2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Our globe is large and each region located on it has its own special climatic conditions, which must be taken into account when planting certain plants. Only in this case, the spent financial resources, as well as the invested labor, will not be wasted and your summer cottage (or maybe a garden, vegetable garden or summer cottage) will delight you with the result
This condition applies not only to planting vegetables and fruit trees, but also flower bulbs, including lilies. First of all, I want to recommend not rushing to planting lily bulbs in the spring, they may die. By the way, this fact surprises many, including those who have long been engaged in a garden-vegetable garden-dacha. The main argument is: well, after all, we plant for the winter, and the bulbs do not die! Yes, they do not die, they grow well and are not even afraid of light spring frosts. But here the whole secret lies in one thing - planting before the winter. Accordingly, the bulb hardens over the winter and tolerates the cold more easily than a bulb planted in spring.
Should you store bulbs at home until spring planting?
Some gardeners, fearing that the bulbs will freeze in winter, dig them up and try to store them at home. You should not do this, it is better to plant them in the soil, choosing the correct timing and depth of planting (here you need to take into account the characteristics of a particular variety of lilies).
In general, in specialized storages of various nurseries and farms, bulbs of any lilies can be stored for three to six months without harming future plants. But special, including temperature, conditions are being created there.
But it is almost impossible to create such conditions at home. Many people try to store bulbs in a household refrigerator, but, firstly, the temperature there constantly fluctuates, and secondly, it is almost always 4-6 degrees Celsius. This is normal for food, but not for lily bulbs. This temperature is the normal temperature for germination for them.
By the way, for the same reason, it is not recommended to buy lily bulbs before the date when, after purchase, they can be planted immediately in the soil. That is, even in spite of various advertisements, promotions and discounts, do not rush to buy planting material in February-March. They begin to sprout quickly, even though they are kept in the refrigerator. And literally in a couple of weeks we will have long, thin, pale and not very even sprouts of lilies in the refrigerator. Accordingly, there is no need to talk about beautiful flowering in summer. During this process, the bulbs are depleted and they may not germinate at all the next year. So don't be in a hurry!
Why shouldn't the bulbs be planted in early spring?
It is highly likely that the bulbs will simply freeze. Indeed, unlike the lilies planted "before winter", the spring bulb does not tolerate frost well, besides, it does not have a developed root system (unlike the autumn bulb), which also negatively affects its “health” during spring frosts. In addition, with early planting, freezing of the tops of the shoots and flower buds most often occurs. In this situation, it is good if the lily simply does not bloom, as it happens that it simply dies.
Why is it undesirable to transport and plant bulbs with sprouts?
Conceived sprouted bulbs are difficult to transport and plant due to the fact that the sprouts are fragile and easily break during transportation and planting in the ground, almost always when transplanted into the soil, delicate leaves crumple, the sprouts break. As a result, there will be no flowers on such lilies this year, and the plant itself will not actively grow. In fact, there is little sense from such bulbs.
When to buy and plant bulbs in spring?
Since, I repeat once again, the climate in different zones is different, we will be guided not by the month, but by the temperature regime. We plant lily bulbs (preferably freshly bought, without sprouts, without damage, mold and obvious diseases of the bulb!) When the temperature at night does not drop below 7-10 degrees Celsius. In central Russia, this is most often the second half of April, in the north - the end of May, in the south - the first half - mid-April.
I wish you good luck and may your flowers delight you and your family with beautiful flowering!
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