planting in spring

To prepare for planting, the following actions are carried out:

1. If the bulbs were stored in a cellar at a low temperature, then they are sufficiently hardened. When buying ready-made planting material in spring, you should put it in the refrigerator, away from the freezer, a day before planting;
2. Then immerse the onions in a solution of potassium permanganate for half an hour or treat with fungicides;
3. Sort through the bulbs and remove the sick, spoiled, dried up. If it is possible to sort the bulbs, then the largest ones are selected.

Soaking bulbs in potassium permanganate

Bulb planting in the ground

Outdoor landing is carried out according to the same rules as in the fall. The soil is prepared similarly.

How to grow tulips in pots is determined by the goal of gardeners. If distillation of plants is necessary for subsequent transplantation, then small pots are taken. If you intend to use potted flower beds, containers are selected the appropriate size, because it will be a permanent habitat for flowers.

Since the key to successful flowering is the early planting of bulbs in the spring, and the weather does not allow this, planting in pots with subsequent transfer to the soil can help to achieve effective and quick rooting and adaptation.

Planting bulbs for distillation

A layer of drainage is laid in the pots, then the substrate is filled. You can cook it yourself by mixing peat with sand in a ratio of 5: 2, or buy in a store. Then you should plant the onions and put the pots in a cool (about 15 ° C), sufficiently lit place. In the open soil of the garden, such tulips must be planted together with an earthen lump.

After landing care

In order for tulips to bloom, planting and care in the open ground must be accompanied by certain rules:

1. In autumn, planted tulips will not need to be taken care of, except to shelter them after frosts with a 5-cm layer of dry grass, pieces of bark, peat, etc .;

2. In spring, when it is necessary to actively grow flowers, they must be regularly watered, but not to allow stagnation of moisture and water to fall on the growing terrestrial part of tulips. Moisture should be supplied primarily roots;
3. Wet soil must be loosened and weed;
4. After the appearance of sprouts, tulips are fertilized with preparations containing nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus. You can use special complex fertilizers for bulb flowers.

Watering tulips

To prolong flowering, they plant different varieties of tulips and enjoy their bright colors and various forms in the garden from May to June. Tulips are really beautiful when the plants are strong and the flowering is plentiful, which can be easily ensured with proper care.

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