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The spring blooming of tulips leaves no one indifferent. And how can you remain indifferent when a multi-colored sea is in front of him? Indeed, in our time, what kind of tulips are not there: red, yellow, purple, black, orange, variegated. And the shape of the flower is amazing! How to grow such splendor on your site in order to admire the riot of colors in the spring? When to plant tulips? Let's look at this issue in an article.
The most optimal time for planting tubers is from late September to early November. But this time period does not strictly limit the landing time. Most importantly, tulips should not be planted while it is still warm, as they may sprout. And you shouldn't plant when it's almost winter outside and it's cold.
You need to plant bulbs only in areas that are well lit. Lack of light will lead to the fact that the stem of the flower will stretch upwards, which will take all the forces and all the nutrition of the flower, respectively, the calyx of the tulip itself will be shallow. Yes, and there will not be enough nutrition for the development of the bulb. In addition, our future flower bed should not be flooded with water, it should not be located on a swampy patch of land, since the tubers can simply rot from excessive moisture.
We go around our site (cottage, garden), choose a place for a flower bed, taking into account the above requirements. After the place is chosen, we determine the shape of the flower bed. It can be a circle, square, rectangle, even a zigzag, as long as you like it. Now we pass to an equally important stage - we decide what flowers tulips we will plant. We draw a rough plan, best of all with colored pens (pencils, felt-tip pens). We calculate the approximate amount of planting material and go for the bulbs.
When buying, be sure to carefully examine the bulbs. They should be firm, not lethargic, well dried, not germinated, free from damage and rot, without puffy roots.
Now we return to our dacha (garden, vegetable garden) and proceed to planting the bulbs (it is allowed to have lunch and rest).
Before planting, it is advisable to mix the soil with peat so that it is loose, light and retains moisture well. We carefully loosen our future flower bed, and process the bulbs with a weak pale pink solution of potassium permanganate. And we proceed directly to the planting process.
How to plant tulips?
Preparing holes for planting our bulbs. Carefully dig holes, the depth of which will be about three times the diameter of the bulb itself. Then carefully lower the prepared and processed onion into the hole with the roots down and sprinkle with earth. We plant tulips at a distance of 8-10 centimeters from each other in rows or staggered. A messy planting will make it difficult to dig out the bulbs after flowering.
That's it, the planting is complete, we just have to wait for spring to enjoy the fruits of our labor. It would seem that tulips have been planted, these are perennial flowers, and you can relax. However, it is not. At the end of June, we will have another important operation: digging out the bulbs. This is done so that the bulbs do not go deep into the ground (after 5 years you are unlikely to be able to dig them out), as well as to avoid disorderly division, the growth of a large number of flowers in one place, chopping of flowers and degeneration of the variety.
When to dig up tulip bulbs?
This operation is performed during the period when the tulip leaves turn yellow, usually at the end of June. The leaves are carefully cut, and the onion is dug out. After digging, the onion must be divided, new small onions removed, dried thoroughly and removed to a dark, cool, but not humid place until autumn. In the fall, we will return our bulbs back to the ground.
That's all. Performing these simple operations will allow you to enjoy the beauty of tulips for many years.
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