A stable opinion has been formed that this should be dealt with exclusively in the autumn. Opponents also argue that at the end of the season of work and so enough, and not the fact that the bulbs of tulips safely overwinter in the plots.
You can argue endlessly, but, nevertheless, the spring planting of tulips in the ground is practiced quite often. How to do it correctly, what to foresee and take into account - the subject of the proceedings in this article.
From the author's point of view, the lack of a spring planting of tulips is only one - a later flowering. That's what needs to be taken into account, correlating with the peculiarities of the local climate.
Preparation of tulip bulbs for planting
Storage
The best place is a refrigerator. In principle, you can choose another suitable for these purposes, if you understand that the temperature should be constant, within the range of +5 ºС.This increases the "immunity" of the bulbs and ensures that the tulips, when planted in the open ground, adapt quickly under new conditions. If they were not placed in the cold for the winter, they should be placed at least for a day or two in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator
before inspection. Inspection
There is no sense in planting tulips whose bulbs were initially affected, for example, with a fungus. Anyone who has any damage to the top cover should also be discarded.
Disinfection
To stabilize bulbs in front of diseases and pests, they are immersed in ½ hour of a weak( slightly pinkish) solution of potassium permanganate.
Degreasing
It is done immediately before planting. There are various recommendations for the use of certain drugs. However, experienced flower growers even in autumn gather celandine( there are in any dacha array) and "bathe" bulbs of tulips in his broth. It turns out completely free of charge and effectively - tested on personal experience. At the end of the procedure, it is necessary to dry out the "planting material" - do not drop wet.
We prepare the ground
The plot is dug to a depth of half a bay, not more. In the process of work, it is desirable to introduce well-washed and dried coarse-grained sand into the soil. But this is in case of its deficiency in the soil, for example, if there is one chernozem on the site.
Soil Fertilization
Everyone decides how and what fertilizer to use. But practice has shown that when planting tulips it is very good to introduce "Biohumus" into the soil. It reduces the risk of disease of the flower, increases the degree of drainability of the soil and fills it with a mass of nutrients. Do not forget that the tulip - a pretty "whimsical" flower, which needs to create special, different from most other representatives of the flora conditions.
Ground disinfection
This step is optional, but desirable. During the growing season the tulip requires more water. If there are any infections in the upper layer of the earth, the risk of the disease of the plant increases dramatically. Therefore, the "dressing" will not be superfluous. You can recommend the drug "Fundazol".Its solution needs to sprinkle well on the segment where tulip planting is expected. The product effectively destroys various fungi, spider mite and a number of other "pests".
Landing time
For the summer resident the main in this regard are 3 "landmarks".
- The rooting period lasts about 3 - 4 weeks.
- Tulips do not tolerate heat. In the heat they fade, and their "life forces" are concentrated in the bulbs. That's why they blossom only in early spring.
- For normal plant development, the soil should be sufficiently warmed. Its acceptable temperature at a depth of 100 mm is not lower than 8 ± 1 ° C.Experienced gardeners determine this "by eye", piercing a finger loosened the ground in the plot.
Technology of planting tulips
- Loosening and leveling of the earth.
- Designation of series. Between them should be about 25 cm.
- Watering. It is enough to make it along the grooves, but so that the moisture penetrates into the ground to a depth.
- The planting of tulips is done at an interval of 10 cm. The bulbs are 1.5 ± 0.5 cm deep. The smaller they are, the closer they are to the surface of the soil.
- Align the plot.
With this planting flowers can not be watered until emergence.
Addition of tulips
It is carried out in 3 stages.
- When sprouting emerges.
- After the buds are formed.
- During the withering of tulips.
Useful advice
The weather began to present us with various surprises. If the estimated planting time has already come, and at night there are still frosts, even if minor, then it is impossible to place bulbs in the open ground. How to be? Arrange the planting of tulips in containers. When favorable conditions come, it is not difficult to move them to the plot.
The main recommendations for the spring planting of this flower in the ground are given. The rest depends only on you, dear reader.
Beautiful to you tulips on the site!
