The transformation of the estate is better to start with the planting of tuberous or bulbous flowers. They will decorate the garden with a colorful palette from early spring to late autumn. However, to get hyacinths and daffodils in April, their bulbs need to be planted in the fall. How to do it right, let's figure it out.
Why can not store bulbs
With the storage of bulbs, even experienced gardeners sometimes have problems. To preserve the tuber, he needs to provide sufficient moisture. This indicator in the room where the flowers hibernate should be at least 70%.
Before laying the tubers for wintering, they need to be carefully examined for the presence of diseases. Any rotten bulb can ruin all wintering tubers. Planting material excavated from the ground can hide pests. To completely get rid of diseases and unsolicited "residents", the bulbs are subjected to disinfection. To do this, the material is first thoroughly washed, and then kept for about half an hour in a solution of malathion. Then the bulbs are thoroughly dried, get rid of the remnants of the earth, old roots and so on. After they are placed in boxes in one layer and stored in a ventilated room, where there are no drafts. The material cannot be stored in closed containers, as the ethylene released by the bulbs is harmful to developing children.
To preserve the tubers, material wintering outside the soil needs to be reviewed weekly. Whitish or yellowish spots on the tulip tubers are a sign of a putrefactive process. Such instances must be discarded immediately. You need to remove soft hyacinth bulbs and darkened parts of daffodils from the storage.
Another problem when storing bulbs is the creation of an optimal temperature regime. The material should not grow, but at the same time should not freeze. In the room where the bulbs overwinter, you need to maintain the temperature at 15 ° C, maximum 17 ° C. The tubers of trihydria, muscari and crocuses are generally better to plant in the ground under any conditions - it is impossible to keep small bulbs until spring. They either dry out or rot.
How long can I plant
Bulbs of tulips, hyacinths and other spring flowers take root in an average of two weeks. Experienced gardeners know when stable frosts occur in their region. By counting half a month from this period, you can find out the deadline for planting plants in the ground.
However, the weather often brings surprises - either a long thaw after frosts, or a protracted Indian summer. If, after planting, the bulbs not only take root, but also sprout, then you should not panic. It’s enough to cover young growth. For these purposes, agrofabric, hay, fallen leaves or straw are suitable. Tulips and daffodils can not be covered at all - they are adapted for wintering in the snow.
There is another situation - suddenly the frosts escaped. Despair is also not worth it - usually the first frost is replaced by a thaw. During this period, you need to have time to plant the tubers. This option is acceptable if the earth is not frozen to the depth of planting.
You can plant in frosty weather, but the grooves must be prepared, sprinkled with dry soil. If the top layer of the earth is covered with ice crust, the ground is frozen 1-2 cm, but looser deeper, it is better to plant onion bulbs. To protect future plants, it is better to cover such a late planting with spruce branches, non-woven material or straw.
What is important to consider during late boarding
It is necessary to start planting bulbs in the ground in autumn at a time when the temperature drops to 5 ° C. A sufficiently low temperature will not allow the bulb to begin active growth, and this is the optimal mode for rooting the plant. During autumn planting, furrows cannot be watered, but additional mulching of the soil is worthwhile.
Tubers planted before winter should be protected from contact with groundwater, from excessively dry soil and from frost. The material must be planted in such a way that the soil under it is sufficiently moist, and the soil covering them is dry. If the planting is carried out in an area with a high level of groundwater, then the bulbs must be protected from external atmospheric precipitation. For this, after the tubers are planted, the tamped grooves are covered with a film, high-density agrofabric, a shield, and so on.
Typically, spring flowers are able to grow normally without annual digging. They need to be transplanted once every four years, so you should not disturb the tubers every year. Experienced summer residents use one trick. Long before the Indian summer, they organize a future flower bed. For this, plastic flowerpots are dug into the ground, filled with earth, and covered with a layer of compost, non-woven material or a similar coating. The main task of this manipulation is to prevent the earth from hardening and hardening before bulb planting. After planting the tubers they are covered with spruce branches or other improvised means.
Any summer clerk can please the eye after winter snows with bright hyacinths, muscari or crocuses. Even if there was a natural “malfunction”, and winter came earlier or much later, then you should not worry. Spring flowers are quite resistant to frost. Bulbs are better to plant in the flower garden than to try to organize them wintering outside the soil.
