Tulips planting and care in the open field in autumn and spring

Every amateur florist should know the peculiarities of growing tulips in the open field. These lovely flowers are among the first to delight in spring. But if earlier, in the Soviet years, Dutch tulips lit up with scarlet lights in flower beds, and then "yellow" ones were added to them, today the choice of varieties is unusually large. You can pick flowers of any shade - from white to black, and any shape. Early, middle and late tulips in their flowering will replace each other and delight the owners for a long time with a bright flower bed.

And, of course. flower garden owners want tulips to grow normally, develop and not get sick. What needs to be done for this? So, tulips - planting and care in the open field for these "firstborn of spring".

Choosing bulbs for planting

Bulbs can be either your own, grown on your site, or purchased - of certain varieties. The main thing is that they are healthy. First of all, they are carefully examined.

Bulbs that have begun to rot or are affected by fungal diseases are thrown away.

The rest are sorted by size.

Tulips will grow from large bulbs, which will bloom in spring. Small plants will form, the flowering of which should be expected next season.

Time and timing of planting tulips

Plants are usually planted outdoors in spring or fall. The same is true for tulips.

In autumn

This is the best option for planting plants in central Russia. Tulip bulbs are planted in their designated place from mid-September to mid-October. Of course, the terms can be lengthened if the autumn is warm, and reduced in the event of an unexpected onset of cold weather. The soil temperature should not fall below + 7-10 C, otherwise the root system of the bulbs will not have time to take root, and the flowers will freeze.

But if you follow the rules, planting tulips in the fall will allow you to get strong and healthy flowers next spring.

In the spring

Tulip bulbs can be planted in spring, when the ground has warmed up to the same + 7-10 C. Usually this happens in the second half of April or early May. You should not rush to plant so that the tulips do not die during frosts.

How to plant tulips correctly?

Tulips are fairly undemanding plants. Therefore, even a novice florist can cope with planting them.

Soil requirements

Tulip bulbs prefer relatively light, slightly alkaline soil.Sandy soil will not work - such soil will have to be enriched with peat or humus, but sandy loam will do just fine.

Heavy clay soils are also not very suitable for tulips - moisture stagnates in them, which can lead to rotting of the bulbs. It is best to add river sand when digging a bed with such soil. As drainage can be used: crushed bark, sawdust, foam crumbs.

It is good to sow the area intended for them with green manure plants a year or two before planting tulip bulbs, and then dig them up along with the soil. This way you can be sure that the necessary nutrients have been introduced into the soil.

Seat selection

The place for tulips should be sunny enough. These plants are demanding for light. In shaded areas, they stretch out, the flowers become small, the petals quickly crumble.

If tulips are to be grown in a flower bed next to tall plants, you should consider this moment and make sure that the tulips are not in the shade.

Tulips grow poorly on slopes - the area should be flat. Stagnation of water in the garden is also contraindicated.

Landing in open ground

Before planting in open ground - the garden bed is prepared. If the soil is acidic, the soil is sprinkled with lime. A couple of months before planting, humus is introduced. But here, too, you can not overdo it: tulips are plants that are better to underfeed than overfeed.

So what are the main rules?

• The bed should be about 15 cm high, at least 1 m wide, the distance between the beds is ideally about 50 cm.
• Furrows are made in the beds, the depth of which reaches the height of 4 bulbs. Furrows are spilled abundantly with water. And the bulbs are kept in a weak solution of potassium permanganate before planting in order to disinfect.
• It is advisable to sprinkle the furrows with river sand; you can use foam crumbs.
• The bulbs are planted at a distance of 6-7 cm from each other.
• Furrows fall asleep.
• The beds are covered with a layer of mulch. You can use compost, sawdust, crushed bark.

In case the winters in these places are frosty, tulips - during autumn planting - are additionally covered with a layer of rotten foliage. It must be remembered that you cannot use manure that has not yet quail when caring for tulips. The bulbs will suffer from fungal diseases.

Tulip care

After planting in autumn - tulips will no longer require maintenance until spring. You can remember them in March, when the snow begins to melt in the sun. Many growers consider this time to be optimal for the first fertilization. Together with melt water, they will penetrate deep into the soil, and just at the right time - when tulips begin to develop and gain color.

Watering and feeding

Caring for tulips is simple. These plants love water, so they need to be watered regularly and in sufficient quantities. It is undesirable to use a garden hose for this purpose; it is better to take an old watering can. For 1 sq.m. about 20-30 liters of water is introduced. It is recommended to use water that is settled, warmed up to about air temperature.

Today, Nature stores sell a variety of tulip-friendly fertilizers. Among them there are dressings that dissolve in water, or are used dry.

Experienced flower growers feed tulips three times per season.

For the first time, as already mentioned, dry fertilizers can be applied directly to the snow. They should include nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, in a ratio of 2: 2: 1.

The second time the tulips are fed when the buds become visible. Here, the same microelements are used, that is, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, only the ratio is different: 1: 2: 2.

The third time fertilization is applied when most of the flowers in the garden begin to shed their petals. Now tulips only need phosphorus and potassium in equal proportions.

It must be remembered that nitrogen is contained in ammonium nitrate, and superphosphate is the best source of phosphorus.

You can also use complex fertilizers, which include manganese and zinc.

Loosening

Slightly loosen the soil in the tulip garden soon after planting. This will help the bulbs take root better.

In the spring, the beds are loosened when the soil begins to dry out. This provides air access to the plant roots.

Features of care after flowering

It may seem that after the end of flowering, tulips are immersed in a deep "hibernation" until the next season. But no, they still need care.

After the tulips have faded, you need to cut off the stems and water the plants well for a couple of weeks. This period also includes the third, final feeding.

Then the yellowed leaves are cut off at the root.

When to dig up tulip bulbs?

This is done around mid-July. In early tulips - you can dig out the bulbs 10-14 days earlier than in later ones. It is important that the day is warm and dry. Dirt is removed from the bulbs, and then they are treated with a weak solution of potassium permanganate and dried.

Storage conditions

Now the florist has to carry out important work, on which it depends - whether his bed with tulips will be good next year.

For storing the bulbs, it is advisable to have boxes in which a net is reinforced instead of the bottom. The bulbs are sorted first by varieties, and then by size - by adults and children, laying them separately - in 1-2 rows.

Each bulb should be carefully inspected to ensure between the healthy ones there was no rotten or affected by the fungus - it will infect the rest. Bulbs that have received mechanical damage, for example, cut by a shovel blow, are also thrown away.

At the end of the process, plates with the names of varieties are fixed in the boxes.

For a couple of weeks, the bulbs are stored at normal summer temperatures in a well-ventilated room. The "crop" should dry well.

In late summer and early autumn, the temperature can be reduced to + 18-20 C. At the same time, the bulbs continue to be periodically examined, immediately removing the diseased.

It is advisable to plant tulips in a new place every autumn, and return to the previous garden bed in 3-4 years.

Protection against diseases and pests

To prevent tulips from getting sick with a number of diseases, you need to provide them with good care. For example, if the drainage is sufficient, the bulbs will not rot in the warm season and will not freeze in the cold.

With proper watering, when no water gets on the leaves, sunburn spots will not appear on them.

Special preparations will protect tulips from attack by pests such as aphids or slugs. A flower grower should get a sprayer to treat the ground part of the plant. Granules of the "Thunderstorm", which reliably fights slugs, are scattered over the garden. Traps help from the bear.

Among the infectious diseases of tulips, the most common are gray rot and typhulosis. Flowers are treated with drugs such as topsin or foundationol. This should be done until the tulips have blossomed, or after the end of flowering.

Viral diseases are even more dangerous. As a result of them, the so-called "variegation" may appear, as a result of which the variety will be completely lost. Such tulips are dug up and destroyed.

Thus, even a novice florist will be able to successfully plant and grow any varieties of tulips. It is only important to adhere to the basic rules. Growing tulips is a fascinating process that many growers are enthusiastic about.

The blooming of tulips heralds the triumph of spring. If the site is decorated with tulips year after year, planting and caring in the open field is the key to this success. Perennial bulbous plants native to Asia have long been the subject of admiration both in their homeland and in the Old World, where they got in the middle of the 16th century.

Thanks to the universal love for these flowers, a hundred years later, Holland began to be called the land of tulips, and today tens of thousands of varieties of these spectacular, but quite affordable plants are distributed around the world.

Dates of planting tulips in the ground

Tulips of cultivars bloom in spring or in the first half of summer. Therefore, the optimal planting time is autumn. In 3-4 weeks, the bulbs acclimate and form the root system, but do not form the aerial part. This allows the tulips to winter well, and with the arrival of warmth, give strong foliage and open large corollas.

When determining the date of planting tulips, it is important not to be mistaken! If the bulbs enter the soil too early, they can produce foliage. And the coming winter will catch the plants by surprise. The aboveground part will freeze, the underground part will weaken and will not be able to guarantee spring bloom. Late planting threatens that tulips will not have time to take root, severe frosts will kill them or spoil them.

How to choose the optimal time? When to plant tulips in the ground in different regions?

Experienced flower growers advise to pay attention not to the calendar, but to the weather outside the window. The best start for plants is to plant in soil that has cooled to 10-12 ° C.

In the middle lane, such conditions develop by mid-September. To the south, tulips are planted later, to the north, the dates are shifted to the end of August.

If for some reason the tulips did not hit the flower beds in the fall, you can plant them in the spring. Unfortunately, in this case, the plants have less time to prepare for flowering and accumulate nutrients for the next year. To get the desired result and to simplify the care of tulips in the open field, it is better to germinate the bulbs in peat pots filled with a loose nutritious substrate before planting. Before planting, the bulbs are cooled for 24 hours in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator.

Tulips are transferred to flower beds when it gets warmer and the soil warms up to +15 ° C. This method can be used in all regions, including areas where tulips outdoors do not survive the winter.

Planting tulips for outdoor cultivation

For bright flowering garden tulips require:

• sun or transparent partial shade;
• nutritious, necessarily loose soil with a neutral or slightly alkaline reaction;
• wind protection;
• moderate watering.

A site suitable for growing tulips is dug up on a full bayonet, loosened, breaking clods, weeds are selected and nitrogen and potash fertilizers are applied, for example, humus and wood ash. Dense, heavy soil is mixed with sand, peat.

Under tulips, as well as under other bulbous crops, you should not add fresh organic matter, which is often a source of bacterial rot and fungal diseases.

The depth of the open field furrows depends on the size of the bulbs. Therefore, they are pre-sorted, along the way separating sick and damaged specimens. And healthy ones are immersed in a dense pink solution of potassium permanganate for half an hour and dried thoroughly.

Under adult large bulbs, furrows are made with a depth of 20 to 30 cm, pouring a 10-cm drainage cushion of coarse sand on the bottom. The children are planted, slightly pressing, into the holes with the same drainage, but half as small, that is, to a depth of 7-10 cm. When the soil is leveled, the site is mulched.

Caring for tulips after planting in open ground

Tulips will respond only to constant and competent care with massive disclosure of bright flowers. Bulbous crops, as a rule, are unpretentious, but still require attention from the appearance of the first leaves until late autumn. Caring for tulips after planting includes:

• watering, especially plentiful during a set of buds, mass flowering and within 2 weeks after its completion;
• removal of weeds around plantings;
• careful not to damage the root system and bulbs, loosening;
• triple feeding of flowers.

After watering, the soil under the plants should be moist at a depth of 30–40 cm, that is, at least 10–40 liters of water should be consumed per square meter, depending on the type of soil.

Fertilizers in liquid or granular form are part of post-planting tulip care. They are brought in three times:

1. In the phase of the appearance of the first shoots, using a mixture of 2 parts of nitrogen, 2 parts of phosphorus salts, 1 part of potassium compounds;
2. By the time the green buds appear, feeding the plants with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in a ratio of 1: 2: 2;
3. After flowering, using potassium-phosphorus formulations, completely abandoning nitrogen.

When talking about caring for tulips, we must not forget about a simple but useful procedure. When the flowers wither, they are cut out along with the peduncles. This will prevent the bulbs from wasting the energy that is precious for the growth of the bulbs.

If boxes with seeds are formed and ripen on the stems, there is no need to wait for large bulbs, and the children will not be able to gain significant mass.

Before growing tulips, you need to know that a culture can be in one place for no more than 4 years. Then the risk of accumulation of dangerous bacteria, fungi and soil pests increases, the bulbs naturally age and require replanting. The bulbs remaining in the soil gradually go deeper, so the next year it is more difficult for the sprouts to break through to the surface. As a result, the flowers become smaller, the peduncles become weaker and shorter.

The tulips are dug up when the leaves completely wither and fall off. It is useful to shed the freed area with a solution of phytosporin, potassium permanganate or any available fungicide. Plants that remain in the soil for the winter, in order to avoid freezing, are densely mulched with peat, sawdust or covered with spruce branches.

Video about the correct planting of tulips

Tulips are very popular flowers, today we'll talk about planting and caring for them outdoors. They have won the hearts of many people with their beauty. Modest flowers adorn not only personal plots, but also city flower beds. The fashion for tulips came to us from Holland. Gorgeous flowers never cease to delight with their beauty and rich palette of colors for many years. They started growing tulips in Persia. Then they learned about their existence in Turkey and Europe. The name of the flower comes from the oriental headdress "turban". In Turkey, this graceful flower is usually worn in a turban.

The tulip is a member of the Liliaceae family. There are many garden varieties of these beautiful flowers. The height of the plant depends on the variety. The size of miniature species does not exceed 20 cm.Tulips with a height of 70 cm are found.

Bell-shaped flowers have different colors. Tulip petals are both simple and double. And now more about

Growing tulips outdoors

Choosing bulbs for planting

It is advisable to buy tulip bulbs before the start of the planting season. The most suitable time for this is late July - mid September, when they are at rest. It will be very difficult to acquire quality planting material during the planting season. In the spring, as a rule, they sell old bulbs that did not have time to sell last season.

Preference should be given to bulbs with a thin golden skin. Cracks on them shouldn't scare you. The main thing is that the bulb itself is not damaged, since the planting material is easily injured.

A thick, dense bulb with dark brown scales indicates that it is not suitable for planting, and the roots will be very difficult to germinate.

If it is not possible to immediately plant flowers, tulip bulbs are removed in a cool room. They are kept separate from other bulbs. If diseased bulbs are found, they will infect healthy ones.

In terms of size, it is best to use young, healthy, medium-sized bulbs. They should look good. On an unsuitable for planting bulb there will be mechanical damage, mold spots, dried pulp.

The surface of the bulb must be firm and clean. It will not be superfluous to take the onion in your hand. Low weight indicates illness. A healthy bulb feels heavy to the touch.

When buying, you need to inspect the bottom of the bulb. On quality bulbs, root tubercles are visible. You should not buy planting material with a soft bottom, rotten or sprouted roots.

When should tulips be planted? Landing time and dates

Central Asia is the homeland of almost all varieties of tulips. In their natural environment, they grow in steppes, deserts, foothills, in mountain arid regions. In early spring, they form bright flowering carpets. With the onset of heat, beautiful tulips fade. But the bulbs continue to exist, going deeper into the ground. In the fall, new roots appear on them. In the spring, awakening from winter sleep, tulips bloom again, delighting us with their beauty.

In nature, tulips bloom only after winter cooling. During this time, they accumulate special nutrients that help them germinate.

Planting tulips in autumn

Experienced flower growers plant tulips only in autumn. Planting time depends on the region where the flowers are grown and the climatic conditions.

In the middle lane, tulips are best planted at the end of September.

In the southern regions, they have been doing this since the beginning of October, when the thermometer readings drop to 7-10 ° C. The root system of the bulbs is formed in 3-4 weeks. It should be borne in mind that the weather can make its own adjustments.

With early planting, the rooting process is delayed, the bulbs can get sick with fusarium. In addition, in warm weather, the garden bed can become overgrown with weeds, which will take away the strength from the tulips.

Planting flowers too late is also not recommended. Due to frost, the root system may not form. They can rot or freeze. Usually, these tulips do not bloom well, their bulbs are not suitable for further planting.

If the bulbs are planted in November, they are covered with spruce branches or foliage for the winter.

If the recommended planting dates are missed, it is better to plant tulips before the beginning of December, covering the flower beds with straw or dry leaves. Flowers planted in spring will lag behind in development.

Read more about planting in the article "How to plant tulips in the fall"

Planting tulips in spring

Spring is an unfavorable time for planting tulips. Flowers, of course, will grow, but they will bloom later. To speed up flowering, the bulbs are placed in the refrigerator overnight before planting.

After cooling, they are washed with a weak solution of potassium permanganate and planted in open ground. This must be done by April. If there are still frosts in your area at this time, the bulbs are first planted in containers, and then carefully transplanted into a flower bed.

Site selection and site preparation for tulips

• Tulips will be most comfortable in a well-lit place.
• Graceful flowers cannot stand drafts, so they must be protected from strong winds.
• They are suitable for areas with a flat surface that are protected from groundwater.
• For normal growth and development, flowers need a thick, fertile layer of soil.
• They like loose soils with neutral to moderate acidity.

When choosing a place for planting, it is worth considering which plant was grown here before. Vegetables and flowers are considered good predecessors. In order to avoid infection with viral diseases, they cannot be planted in the place of nightshades and bulbs.

Tulip growth is highly dependent on the choice of soil. It should be loose, fertile, moisture and air permeable. Loamy soils and sandy loams, rich in humus, are most suitable for them. Other soils can be enriched by applying certain fertilizers.

Sandy lands dry up quickly and contain few nutrients. To eliminate these disadvantages, tulips will have to be watered more often and fed with mineral fertilizers.

It will be more difficult with heavy clay soils.In order for them to become suitable for tulips, coarse river sand, peat, rotted manure are introduced into them. This will help increase the permeability of the soil. When using peat, its increased acidity is neutralized with chalk or lime. During the period of intensive growth, heavy soils should be loosened more often.

In the spring, at the site of the future planting of tulips, slowly decomposing organic fertilizers should be applied to the soil. Rotted manure or compost works well.

Planting tulips

Only healthy and high quality bulbs are suitable for growing. Before planting, all bulbs must be carefully inspected in order to identify contaminated material in time.

If you are going to plant bulbs that you have grown on your own, they must be etched in a 0.5% solution of potassium permanganate within 30 minutes. Planting material purchased from a specialized store or garden center is fully prepared for planting.

For planting tulips, it is necessary to prepare beds 1-1.2 meters wide with longitudinal or transverse furrows. The length of the ridge can be of any size.

The prepared bulbs are carefully pressed into the bottom of the furrow so as not to damage the root system, they are covered with earth.

Planting depth depends on bulb size and soil type.

On light soils, tulips are planted deeper than on heavy ones. A distance of 20 cm is kept between the rows.The bulbs are planted every 9-10 cm.

Many growers plant tulips with a tube. To do this, take a metal tube 5 cm in diameter with a piston that can be fixed. Having chosen a column of earth of the required depth, an onion is lowered into the hole, and the earth is pushed out with a piston. This method has many advantages. Correctly planted bulbs will be protected from damage and hands will not freeze.

Plastic baskets are also used to plant tulips. This method is simple. The bulbs are carefully laid out along the bottom of the basket, the container is placed in the prepared recess and sprinkled with earth. Flower bulbs will not be lost in the soil. They can be dug up at any time.

When tulips are mass-planted in a prepared area, a layer of soil 10-15 cm thick is removed, the bulbs are laid out and sprinkled with earth. With this planting method, you can make a floral pattern using tulips of different colors.

Tulip planting video

Tulip care rules

Despite the fact that tulips are unpretentious plants that are resistant to various diseases, improper care of these modest flowers can lead to rotting of the bulbs, deformation of the stem and the appearance of blind buds.

Well-prepared soil makes it much easier to care for flowers.

As a rule, tulips come out from under the snow in late March - early April. If you covered the flowers for the winter, the mulch is removed immediately when the snow melts. The earth will warm up faster, and tulips will bloom earlier.

When the first sprouts of flowers appear, they must be carefully examined in order to identify defective and diseased bulbs. To prevent the disease from spreading to healthy tulips, bad bulbs are dug up and destroyed.

To increase the access of oxygen to the roots, the soil around the sprouts must be carefully loosened. This procedure is carried out throughout the entire period of intensive tulip growth. It is especially important to loosen the soil after watering.

Tulips need moderate watering before flowering. Overdrying of the top layer of the earth should be avoided.

Fertilizing tulips:

1. When the sprouts appear from the ground, they must be fed with nitrogenous fertilizers so that the foliage will grow.
2. The second feeding is carried out when several tulip sheets have unfolded. This time you need to use complex mineral fertilizers.
3. During the period of bud formation, flowers really need phosphorus and potassium.
4. The last time complex mineral fertilizers are applied when the buds bloom.

During feeding, precautions should be taken so that the flowers do not get burned. Fertilizers are applied in cloudy weather or during watering.

During flowering, watering tulips should be abundant, watered them only with warm water. In order for them to develop well, they should be fed with phosphorus-potassium fertilizers. Manganese, zinc and boron contribute to the development of bulbs.

During flowering, tulips are also examined, digging up diseased specimens.

The tulip bloom ends very quickly. After wilting, the flowers are watered for another 2-3 weeks. Inflorescences that have faded must be pinched off so that the plant does not waste energy on the formation of seeds.

When to dig up tulips?

Common red varieties usually grow in one place for several years without digging up and replanting. But varietal tulips, in order to preserve their decorative effect, need to be dug up. Otherwise, they will go deep into the ground, and the flowers will become smaller.

At the end of mid-June, when the leaves wilt by half and become soft, you can start digging.

After removing from the ground, the bulbs are cleaned and dried in the shade. Then they are placed in boxes or boxes in a thin layer and left until autumn in a room with a temperature of about 20 ° C. It must be well ventilated.

It is necessary to sort out and check the bulbs during storage - remove sick and rotten ones immediately.

Video on digging and storing bulbs

Propagation of tulips

Tulips can be propagated by seeds and babies.

The seed method is very long - it is a job for professionals and for breeding new varieties. Seeds are sown in boxes and grown for 3 years in one place, then planted on a separate bed for growing. And they have been growing for several years. The first flowering can be 5-6 years after sowing. And they become truly decorative after 10 years.

And at the same time, the varietal characteristics of the parents are not inherited. So tulips are cross-pollinated flowers.

It is easier and faster to grow tulips from babies. Moreover, children retain the varietal characteristics of the parent onion.

For small onions to form sooner, you need to cut the flower during flowering. Then, at the usual time, we dig out the onion, after the leaves have wilted.

Small bulbs are separated and planted in a separate bed in the fall. They cover for the winter. They are grown for two to three years, flowers are plucked out. Let it grow a good, full-bodied bulb before flowering.

Every summer, they are dug up, like the adult flowering bulbs.

Mouse protection

Mice are very fond of feeding on bulbs left in the ground. To protect the flowers from rodents, daffodils and hazel grouses must be planted on the site next to the tulips. The bulbs of these plants are poisonous to mice. Also, pests do not tolerate cinoglossum beds.

You can take care of the safety of the bulbs in advance by carefully treating them from a spray bottle before planting with kerosene or Vishnevsky ointment. Mice are also deterred by the smell of red ground pepper. In the fight against rodents, you can use granular poison. It is buried next to beautiful tulips.

Plant tulips with pleasure in your plots - planting and caring for them will not bother you now!

Best regards, Sophia Guseva.

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Tulips are always associated with the arrival of spring, women's holiday on March 8. Every florist can afford to decorate his garden plot with them, the bulbs are affordable and growing them does not make much effort. If you want to see your garden as early as possible awake from hibernation and enjoy the blooming of the first spring flowers, take care of it in autumn and plant tulips. We will tell you how to plant and care for tulips outdoors in autumn.

Growing tulips outdoors

Tulips are mostly grown outdoors.Their life cycle consists of autumn planting, followed by rooting.

In winter, the bulbs are dormant. In spring, at a soil temperature of 3-5 ° C, a stem with a bud grows from the awakened onion, and after 20-30 days flowering begins.

Then the aboveground part dies off, it is dug up and stored, during the summer a flower bud is laid in it.

By the timing of flowering, flowers are divided into:

1. Early flowering period (budding period lasts 10-16 days).
2. Average flowering time (budding period from 18 days).
3. Late flowering period (budding period from 14 to 23 days).

The total duration of flowering of plants of all periods is approximately 1.5 months. For better decorativeness, it is advisable to plant them in groups with the same flowering time.

In the landscape design of the site, they can be planted to decorate the tree trunk circles, planted along the paths, create combined plantings with perennial plants.

For good growth, development of large buds and long-lasting flowering it is necessary to adhere to certain rules of cultivation:

• choose the right site for planting (illumination, soil);
• acquire healthy planting material;
• comply with the terms and depth of disembarkation;
• provide good care during the growing season.

In the landscape design of the site, they can be planted to decorate the tree trunk circles, planted along the paths

Planting dates in the south and in the Moscow region: when to plant in the fall, is it possible to plant in the spring

The beauty of the spring garden must be taken care of in the fall - this is the best time to plant tulips.

The period when the temperature of the earth at a depth of 10 cm drops to + 10 ° С, is a prerequisite for the normal development of the root system, which takes 30-40 days for one bulb.

In different regions, planting is carried out at different times, but from about mid-September in the northern regions and the Moscow region and in October in the south.

Planting should be done 3 weeks before the onset of stable frosts (in October-November).

With early planting, the sprouts can germinate and freeze out, with late planting they will take root poorly, in the spring they will lag behind in development, bloom poorly.

Planting should be done 3 weeks before the onset of stable frosts.

Correct planting of bulbs: location, depth, etc.

Basic rules to plant and grow tulips:

• tulips are planted in well-lit, sunny places, in the shade the plants stretch out, and the flowering time is shifted;
• the soil must be neutral or slightly alkaline, acidic soils must be lime before planting (add chalk, lime, dolomite flour, ash) and dig up;
• complex mineral fertilizers with a minimum nitrogen content are applied to the soil;
• Before planting, it is advisable to remove the brown shell that covers the bulbs from the bulbs to expose the roots and make sure that they are healthy and not damaged. The roots located on the bottom, when the shell is not removed, instead of growing down, they will tend upward, making their way to the ground;
• tulips before planting must be disinfected in a pink solution of manganese for 20-40 minutes or in solutions of the drug "Maxim", "Fitosporin" for 20-30 minutes;
• the planting depth of tulips depends on the size of the bulbs and the type of soil; on heavy soils, it should not exceed double the height of the bulb, on light soils - three;
• a 2-3 cm layer of sand is poured into the planting hole, the onions are placed at a distance of 10-15 cm from each other, slightly pressing into the sand, sprinkled with wood ash and sand, and then soil.

The introduction of fresh manure for planting bulbs is categorically contraindicated, it contributes to the development of fungal diseases and the death of bulbs.

Technique and features of the correct autumn planting of tulips:

When disembarking, you can use a special device, which facilitates the planting process, instead of digging the beds with a shovel.With it, it is easy to create landings of different configurations.

Recently, gardeners practice planting tulips in mesh baskets or in plastic vegetable boxes.

The advantages of this planting method are as follows:

• bulbs do not go deep into the soil;
• the process of digging tulips is facilitated and their injury is excluded;
• it is convenient to plant according to varieties and create flower arrangements;
• plastic protects tulips from damage by moles and mice.

You can plant tulips in mesh baskets or plastic vegetable crates

Care after landing

It is easy to care for tulips during the growing season: care consists in watering, loosening the soil and combating weeds, feeding, preventing and combating diseases and pests.

Watering should be moderateto prevent root decay. They should be most abundant during budding and flowering.

Tulips are very fond of feeding, there should be at least three of them per season. What and how much:

1. In the spring, when the first leaves appear from the soil, nitrogen fertilizers (urea, ammonium nitrate or nitroammofoska) are applied to plantings, scattering them dry.
2. Before flowering, potash-phosphorus fertilizers are applied to increase the size of the buds.
3. During flowering, feed with a complex mineral fertilizer.
4. After flowering, potash-phosphorus fertilizers are applied to form the mother liquor.

Fertilizers are best applied in liquid form, so they are absorbed faster.

Care consists in watering, loosening the soil and combating weeds, feeding, preventing and combating diseases and pests

After flowering, the buds are removedso that they do not pull on food for the formation of seed pods. When cutting flowers into bouquets, leave at least 2 sheets on the stem.

So that the bulbs do not become smaller and the flowers are large, they need to be dug out annually after the dying off of the aboveground part.

The excavated mother liquors are dried in the shade, then they are cleaned of earth, old scales and put in cardboard boxes for storage in a dry place until autumn.

During the storage period, a flower bud is laid in them, therefore the storage temperature during the first month after digging should be at least 25 ° C.

Diseases and pests

Tulips can be affected by the variegation virus, which manifests itself in the appearance of stripes of a different color on monochromatic varieties.

There are no means to fight the virus, therefore, in order to avoid disease, the cutting tool must be disinfected after cutting each flower.

In wet, humid weather flowers can be affected by root rot... To prevent the disease with the onset of rainy weather, plantings are spilled with fungicides.

Of the pests, bears, onion mites, slugs and mice are dangerous.... Lures and traps are laid out from bears and slugs. Pre-planting fungicide treatment saves from ticks.

In damp, humid weather, flowers can be attacked by root rot.

Preparing for winter

With the onset of frost, plantings are mulched tulips with fallen leaves, sawdust or rotted manure.

Mulching the plantings will save them from freezing temperatures during winter, this is especially important for tulips of an early flowering period, because they have low winter hardiness.

Mulching also prevents soil cracking, which can lead to damage to the root system, promotes the development of strong peduncles and large flowers.

Having planted tulips in the fall, you can be sure that when you arrive at the site in spring, you will be greeted by sprouts that have hatched, which in 3 weeks will delight you with their flowering.

If you have a desire to admire tulip blooms for as long as possible, then select varieties with different flowering periods and extend this pleasure until summer.