To enjoy the beautiful blossom of tulips that have grown on your bed, you need to know the subtleties of their cultivation. An important factor is the correctness of the planting of tulips bulbs. To do this, it should be understood when it is better to plant how to prepare the soil, bulbs and how to plant tulips.
When to plant tulips?
The bulbs of tulips can be planted in spring, in summer, in the fall. In order to the tulips pleased with their bright flowering in early spring, you should think in advance. To do this, from the beginning to the middle of the autumn, it is necessary to land the bulbs of tulips. In this period, the temperature of the soil must correspond to 7-10 degrees. Tulips landing in the fall, gives the ability to develop the root system and prepare for winter.
The first two weeks, the root system is actively developing, and fully formed, becoming three weeks later. If you put on the bulbs a little later, you need to carefully insulate the planted bulbs. Also, tulips can be planted in spring and summer, but until July. It is necessary to take into account, because if you put it later, the bulbs will not be able to mature and fully prepare for the next season.
In order to plant tulips in the spring, you need to monitor the temperature of the soil. At a depth of 10-15 cm, a temperature is needed about 10 degrees. Not an unimportant factor is the grade of tulips. Early varieties need to be planted before, and the late grade of tulips is permissible to plant after July 1.
Soil preparation and bulbs
Before starting to plant the bulbs of tulips, you should choose for landing the appropriate place. Tulips prefer sunny sides, do not like shadows, drafts. If the soil in the flower bed is prone to stroke the water, then take care that the bulbs of tulips are not lit. To do this, it is necessary when planning flowers, pour small stones or sand into the hole, thereby creating a natural drainage.
Planting tulips, you need to pre-prepared soil. Earth must be pre-stop. When preparing the soil to planting bulbs, it must be presented with complex fertilizer or wood ash. The fertilizer of the soil before planting tulips will benefit on the growth and development of bulbs. Also when pumping the soil, you can add sand, which should be mixed with the ground.
Tulips do not like tight ground, but prefer loose soil. After the soil is prepared, proceed to the inspection of bulbs. Get rid of rotten, affected bulbs. Large and sweaty bulbs of tulips will undoubtedly please you with their lush flowering. Before planing, it is recommended to treat bulbs with a 0.5% manganese solution.
Rules landing tulips
Grow tulips that will delight you will not be difficult if you perform elementary landing rules. Following how you chose a place for landing, we prepared the soil and treated the bulbs of tulips, proceeding to the disembarkation of bulbs.
- The depth of planting bulbs plays an important role in the proper development of the plant. Adults, major bulbs need to be planted at a depth of 10-15 cm, and a small bulbs should be planted at 5-8 cm.
- Tulips are planted into the wells or ride the grooves. If you proceed the groove to plant tulips, then be careful to the bulbs, they must be of the same size in the same groove. Lukovitsy lay out in the ground, and do not press them out, as you can damage them.
- On the proper development of tulips affects the distance between the plants. Large bulbs of tulips plant at a distance of 10-15 cm, and kids can be closer. Between the rows of tulips, observe the distance of about 30 cm.
- After they prepared the grooves or wells them must be shedding with water. Then we fall asleep the fox of the earth and roll up. Placed tulips watering water.
- If the bulbs planted in winter, then you need to take care of their insulation. For this, tulips should be covered with leaves, humus, etc.
Tulips unpretentious flowers. In compliance with the above recommendations for planting bulbs, tulips will delight each spring with their beautiful bloom.
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