2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
With the approach of the autumn cold, it is time to take care of those perennials in your flower beds that do not remain in the open field for the winter. This applies to gladioli and dahlias, chrysanthemums and pelargoniums
Gladioli: dig up flowers before the leaves turn yellow
If the weather does not make its own adjustments, they begin to dig up the corms of gladioli in mid-September. This period is determined both by the variety and by the size of the bulbs from which the gladioli were obtained. First of all, representatives of early varieties and those plants that were grown from larger corms are taken out of the ground. After them, after 10-15 days, comes the turn of late varieties and flowers that were propagated by children and grown from small corms.
This work must be done before the leaves of the plants turn yellow. Taking care of this, while the aboveground part of the flowers is still green, you will save the planting material from being affected by diseases. If you delay the period, and get the corms after the end of the growing season, unfavorable conditions develop in the soil - the earth will be colder and wetter.
Many growers mow the greens of gladioli before digging out the corms. This is optional. It will be even better if the aerial part of the flower will be separated from the roots after the perennial has been dug, using the unscrewing method. The stem is not separated to the base, but is left 3-5 cm long.
You need to dig out the corms very carefully so as not to lose numerous children. The planting material is stored in a dry, heated room. It must be well ventilated. Moreover, during storage, they must be turned over from time to time.
Dahlias - about the importance of temperature
Dahlias are highly sensitive to cold weather, and when the air temperature drops significantly, the plants can die. Therefore, it is necessary to remove them from the flower bed before the arrival of stable cold weather.
First of all, the aerial part suffers from a cold snap, so it is important to have time to cut the stems in time. This is done approximately 10 cm above the soil surface. The flower tubers are allowed to dry out a little, and then they are cleaned of dry soil and plant debris.
Dahlias are conveniently stored in small boxes or baskets mixed with sand, dry peat. The storage temperature should be slightly above 0 ° C. This must be monitored very carefully, because with negative indicators, the tubers die, and with too hot microclimate, the planting material may dry out.
Chrysanthemums and pelargonium continue to delight the eye
Small-flowered chrysanthemums, despite their fragile appearance, are more resistant to autumn cooling and can continue to decorate areas until late autumn. What cannot be said about large-flowered representatives that are grown for cutting - these flowers are less frost-resistant.
When the chrysanthemum still has insufficiently developed buds, and it takes some time for them to dissolve the flower, it is better to transplant such bushes into a pot. Vases with transplanted chrysanthemums are removed in a well-lit place protected from negative temperatures: on the veranda, balcony. So they will delight the eye for a long time.
Pelargoniums should also be transplanted into pots and protected from frost indoors. Dried inflorescences are cut off from flowers and cleaned of yellowed leaves. The land for pelargonium does not need to be fertilized, and the temperature is maintained within + 6 … + 8 ° С, so as not to cause unwanted vegetative activity in the cold season.
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