Tulip is a perennial plant. How tulips reproduce. When to plant bulbs

Tulips are popular ornamental plants - many varieties and forms of tulips are known.

According to the rhythm of seasonal development, tulips belong to the spring ephemeroids. Their growth and development lasts 80-120 days: from the beginning of April to the end of June, when the ground part dries up.

Tulip vegetation begins with the growth of leaves in April, immediately after the snow melts. Flowering occurs on average 20-30 days after the start of the growing season.

Tulips, being typical ephemeroids, are very sensitive to temperature, less to moisture and almost unpretentious to other factors that affect the growth and development of plants.

The duration of flowering depends on the air temperature. In most plants, it is 12-14 days. During the flowering period, with prolonged exposure to temperatures above 25 ° C, tulips experience a sharp reduction in vegetation, the dying off of the flowering shoot and corking of the outer scales of the replacement bulbs. Under normal temperature conditions, 4-5 weeks pass from the end of flowering to the end of the growing season.
The stem, flower, leaves and roots are annuals, that is, they live one growing season. The bulb, unlike them, is 2.5 years old, during this time its change is formed - a replacement, daughter bulb, as well as several smaller bulbs - babies.

The tulip reproduces, in addition to seeds, also onion bulbs - babies that develop at the base of the stems in the ground.

My wife in the country, without my participation, has been growing many different tulips for many years, and I just admire them.

Planting tulips, cultivation and care

In the family of lily plants, the place of honor belongs to tulips. These charming flowers are frequent guests at various holidays, as well as city streets and suburban areas.
From the beauty and aroma of tulips, many people immediately feel better. A huge variety is of great interest. Consider these flowers in more detail, or rather, planting tulips, growing and caring for them.

Planting and growing tulips in the country

Currently, more than 150 varieties and varieties have been bred, each of which has its own distinctive characteristics. However, there are signs that are suitable for almost all representatives.

Tulips are flowers with erect stems ranging in height from 20 to 100 centimeters. The leaves are usually smooth or wavy, pale green in color. Tulip flowers are most often bell-shaped or funnel-shaped in a wide variety of shades up to black. The fruit of the flower is a box with flat seeds ripening inside.

Growing tulips on suburban area starts with choosing good healthy bulbs of the same size. It is highly recommended to purchase seed and fertilizer from reputable companies. It should be noted that the size of a tulip bulb is an excellent indicator of quality or variety.

Tulip bulbs.

The next step is to choose a suitable place for planting elegant flowers. These flowers love the sun, moisture and light sandy soil. Also, the landing site must be reliably protected from cold winds.

Tulips are perennial plants. However, it is not recommended to grow them in the same place for more than 4 years. For the first time, it is recommended to plant these flowers in place of cucumbers, onions or asters.

Growing conditions

Around the end of August or the beginning of autumn, you need to carefully dig up the area planned for planting, using mineral fertilizers. The best option is potassium salt (40 g per m2) and potassium magnesia (80 g per m2). It is highly recommended to finish all preparatory work with the soil a week before planting.

The best time for planting tulips is autumn, the end of September - the beginning of October. Although do not forget about the weather and recommendations for growing a particular variety. In most cases, the optimum soil temperature for normal root development is 5-8 degrees.

Before planting a tulip bulb, you should definitely clean it from the husk, inspect the integrity and appearance, and also soak for half an hour in a solution of potassium permanganate (0.5%). Bulbs with the slightest suspicion of diseases or other disorders should be separated from the total mass and planted elsewhere.

Immediately after the prevention, the bulbs are planted in the holes, each of which must be filled with 2-3 centimeters of sand. Then they are gently pressed bottom down. After that, the bulbs need to be sprinkled with wood ash, a layer of sand and a final layer of soil.

Planting depth depends on the size of the bulbs. There is a simple rule here - after burying over the bulb, a layer of soil equal in height to three bulbs should remain. Therefore, it is very easy to determine the exact location.

Planting density also depends on the size of the bulbs. Large specimens require about 50 per 1 m2, small ones from 75 or more. Usually tulips are planted in rows across the beds with a distance of about 20 centimeters.

If tulips are planted in dry sunny weather, then the bed can be well watered.

Tulip Care

The main component of caring for graceful flowers is watering, the frequency of which directly depends on the degree of humidity of the summer cottage and weather conditions.

Tulips in the country.

The greatest amount of water is required to be used during the flowering period. If there is no rain, then several buckets of water may be required for each m2. Also, depending on the variety, tulips need to be watered for several weeks after flowering.

Unfortunately, graceful flowers are not only loved by people. There are also many diseases and pests of tulips. Perhaps the most unpleasant is the infectious nature of most diseases. Consider some of them, as well as ways to fight.

Gray rot

For example, gray mold is very common. Its main symptoms are darkening or browning of all parts of the plant. Softening or rotting of the stem or root is possible. And on the petals of flowers, the formation of a gray coating is possible.

To combat gray rot, you need to plow the ground and add a product recommended for a particular variety of tulips. Also, preventive measures can be called observance of deadlines, proper care and storage of bulbs.

Fusarium

After the complete melting of spring snow, fusarium is often observed, which can be determined by the mass decay of young shoots. On the bulbs, multi-colored rot with a strong odor can form. The fungus Fusarium causes this disease in tulips.

The main methods of combating Fusarium are the removal of the affected parts of the plant and the thermal disinfection of the soil. You can also fertilize the soil with water (1 liter) with dissolved ammonium carbonate (100 grams) and copper sulfate (10 grams).

Root onion mite

The most common insect pest is the root onion mite. You can determine it by yellowing withering leaves and a significant suspension of the growth of tulips.

With such a tick, you need to start fighting immediately. For example, you can work the soil with steam. Also, the tick is afraid of infusion from the husk onion. For its preparation, approximately 8 grams of husk and 1 liter of water will be required. You need to insist about 5 days.

Also, in the process of growth, spraying of tulips is not excluded. This method protects plants well from various infections, especially if the natural features of this suburban area are known.

You should use products that are suitable for a particular variety of tulips, for example, fentiura. It is recommended to ensure that the product gets both on the ground and on the underground part of the plants.

Digging up bulbs

After spiritual enjoyment of blooming tulips, you should get ready for digging as soon as possible. Don't wait for them to dry completely. The term of digging is determined by the yellowing stems. Each bulb must be carefully removed and cleaned of excess soil.

It is worth distributing tulip bulbs by variety, for example, in plastic boxes with a mesh bottom. Then they need to be kept under a canopy for several days. Further, it is recommended to dry the tulips in a room with good ventilation, taking into account the temperature regime.

A barn or other dark room is best suited for proper storage of bulbs. Periodically, the bulbs should be checked for diseases and other defects. With proper storage and optimal growth conditions, tulips will delight you with beautiful flowering more than once.

Thus, tulips are magnificent flowers that require some attention. But at the same time, they fully satisfy the needs of a person in emotional brightness and beauty.

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Tulips are very popular flowers, today we will talk about planting and caring for them in open field. Their beauty has won the hearts of many people. Modest flowers adorn not only household plots, but also city flower beds. Fashion for tulips came to us from Holland. Magnificent flowers do not cease to delight with their beauty and rich palette of colors for many years. They began to grow tulips in Persia. Then they learned about their existence in Turkey and Europe. The name of the flower comes from the oriental headdress "turban". In Turkey, this graceful flower is usually worn in a turban.

The tulip is a member of the Liliaceae family. There are many garden varieties of these beautiful flowers. The height of the plant depends on the variety. The size of miniature species does not exceed 20 cm. There are tulips 70 cm high.

Bell-shaped flowers come in a variety of colors. Tulip petals are both simple and double. And now more about

Growing tulips outdoors

Choosing bulbs for planting

It is advisable to buy tulip bulbs before the start of the planting season. Most right time for this - the end of July - the middle of September, when they are at rest. During the planting season, it will be very difficult to acquire high-quality planting material. In the spring, as a rule, they sell old bulbs that they did not have time to sell last season.

Preference should be given to bulbs with a thin golden skin. Cracks on them should not scare you. The main thing is that the bulb itself is not damaged, since the planting material is easily injured.

A thick, dense bulb with dark brown scales indicates that it is not suitable for planting, it will be very difficult for the roots to germinate.

If it is not possible to immediately plant flowers, tulip bulbs are cleaned in a cool room. They are stored separately from other bulbs. If sick bulbs are caught, they will infect healthy ones.

As for the size, it is better to take young, healthy, medium-sized bulbs. They should look good. On a bulb unsuitable for planting, there will be mechanical damage, mold spots, and dried pulp.

The surface of the bulb should be dense and clean. It will not be superfluous to take the bulb in your hand. A small weight indicates illness. A healthy bulb feels heavy to the touch.

When buying, you need to inspect the bottom of the bulb. Root tubercles are visible on quality bulbs. You should not buy planting material with a soft bottom, rotten or sprouted roots.

When should tulips be planted? Landing times and dates

Central Asia is the birthplace of almost all varieties of tulips. In their natural environment, they grow in the steppes, deserts, foothills, in mountainous arid regions. In early spring they form bright flowering carpets. With the onset of heat, beautiful tulips fade. But the bulbs continue to exist, deepening into the ground. In autumn, new roots appear on them. In the spring, waking up from their winter sleep, tulips bloom again, delighting us with their beauty.

In nature, tulips bloom only after winter cooling. During this time, they accumulate special nutrients that help them germinate.

Planting tulips in autumn

Experienced flower growers plant tulips only in autumn. Planting time depends on the region where flowers are grown and climatic conditions.

In the conditions of the middle lane, tulips are best planted at the end of September.

In the southern regions, this has been done since the beginning of October, when the thermometer drops to 7-10 ° C. The root system of bulbs is formed 3-4 weeks. Keep in mind that the weather can make adjustments.

With early planting, the rooting process is delayed, the bulbs can become ill with Fusarium. In addition, in warm weather, the bed can become overgrown with weeds, which will take strength from the tulips.

Too late to plant flowers is also not recommended. Due to frost, the root system may not form. They may rot or freeze. Usually such tulips do not bloom well, their bulbs are not suitable for further planting.

If the bulbs were planted in November, they are covered for the winter with spruce branches or foliage.

Planting tulips in spring

Spring is an unfavorable time for planting tulips. Flowers, of course, will grow, but will bloom later. To speed up flowering before planting, the bulbs are placed in the refrigerator overnight.

After cooling, they are washed with a weak solution of potassium permanganate and planted in open ground. This must be done before April. If frosts still occur in your area at this time, the bulbs are first planted in containers, and then carefully transplanted into a flower bed.

Site selection and site preparation for tulips

• Tulips will be most comfortable in a well-lit place.
• Graceful flowers cannot stand drafts, so they must be protected from strong winds.
• They are suitable for areas with a flat surface that are protected from groundwater.
• For normal growth and development, flowers need a thick fertile layer of earth.
• They like loose soils with neutral to moderate acidity.

When choosing a place to plant, it is worth considering which plant was grown here before. Vegetable crops and flowers are considered good predecessors. In order to avoid infection with viral diseases, they cannot be planted in place of nightshade and bulbous.

The growth of tulips largely depends on the choice of soil. It should be loose, fertile, well pass moisture and air. Loamy soils and sandy loam rich in humus are most suitable for them. Other soils can be enriched by applying certain fertilizers.

Sandy lands dry out quickly and contain few nutrients. To eliminate these shortcomings, tulips will have to be watered more often and fed with mineral fertilizers.

With heavy clay soils it will be more difficult. In order for them to become suitable for tulips, coarse river sand, peat, and rotted manure are added to them. This will help increase the permeability of the soil. When using peat it hyperacidity neutralized with chalk or lime. During the period of intensive growth, heavy soils should be loosened more often.

In the spring, at the place of the future planting of tulips, slowly decomposing organic fertilizers should be applied to the soil. Mature manure or compost works well.

planting tulips

Only healthy and high-quality bulbs are suitable for cultivation. Before planting, all bulbs must be carefully inspected in order to identify infected material in time.

If you are going to plant bulbs that you have grown on your own, they must be pickled in a 0.5% solution of potassium permanganate for 30 minutes. Planting material purchased from a specialized store or garden center is fully prepared for planting.

For planting tulips, it is necessary to prepare beds 1-1.2 meters wide with longitudinal or transverse furrows. The length of the ridge can be any size.

Prepared bulbs are gently pressed into the bottom of the furrow so as not to damage root system, covered with earth.

Planting depth depends on bulb size and soil type.

On light soils, tulips are planted deeper than on heavy soils. A distance of 20 cm is kept between rows. Bulbs are planted every 9-10 cm.

Many flower growers plant tulips with a tube. To do this, take a metal tube 5 cm in diameter with a piston that can be fixed. Having chosen a column of earth of the desired depth, the bulb is lowered into the hole, and the earth is pushed out with a piston. This method has many advantages. Properly planted bulbs will be protected from damage, and your hands will not freeze.

Plastic baskets are also used for planting tulips.. This method is simple. The bulbs are carefully laid out along the bottom of the basket, the container is placed in the prepared recess and sprinkled with earth. Flower bulbs will not be able to get lost in the ground. At any time they can be dug up.

When mass planting tulips in the prepared area, a layer of soil 10-15 cm thick is removed, the bulbs are laid out and sprinkled with earth. With this planting method, you can make a floral pattern using tulips of different colors.

Video about planting tulips

Tulip Care Rules

Despite the fact that tulips are unpretentious plants that are resistant to various diseases, improper care of these modest flowers can lead to rotting of the bulbs, stem deformation and the appearance of blind buds.

Well-prepared land makes it much easier to care for flowers.

As a rule, tulips come out from under the snow in late March - early April. If you covered the flowers for the winter, the mulch is removed immediately when the snow melts. The earth will warm up faster, and tulips will bloom earlier.

When the first sprouts of flowers appear, they should be well examined in order to identify defective and diseased bulbs. To prevent the disease from spreading to healthy tulips, bad bulbs are dug up and destroyed.

To increase the access of oxygen to the roots, the ground around the sprouts must be carefully loosened. This procedure is carried out throughout the entire period of intensive growth of tulips. It is especially important to loosen the soil after watering.

Tulips need moderate watering before flowering. Overdrying of the top layer of the earth should be avoided.

Fertilizing tulips with fertilizers:

1. When the sprouts appear from the ground, they must be fed with nitrogenous fertilizers so that the foliage grows.
2. The second top dressing is carried out when several leaves of the tulip unfold. This time you need to use complex mineral fertilizers.
3. During the formation of buds, flowers really need phosphorus and potassium.
4. The last time complex mineral fertilizers are applied when the buds open.

When fertilizing, precautions should be taken so that the flowers do not get burned. Fertilizers are applied in cloudy weather or during irrigation.

During flowering, watering tulips should be plentiful, water them only with warm water. In order for them to develop well, they should be fed with phosphorus-potassium fertilizers. Bulb development is facilitated by manganese, zinc and boron.

During flowering, tulips are also inspected, digging up diseased specimens.

Tulips bloom very quickly. After wilting, the flowers are watered for another 2-3 weeks. Inflorescences that have faded must be pinched off so that the plant does not waste energy on the formation of seeds.

When to dig up tulips?

Ordinary red varieties usually grow in one place for several years without digging and transplanting. But varietal tulips, in order to preserve decorativeness, need to be dug up. Otherwise, they will go deep into the ground, and the flowers will become smaller.

At the end of mid-June, when the leaves wither halfway and become soft, you can start digging.

After removing from the ground, the bulbs are cleaned, dried in the shade. Then they are placed in boxes or boxes in a thin layer and left until autumn in a room with a temperature of about 20 ° C. It must be well ventilated.

It is necessary to sort out and check the bulbs during storage - remove the diseased and rotten ones immediately.

Video about digging and storing bulbs

Reproduction of tulips

Tulips can be propagated by seeds and babies.

The seed method is very long - this is a job for professionals and for breeding new varieties. Seeds are sown in boxes and grown for 3 years in one place, then planted on a separate bed for growing. And they keep growing for a few more years. The first flowering may be 5-6 years after sowing. And they become truly decorative after 10 years.

And at the same time, the varietal characteristics of the parents are not inherited. So tulips are cross-pollinated flowers.

It is easier and faster to grow tulips from babies. Moreover, the children retain the varietal characteristics of the parent onion.

To quickly form small onions, you need to cut the flower during flowering. Then, at the usual time, we dig out the bulb, after the leaves have withered.

Small onions are separated and planted in autumn in a separate bed. Sheltered for the winter. Grow them for two or three years, pluck the flowers. Let them grow a good full-fledged bulb before flowering.

Every summer they dig up, like adult flowering bulbs.

Mouse Protection

Mice love to feast on bulbs left in the ground. To protect the flowers from rodents, it is necessary to plant daffodils and hazel grouse in the area next to the tulips. The bulbs of these plants are poisonous to mice. Also, pests cannot stand flower beds with cynoglossum.

You can take care of the safety of the bulbs in advance by carefully treating them with a spray bottle before planting with kerosene or Vishnevsky ointment. Mice are also repelled by the smell of red ground pepper. In the fight against rodents, you can use granular poison. It is buried next to beautiful tulips.

Plant tulips with pleasure in your plots - now planting and caring for them will not make it difficult for you!

Tulips are one of the most popular bulbous plants in many countries. They are frequent guests in the flower beds of personal plots, as well as clubs, broken in the middle of the city.

These flowers were originally brought from Holland. Once you have selected your tulips, planting and care must be planned.

How to choose the right bulbs for planting?

First of all, you need to remember that the bulbs should never be bought immediately before planting. In this case, there is a high probability of buying a low-quality product. The best time to buy a good bulb is late summer or early autumn.

It is important to carefully examine the bulbs, evaluate their weight, density. Outwardly, it should be intact, cracked seeds are not allowed for planting, it is not scary if their peel bursts. The color of the peel should have a light appearance, a smooth surface, no inclusions, as well as local darkening.

Usually a dark color means that the bulb has not been stored properly or is infected. This is confirmed by various spots on the surface. You do not need to choose such seeds, they simply may not sprout, or they will infect the rest. Each of them should be dense and heavy enough. The light weight means that the contents are likely to have rotted.

You should also pay attention to the bulbous bottoms, they should have several small tubercles, their color is light brown, dense. Soft bottoms are the result of improper storage and further non-viability of the plant. As well as sprouting roots.

Do not buy the following bulbs:

• cracked;
• With the smell of rot;
• Soft texture.

Choosing a place to land

Of great importance is planting tulips in open ground and caring for them. It is necessary to carefully select the soil for planting. It is better to choose a place that is free enough, do not plant tall plants nearby that will unnecessarily obscure the flowers.

For better planting and caring for tulips, you should choose fertile soil, well saturated with fertilizers. Do not plant in dense clay soils, as the plant will take root worse and will not produce luxurious flowers. Best Options fertilizers that are used for planting and caring for tulips:

• Lime fillers;
• Peat additives;
• Humus.

Fresh manure should never be used for care, it can destroy flowers.

Humidity should be chosen average, with high soil moisture there is a possibility that the plant may rot or an infection will join it. With little access to moisture, you need to carefully monitor the flowers, water them more often. If this is done rarely, then the plant may dry out.

Basic soil requirements:

• good illumination,
• high fertility,
• Light and fluffy
• Protected from pathogens of tulips.

The landing site must be carefully prepared in advance. If you want to grow beautiful flowers, then you need to choose the most fertile place for this. Well, if vegetables grew in front of the tulips at the landing site, you should avoid the soil in which the bulbs grew. They can become a source of disease.

Rules for planting bulbs

Before planting, the earth must be carefully dug up. Bulbs should be planted at different depths, it will depend on the size of the bulbs, as well as on what kind of soil you plant flowers in.

Flowers do not need to be deepened into dense soil, as they will sprout worse. In addition, do not pre-moisten it before planting.

The bulbs are lowered into dry ground, they should not be pressed down strongly, as the root system may be disturbed. You just need to put them on the surface. The earth just needs to be sprinkled.

The optimal distance between flowers is at least 10 cm, for greater protection from the wind, you need to plant no further than 20-30 cm from each other. Planting and caring for tulips will take less effort.

What is the best time to plant flowers.

For the care and planting of tulips, it is necessary to strictly choose the optimal time.

Autumn is the best time to plant bulbs. In the middle lane, they try to plant bulbs before the onset of frost. In the southern regions, the time frame is shifted before the onset of cold weather.

If the autumn is warm, then you need to wait a bit. If you plant the bulbs in warm weather, they can begin to germinate, and therefore the flowers will die in frost.

Before planting, the bulbs must be treated with potassium permanganate to destroy the infection.

Bulbs should be kept in moderate cold during the winter, in order for the bulbs to accumulate various nutrients that will help provide good growth and long flowering.
When planting a plant in the spring, you may not get flowering that year. Since the plant does not have time to take root. Usually buying plants in the spring they do not contain nutrient reserves in the bulb.

Requirements for digging bulbs:

• For special varieties, this should be done every two to three years;
• After flowering, you must first cut the stem, and dig it out after a few days;
• After removing from the ground, the bulb must be thoroughly cleaned;
• After thorough drying, process in a solution of potassium permanganate.

Basic requirements for caring for tulips

Planting and caring for tulips is kept under constant control. These flowers are quite unpretentious. Shoots appear early, after the snow melts and the sun begins to warm the earth. If you covered the bulbs after planting, then at the first appearance of heat, you need to remove everything. The earth is worth keeping postcards.

After the emergence of seedlings, they must be carefully examined. Do not leave diseased plants in the ground. As well as those that began to grow incorrectly. Many of them will produce crooked stems and empty buds.

They need to be treated regularly for pests. Tulips are very susceptible to various diseases.

Careful control of soil moisture also plays an important role in care. Before flowering, drought of the soil should be prevented, it should be constantly moistened.

The earth should be constantly loose, rocky soil should not be allowed.

Tulips are a luxurious decoration of the spring garden. The flower bed with them is multicolored and very elegant. Having learned in detail about tulips, planting and care in the open field, you can not be afraid that the plants will not bloom.

Growing tulips in the open field is quite simple and feasible even for a beginner grower. In order for plants to retain their varietal qualities from year to year, they must be dug up annually, dried and planted again. Without this, the flowers will quickly grind, lose varietal differences, or even die.

Choosing bulbs for planting

The result of the grower's efforts also depends on how correctly the bulbs are chosen. It is better to purchase planting material in the middle of summer or at the end, since during this period the plants are at rest and do not experience stress during planting. In autumn, at the very peak of planting a bulbous flower, it can be more difficult to acquire high-quality planting material. If you buy bulbs in the spring, they will be old and worn out by winter storage. In the spring, what was not sold in the fall is sold.

When buying, you should choose those bulbs that have a thin husk of a pleasant golden color. The presence of cracks in the skin is normal.

The bulb itself must be intact. If there is damage on it, then the purchase should be abandoned, since in this case it will not be possible to obtain a quality plant.

The size of the purchased bulb should be chosen average, and when taken in hand, its weight should be felt. When examining the bottom of a good planting material, small root tubercles will be visible. If the bottom is soft, or the roots have already sprouted, you should not buy the bulb.

Time and date of planting tulips

The homeland of the plant is Central Asia. Under natural conditions, tulips bloom intensively in early spring, and then dry up and go dormant. In gardens, their life cycle follows the same principle. Therefore, it is important to immediately accurately determine the correct planting date, since an error in it will lead to the death of the flower.

autumn

Fall is the best time to plant tulips. Gardeners with experience plant bulbs only in September, and never transfer the planting time to summer or spring. It is desirable to choose a dry day for work. Details on how to plant tulips in autumn are described in the next section.

If you plant the bulbs too early, they will not only form roots before winter, but also release the aerial part. As a result, the tulips will freeze and may die. If the plant survives after this, then it will definitely not bloom.

Planting too late results in the bulbs not having time to take root. For this reason, the plant winters incorrectly and in the spring, after it has spent the last strength on rooting, it no longer blooms. Also, tulips that are not rooted before frost can easily rot or freeze.

In the event that for some reason you have to plant plants at the end of October or even in November, when they do not have time to take root, the garden bed must be covered with spruce branches, or mulched with a thick layer of sawdust. Suitable for shelter and fallen leaves.

spring

Spring is not the right time to plant tulips. The bulbs will be able to take root and even bloom in the middle of summer, but their life cycle will be seriously disrupted. Because of this, they will have to be dug out quite late, and, therefore, the autumn planting period will shift to late autumn.

Best of all, if tulips are bought in the spring, plant them in a container very early - even before the snow melts. After the onset of persistent heat, the plants are planted without removing them from the container, as this will facilitate their further digging.

How to plant tulips correctly?

When planting tulips, proper agricultural technology is of great importance, which allows you to provide the plants with the most comfortable conditions. Violations of it will lead to poor quality flowering and sometimes even rotting of the bulbs. Planting tulips requires compliance with certain rules.

Soil requirements, site selection

A site for tulips is selected in the fall after the leaves fall from the trees. It must be very well lit. Since the tulips will bloom before the trees open their leaves, it is not scary if the flower bed is in the shade in summer. For plants, light is important only until the end of flowering. It is better to stir the flower bed on a level place where melt water does not accumulate.

Soil tulips need neutral or slightly acidic, loose. The fertile layer needs to be thick. High water permeability and air permeability also have for the plant great importance. Do not plant tulips in areas where bulbous or solanaceous crops have grown before. This is due to the accumulation of pathogens in the soil that can pass to flowers.

If the soil is heavy, then frequent loosening will be required. Without this, it is impossible to grow fully blooming tulips.

Landing in open ground

You can plant only healthy bulbs that do not have foci of decay and are not affected by diseases. Before planting, they must be soaked for 30 minutes in a slightly pink solution of manganese. After that, the bulbs are dried for an hour and planted.

It is more convenient to plant bulbs in furrows, not holes, as this allows you to plant the maximum number of tulips. The distance between the furrows should be at least 25 cm, so that it is convenient to care for the flowers, and the bulbs can develop with enough soil and nutrients. The row spacing between plants should be 10 cm.

How deep to plant?

If the soil is light, the embedding of the bulbs is deeper than when the soil is heavy. In the first case, the bulbs are closed up to 3 of their heights, and in the second - to 2 heights. On average, this is 15 cm and 10 cm, respectively. You need to know that rooted bulbs will go to even greater depths.

Tulip Care

In addition to proper planting, tulips also require competent care, which will allow them to gain maximum strength for especially beautiful flowering. Despite all their unpretentiousness, varietal plants will not be able to feel good if they are left to their own devices.

Watering and feeding

Top dressing of plants is carried out 3 times in the spring. Without this, the bulbs will not receive enough nutrients and will leave weakened during the dormant period. In addition, the lack of top dressing will lead to the fact that high-quality buds and large flowers will not form.

1. First feed. It is carried out immediately after the tulips have appeared from the ground. Nitrogen fertilizers are used for it.
2. Second feed. It is carried out when laying buds. Complex mineral compositions with a high content of potassium and phosphorus are used for it.
3. Third top dressing necessary after the flowering of tulips. Potassium-phosphorus fertilizers are introduced.

Tulips react very positively to wood ash, which can be sprinkled on the soil before watering at any time.

Watering during the flowering period for tulips is very important. Water is poured under the root.

Usually 2-3 waterings per week are enough. After the flowers have wilted, soil moisture is stopped so that the bulbs go dormant.

loosening

Storage conditions

Dug out bulbs are dried in the shade under a canopy or indoors for a month. After that, they are folded into paper bags and removed until the autumn planting. The temperature in the place of storage should be between +15 and +18 degrees. If perishable bulbs are found, they should be discarded. They will not sprout in the spring, but the planting site will be infected.

Protection against diseases and pests

Whatever variety of tulips is chosen, it can be subject to diseases and pest attacks. If the plant is affected by fungal diseases, then to save the flower, it is necessary to transplant it to a new place and shed a 1% solution of Bordeaux liquid.

Of the pests, the main danger for tulips is:

• bulb mite;
• slugs
• snails;
• bears;
• rodents.

Mousetraps and poisoned baits are used to get rid of mice. From pests, special preparations are used that destroy insects and mollusks that attacked the flower.

Growing tulips is an exciting activity, which, due to the variety of varieties, often becomes a real hobby for a grower.

The familiar and so familiar to many tulips is a plant with a rich history. This bulbous perennial from the Lilein family was bred back in the 15th century at the courts of the Persian sultans, and from the middle of the 16th it also conquered enlightened Europe. The bellicose German and French rulers held luxurious "tulip festivities", fiercely competing with each other in the speed of acquiring new varieties and species.

The Netherlands in the 17-18 centuries practically made the tulip the national currency and a recognizable symbol of the country, the research of Dutch breeders led to the creation of many new varieties. Today, more than three thousand varieties of tulips are known, among them black - the famous species, which took 300 years to create. We will not delve further into the history of the tulip, but rather let's talk about growing it in an ordinary Russian garden.

The height of plants depends on the species: wild ones reach 15-40 cm, tulips in culture can reach 0.7-1.0 m. The center of the root system is a bulb, from the bottom of which adventitious roots grow. Every year, the bulbs produce lateral stolons, which form daughter bulbs. The stem of the culture is erect and dense, the leaves are evenly colored, green with a bluish-wax coating, placed alternately along the shoot. Most species are single-flowered, but there are also multi-flowered varieties with 5-7 buds per stem.

The flowers consist of six petals surrounded by stamens with long anthers. Wild tulips are painted in red, yellow or milky white tones. The color of varietal tulips, thanks to the efforts of breeders, is diverse and amazing: from pure and bright tones of all colors of the rainbow to incredible variations, including dozens of different shades. The shape of the flowers is also very different: from the traditional oval to cup-shaped, peony-shaped, star-shaped and fringed.

The assortment also affects the size of the flower, the length of which varies from 3 to 10-12 cm. Tulips open at dawn and fold their petals at night or in cloudy weather. After flowering, a fruit is formed - a trihedral box with brownish flat-triangular seeds.

Growing Features

Not the most capricious, but still requiring certain care, the tulip will delight with enchanting flowering for many years, provided that proper care is provided, which consists in choosing a planting site, the necessary agricultural technology and timely top dressing.

Choosing a place to land

The homeland of tulips is the hot Asian steppes, therefore, the site for planting them with drained, neutral or slightly alkaline fertile sandy loam fertilized with compost (10 kg / 1 m2) and ash (250 g / 1 m2) should be well lit. Culture does not welcome heavy clays, but their composition can be improved by adding coarse river sand. If necessary, it is poured onto the bottom of the landing grooves. This drainage improves the air permeability of the soil and accelerates the establishment of bulbs.

The most suitable planting time for tulips is autumn, early or mid-September. The climatic conditions of the region should be taken into account, since it takes about a month for the bulbs to take root, and planting too late will not allow the plant to take root, and early planting will cause them to germinate before winter and die.

Advice! The best time for planting is easy to determine by measuring the temperature of the soil, deepening the thermometer by 10-12 cm. +10 ºC indicates the onset of the planting time for tulips.

Before planting tulips, the bulbs are inspected, sick and damaged are discarded, pickled for 40-50 minutes in a thick solution of manganese or Epin, Zircon, etc. Bulbs are deepened to a threefold height, i.e. large specimens by 12-15 cm, small - 6-8 cm. To avoid cracking of the soil, planting areas are mulched with humus, plant residues or peat.

Advice! It is more convenient for the gardener to plant tulips, arranging them by variety. This makes it easier to care for and dig.

Tulips are also planted in the ground in the spring, but it must be understood that there will be no luxurious flowering this year, since it will take time for the rooting of the bulbs. Spring planting of tulips is carried out as follows:

• after the snow melts, they prepare the site, dig it up and make grooves at intervals of 25-30 cm;
• bulbs are processed - they are placed in the refrigerator for 10-12 hours, then they are pickled in Epin;
• the grooves are shed with a hot solution of manganese and the bulbs are planted.

Proper spring planting of tulips and subsequent care for them in the open field will allow you to enjoy the flowering of the legendary culture next summer.

Stages of care activities

Care for tulips begins in the spring, as soon as reddish sharp leaves peck out from under the ground.

Important! Places with unsprouted bulbs are dug up, removing dead bulbs or their remains.

Emerging weeds are weeded, and the soil surface is periodically loosened or mulched with wood chips, sawdust or peat.

Watering

This moisture-loving plant has an insufficiently developed root system to suck water from deep layers on its own, so timely watering should be ensured, the regularity and volume of which depends on weather conditions and soil composition. Irrigation rate - 15-30 liters per 1 m². Soil moisture should be maintained throughout the growing season of the plant and 15-20 days after flowering - at this time there is an intensive increase in the mass of the bulbs.

Important! Tulips do not like sprinkling, so when watering, water does not get on the leaves and flowers.

Tulips bloom in temperate latitudes from late May to mid-June, which means that watering is completely stopped from July.

top dressing

Useful substances are more successfully absorbed by the plant in solution, although dry dressings are also relevant if, after scattering them, the planting sites are generously watered. During the season, tulips are fertilized three times:

• for the first time - in early spring with complex dressings (50 g / 1 m2);
• the second time - when buds appear with phosphorus-potassium fertilizer (30-35 g / 1m2) with the addition of organic matter, for example, humus;
• the third time - after flowering, to build up the tissues of the bulbs, they give phosphorus-potassium top dressing (30-35 g / 1m2). For more successful development of daughter bulbs, microelements are added to the fertilizer solution - a little bit of zinc and boron.

Important! The mandatory removal of wilted flowers contributes to an increase in the mass of the bulbs, otherwise the plant will spend a good half of its strength on the ripening of seeds.

Transfer

There are types of tulips (Kaufman, Greig and Foster classes) that can grow in one place for more than 5 years without transplanting. In order to avoid the occurrence of diseases and degeneration, it is better to dig them up and transplant them to another place.

A common mistake gardeners make is to leave the bulbs in the soil for the entire summer season. This is done only with varieties of red flowers. The bulbs left in the soil become smaller, the stems become thinner and shorter, in a word, the plant noticeably loses its decorative effect.

To prevent this from happening, the bulbs are dug up. When it is better to do this, the plant will tell you: the leaves will begin to dry out, and the end of the stem will soften so that it can be freely wrapped around your finger.

bulb storage

Novice gardeners often wonder how to store tulip bulbs. Before being laid out for drying, they are sorted by size, separating the children and removing the roots, washed in water and kept for 20-30 minutes in a 3% solution of karbofos. Then, in a dry, dimly lit, ventilated room with a temperature of 25-30 ºС, the bulbs are laid out in lattice containers in one layer and left for several days, and then moved to a place with a lower (up to 20˚С) temperature, where they are until September.

Once every 7-10 days, future planting material is examined, affected or simply suspicious specimens are discarded without regret.

Reproduction of tulips

The culture is propagated by seeds or daughter bulbs. Note that breeders work with seeds more often, since maternal traits are not transmitted to daughter crops. Seeds are sown in open soil or a greenhouse and seedlings are grown for 2-3 years, covering for the winter. Ripe bulbs are dug, stored until planting dates and planted as described above. Such plants begin to bloom after 5-6 years, and the flowers do not bring satisfaction to the gardener, since they do not differ in beauty. Only in the 10th year do tulips obtained by the seed method reach the peak of decorativeness.

It is easier and faster to propagate tulips with daughter bulbs. A feature of this culture is that the mother bulb dies after flowering, and in its place a replacement daughter (sometimes two) with several children is formed. It happens that rapidly developed baby bulbs after a few years themselves begin to form flower stalks.

Important! In order to prevent the degeneration of the variety, only large bulbs with a diameter of at least 2-5 cm can be planted in a flower bed. Children should be grown to these sizes in designated plots.

Growing tulips is an interesting activity worthy of royalty, because it is not for nothing that this perennial has left such a significant mark in the history of different countries and peoples. Times have changed, and even a novice gardener can arrange a “tulip holiday”, as in the French Versailles, on his own plot.

Planting tulips in spring

This material will certainly be useful for those who decide to start planting tulip bulbs in the spring. In this article, we will provide recommendations from experienced flower growers that will help you decorate your backyard with these delicate spring flowers. First, we learn about the features of this plant, this knowledge will help to better understand certain natural needs of the tulip.

Preparing bulbs for planting

When asked if tulips can be planted in spring, the answer is unequivocal. It is possible, but in this case they will bloom much later than those planted in the fall. Before planting tulip bulbs in the spring, they should definitely strengthen their “immunity”. To do this, the bulbs should be placed in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator before planting (the temperature required for hardening should vary within 5 degrees). After that, you should protect them from pests and possible diseases. To do this, the bulbs need to be placed in a slightly pinkish solution of potassium permanganate for half an hour. It should be borne in mind that the strongest and healthiest tulips can only be grown from small bulbs. Before planting, they should be inspected for the fact of damage by the fungus, the integrity of the upper covers. "Rejected" bulbs are best put aside immediately, they are unlikely to grow anything worthwhile. Before planting in the ground, the bulbs must be degreased, some flower growers prefer to use chemicals, but we advise you to wash them in celandine decoction (brewed from the collection). After that, they must be wiped with a clean cloth and dried a little.

Soil preparation and planting

Nai the best time when you can plant tulips in spring, this is the beginning or middle of March, but it should be remembered that the daytime temperature should reach 8-10 degrees. First you need to dig up the future flower bed. It is necessary to dig for half a bayonet of a shovel, be sure to add washed large river sand to the soil when digging. As a fertilizer, we recommend "Biohumus", after the addition of these two components, the top layer of the flower bed will become well-drained and fertile. A tulip is a rather capricious flower that is "addicted" to a variety of fungal infections. In order for the flowers to grow well and not get sick, we also recommend pickling the top layer of soil with a solution of "Fundazol". This treatment will allow during the vegetative period to give the plants more water when watering without the threat of developing a fungal infection, which means that the flowers will be large and bright, and the plant itself will be healthy.

Tulips - planting and care

Now let's move on to the landing process itself. We level the bed and make small longitudinal earthen mounds. The distance between the rows should be at least 25 centimeters, and between the bulbs in the rows 8-10 centimeters. Bulbs should be deepened into the soil by no more than 1-2 centimeters, based on the size of the bulbs themselves (the larger, the deeper). Correct fit and caring for tulips in spring is the key to a beautiful flower bed, glowing with bright colors of inflorescences. But for success, it is still important and timely to fertilize in the spring. The first should be carried out after the bulbs have driven out the first shoots, the second - when the buds form, and the third after the inflorescences wither.

We hope that this article has given you an exhaustive answer to the question of whether it is possible to plant tulips in spring. We assure you that if you follow the recommendations given above, then beautiful and noble tulips will bloom on your garden plot, which will cheer you up with just their appearance.

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Wild tulip Dasistemon Tarda

The tulip has been by far the most popular spring bulbous flower in our gardens for many years now. No garden is complete without this colorful plant! And many of his fans collect extensive collections of tulips in their gardens.

By selecting species and varieties of tulips with different flowering periods - from the earliest to the latest - you can decorate your garden with colorful tulips that bloom continuously from April to early summer.

Tulips in the world and in Russia

There are a lot of myths and legends about beautiful tulips. There are many different stories associated with the tulip that have occurred in different countries of the world.

Tulips have always been loved and have long been grown everywhere - in simple gardens, and in royal estates.
There were times when a fortune was given for a bulb of tulips - their beauty fascinated people so much! And it’s not for nothing that the passionately painful passion for this plant was called “tulip mania”.

Now Holland is called the "country of tulips" and "the second homeland of tulips". But the real homeland of many natural types of tulips is Central Asia.
Until now, wild species of tulips are found in nature in the territories of Eastern Europe and Kazakhstan (southern regions). But most of the natural types of tulips grow in Iran and Turkey, in northern India. It was here, in arid and mountainous regions, in the steppes, in sandy and rocky deserts, that the wild ancestors of those tulips lived, which allowed Holland to take the forefront in the world in the selection of new varieties, as well as in the sale of bulbs and cuts of these magnificent plants.

Undoubtedly, Holland has earned the honorary title of "homeland of varietal tulips."
The world's largest tulip park, the Keukenhof, has been created in this country. Every year in April, crowds of tourists flock here from different countries to admire its spring beauties and, of course, a great variety of blooming tulips.

The tulip was brought to Russia from Holland in the era of Peter I. But the natural types of tulips in Russia have been known since the 12th century.

wild tulips

Wild tulips, according to the world classification, are allocated in a separate class - they are correctly called "botanical".
This class includes all wild-growing species of tulips, many of which are now on the verge of extinction in nature and are on the list of protected plants.

Botanical tulips tend to be undersized and bloom very early. Their flower colors are the most varied.
Among wild tulips there are also many-flowered species.

Botanical tulips are spectacular, winter-hardy and unpretentious. It is very important for gardeners that these tulips are not capricious and resistant to diseases that greatly harm varietal tulips or even lead to the death of plants.

Natural tulips are indispensable for decorating the spring garden immediately after the snow melts. They look great against the background of stones on alpine slides and in rockeries.

Accidental acquaintance with a botanical tulip

At one of the Moscow flower exhibitions, the Dutch participants presented packages with tulip bulbs to all visitors, without indicating the name. I also received this gift.
I planted tulips in the fall on my site. And in the spring, these bulbs successfully sprouted and surprised me very much!

Immediately after the snow melted, small leaves grew from these bulbs, and then tiny flower stalks with buds appeared.
Soon unusual plants bloomed. It turned out to be miniature tulips with amazing bright yellow flowers!

Tulip cultivation Dasistemon Tarda

I determined that I have grown a botanical tulip Dasystemon Tarda (Dasystemon Tarda), which belongs to the early flowering bulbs.

Tulips, planting and care in the open field

The length of the peduncle of this small plant reaches 10-15 cm, and the height of the flower glass is 3-4 cm.

The tulip Dasistemon Tarda blooms in late April-early May. Its wonderful flowers, lemon-yellow with white tips of the petals, shine like stars against the black earth!
This species belongs to the multi-flowered tulips. On one stem there are 3-4 flowers with pointed petals, divorced to the sides.

Tulip Dasistemon Tarda blooms about 25 days after the snow melts. Its charming star-shaped flowers are scented: they emit a palpable, fresh and subtle fragrance.

The duration of flowering of this tulip depends on the weather. In the climatic conditions of my garden, it blooms, on average, a week.
Like all tulips, when bad weather approaches, the tulip Dasistemon Tarda quickly closes the glasses of its flowers.

This plant is best placed in an open sunny place or in partial shade.

I plant tulip bulbs Dasistemon Tarda to a depth of 6-7 cm, at a distance of 5-8 cm between them.

It is appropriate to settle this tulip on an alpine hill and in rockeries, where it will bloom one of the first among other undersized inhabitants.

I advise you to plant the tulip Dasistemon Tarda along the garden paths, so that you can better see it, admire the flowering closer and feel the fragrance of the flowers.

Dasistemon Tarda is the original representative specific tulips, it has become a gem in my collection. Despite the small size of this plant, it gives a lot of pleasure.

Grow and gift tulips

It is not for nothing that bright tulips are the most popular spring flowers, which are traditionally used to decorate garden plots and parks in spring. After all, on May holidays, group plantings of blooming tulips create an atmosphere of joy and celebration. Therefore, for several centuries, the tulip has been a constant companion of man, delighting with its beautiful flowers.

One of the legends about this flower says that happiness lies in the bud of a yellow tulip. No one could reach happiness for a long time due to the fact that the buds did not open. And when a little boy walking with his mother for the first time saw a beautiful yellow bud, and ran to him with a happy smile, the tulip suddenly opened!
Since then, it is believed that donated tulips bring happiness.

Well, at least - good mood from contemplating a bouquet of tulips is definitely provided 🙂

Give yourself and people happiness - grow tulips and decorate gardens with these wonderful flowers!

Alexander Vasilyevich Lukshin (village of Elniki, Mordovia)
Gardenia.ru "Floriculture: Pleasure and Benefit"

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Autumn planting of tulips has a clear advantage over spring. In this case, flowering will come much earlier. The tubers of these flowers have such a feature that only after a long period of cooling they gain new strength for rapid growth and flowering. This can be observed in the wild, where they germinate as soon as the snow melts.

The importance of timely planting tulips

When plant tulips in autumn in your backyard? This issue is worth special attention, because if you do not guess with the timing, you will have to wait too long for flowering or it will not come at all. Moreover, determining the appropriate time is not such a difficult task.

If planted too early, tulips may have time to sprout, which will freeze out during the onset of frost. In addition, the site will be heavily overgrown with weeds, which are the first to hatch in early spring and drown out the flowers.

Tulips, planting and care

If the bulbs are planted too late, they will not have time to take root before frost, as a result of which their development will be delayed in the spring.

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How to determine the best time to plant tulips in the fall

The main thing to take as a guideline in this matter is the temperature of the soil. It needs to be measured at a depth of 15 cm. When it turns out that this temperature indicator is quite stable, you can plant tulips. A suitable period for warm regions usually lasts from mid-September to the end of October.

For the development of the root system of tulips, a period of about a month is needed. This process will take place fully only at a soil temperature of about 7 degrees. Given this information, you can more accurately determine in which period of autumn to plant tubers in a particular region.

In order to have a fragrant flower garden in the country in early spring, it is important not only to plant tulips on time, but also to do it right. Here are some important reminders:

For planting, only large and absolutely healthy bulbs should be selected.
Before planting the tubers, they must be treated with potassium permanganate or an antifungal drug.
The place for tulips on the site should be well lit and calm.
Flowers grow well in loose and fertile soil, so the site should be dug up in advance and fertilized with compost, ash and phosphate fertilizer.

The depth of the hole when planting should be three times the size of the bulb itself.
The optimal intervals between adjacent tulips are 10 cm.
Having several varieties of tulips, it is better to plant them separately, as they have a different growing season.

When to plant tulips in autumn, it becomes clear after getting acquainted with the features of these amazingly beautiful flowers. You should never determine these dates at random, because if they make a mistake, they will not be able to please with their lush flowering.

Tulips are bulbous plants that can be grown at home when there is snow on the street and the bulk of flowering plants retire. Grow a tulip at home- it's not an easy task. Before you embark on this difficult task, you should know that all bulbs develop and bloom during forcing only due to the fact that during the growing season the bulb managed to accumulate nutrients, so selecting a healthy bulb is a necessary condition for getting a beautiful tulip at home. conditions.

Not all types of tulips are suitable for growing on the windowsill, but only low-growing varieties with a strong peduncle, such as, for example: varieties from the classes of Darwin hybrids, Kaufman, Foster, Greig.

It is important that varieties are resistant to the variegated virus, as tulips grown from such varieties will not be pale, will not be straw-colored. Start growing tulips at home with Parade Record and you won't be disappointed.

Variety "Parade Record"

If a as a tulip planting material at home If you use a bulb from your own garden, then you will need to dig up the tulip when its leaves are just beginning to turn yellow. Large bulbs with a diameter of at least 4.5 cm and a weight of at least 30 grams are suitable for planting, but before the bulb enters the pot, it must undergo a kind of hardening to the temperature regime: for this, it is first kept indoors at an air temperature of +34 degrees ( one week is enough), then for about two months it is kept at a temperature of +20-23 degrees, and for a month - at a temperature of +16-17 degrees.

How to plant and grow tulips in 2018

After that, the bulbs are determined in gauze bags or cardboard boxes and taken out to the basement or put in the refrigerator, but separately from vegetables and stored at a temperature of + 5-9 degrees. Planting begins at the end of September, in the month of October. Such a temperature regime ensures the fastest laying of flower buds, the normal development of a tulip after planting.

If you buy a bulb in a flower shop, then it will already be prepared for planting.

As a ground suitable soil mixture with a neutral reaction. Small pots or bowls are suitable as a container. Before boarding the bulbs are peeled, the sick are culled, and those suitable for planting are kept for half an hour in a strong solution of potassium permanganate. The bottom of the pot is filled with drainage, and then 2/3 with soil mixture, after which the bulbs are laid out (about 3 bulbs can be placed in one pot at a distance of 1 cm from each other), which are covered with substrate from above to the very tops. After that, watering is done. It is important that the earth covers the tops and does not settle. The pot with bulbs is transferred to a room with a temperature of + 5-9 degrees and a humidity of 75-80% and they wait for the bulbs to take root. This process usually takes 1.5-2 months. The substrate during this period should be in a wet state. As a result of the end of the rooting process, you should have sprouts 5-7 cm high. After that, the container is transferred to the room and the sprouts are gradually accustomed to lighting. At first, you can protect from sunlight with paper caps. So that future tulips do not get sick with Fusarium, and their flower stalks are strong, the plant must be kept at a temperature of + 18-20 degrees and away from radiators.

In the future, you must water daily plants with settled water (+20 degrees) and top dressing with a 1.5% solution of calcium nitrate during active growth. To make the flowering period longer, the pot with sprouts can be taken out to a cooler room for the night, and the leaves can be sprayed twice a day, avoiding water on the buds, and avoiding direct sunlight. It must be remembered that the optimal daylight hours for tulips is 10-12 hours, so if necessary, you can install 40 W fluorescent lamps and place them at a height of 20-25 cm above the plant.

When cutting a tulip it is necessary to leave one leaf on the stump so as not to disturb the ripening process of the bulb.

From the moment of cutting the peduncle, watering is gradually reduced until all the leaves turn yellow. Then the bulb is dug up, dried and subjected to a hardening process with a temperature regime, which involves a monthly maintenance at a temperature of +24 degrees, then another monthly maintenance at a temperature of +17-18 degrees and until September +14-15 degrees.

All these manipulations will protect the planting material from drying out and will not allow it to wake up prematurely. In the first year, such bulbs do not bloom.