Hyacinths: planting in the fall in open ground

Transplant scheme

Consider the process of planting a bulb in a garden.

1. Dig the planting hole 2 weeks before the expected planting date. During this time, the earth will have time to settle.
2. Add 30-50 g of compound fertilizer to the bottom.
3. Place a trellis container with a fertile mixture in a layer of 4 cm.
4. The next layer is wood ash with a layer of 2-3 cm.
5. Pour river sand under the place of each onion and deepen the planting material into it.
6. Dig on top with sand with a layer of 1-2 cm. This procedure will reduce the likelihood of decay with excessive moisture.
7. Pour a mixture made from turf and peat on top of the soil.
8. Mulch the planting site with sawdust or dry foliage.
9. Moisten the area moderately.

If a transplant is planned in room conditions, then the procedure can be carried out in early spring or autumn. For this purpose, well-developed and luxuriantly blooming specimens are chosen as the "parent". Follow these steps:

• find a warm and sunny place in the southern part of the house;
• 2-3 weeks before planting, prepare the soil mixture, you can supplement it with magnesium sulfate and potassium, humus, peat;
• prepare a deep and wide container with a diameter of 5-7 cm more planting material;
• equip a drainage system at the bottom;
• plant the onion in the prepared mixture.

If a transplant is required from a small container into a voluminous pot, then the procedure is performed using the method of careful transshipment.

Planting and caring for tulips in the Urals

The Ural climate is continental, characterized by rather cold winters and moderately warm summers. Therefore, the cultivation of tulips has its own characteristics, expressed mainly in the timing of the care measures.

When to cut faded tulips

Withering flowers are cut a few days after the bud is fully open, so the bulb can replenish its supply of nutrients faster and more efficiently. You can only remove the flower itself, leaving the peduncle in place.

For the Urals, this moment comes in June. As with normal tulip care, the plant continues to water until the leaves turn yellow and it is time to dig up the bulbs.

Important! When cutting tulips for the purpose of making bouquets, it is necessary to leave 1-2 leaves in place in order to allow the bulb to form better.

How to plant tulips and when

When to replant tulips depends on the time of their flowering. In the Urals, usually in July, the bulbs are ready, you can dig them out. If the flowers grow too often, then when planting again, they need to be planted away from each other.

At the end of September, in the Urals, the ground cools enough, so tulips are planted in the ground. Stages of landing:

1. Process the bulbs with a 5% potassium permanganate solution;
2. Sick, damaged bulbs are discarded;
3. Babies (small onions) are planted first, as they need more time to root. It should be noted that larger tulips will grow from large onions, therefore they are planted in the central part of the garden, small ones - at the edges. Thus, powerful plants will not interfere with the weaker ones from getting enough sunlight;
4. The bulbs are placed in pits, with a sharp tip up, to a depth of 10-15 cm. The composition of the soil also affects the planting depth. In heavy clay soils, tulips should be planted at a depth of less than 10 cm;

Important! Small onions should be placed closer to the ground.

1. The bulbs should be planted so that the distance between them is at least 10 cm so that the plant and flower can develop correctly;
2. A good way to protect your bulbs from rodents is to plant them in baskets.
3. Cover the holes with earth and cover the garden with spruce branches, dry grass or leaves to save from frost. As soon as the snow melts, the cover can be removed.

Tulip bulbs are sensitive to excessive moisture and are prone to rotting. Therefore, it is recommended to plant them in places where moisture does not collect. Better if it is a small hill.

Planting tulips in baskets

In the Urals, planting tulips in spring is a big risk, the land warms up too late for successful germination. To shorten this time, gardeners plant the bulbs in special containers, only then in open ground. This can help.

How to save tulips before planting

After digging up, the main task is to preserve the onions. If they were dug out of damp earth, then first they must be rinsed in lukewarm water, then dried, for example, in nets suspended in a dry place.

Important! Only healthy onions should be stored. Rotten, shriveled, dry, spotty must be thrown into the trash

They should not be placed in compost, because from there plant diseases can spread throughout the garden.

After drying, the bulbs are stored in a dark, cool and dry place, such as in a paper bag or basket. A cardboard box is also suitable, in which they are stacked in layers, each separated by newsprint. Experienced gardeners always label such boxes so as not to confuse them with planting material of other plants later.

How to choose and prepare bulbs

Before growing hyacinth in the garden, it is important to learn how to select healthy and strong tubers. For planting in the ground or a pot, take medium-sized hyacinths

They must be tight and free from damage.

What do hyacinths look like

The scales on the surface of the bulb should adhere tightly to each other, their color should be darker than the color of the flower.

Important! An important indicator of a healthy bulb is the bottom-to-bulb ratio. It makes up 1 to 1.6

How to determine the age of a hyacinth by bulb size

Before planting, the planting material is examined, dried scales are removed. Immediately before planting, hyacinths must be disinfected in a weak solution of potassium permanganate or a purchased fungicide.

How to properly grow hyacinths at home

There are no special varieties that are designed specifically for growing at home in pots. The same ones are used that are grown in street beds, in greenhouses, greenhouses. But, in order to grow hyacinth at home in a pot and to achieve its flowering, distillation is necessary. This is a whole range of activities aimed at accelerating plant growth. For this, the plant is kept in conditions of high temperature and humidity, additional artificial lighting is added, and top dressing is used.

First of all, you need to choose an onion. If the pot is wide, you can plant not one, but several bulbs at once. Blooming plants in one pot will look very beautiful and spectacular. Bulbs must be at least 5 cm in diameter, whole, dry, free from rotten, damp, soft areas

You also need to pay attention to how much the bulb weighs. It shouldn't be too light

There should be no feeling that the inside of the bulb is empty. Otherwise, it is unlikely that something will grow from such a bulb.

Hyacinths can be planted in pots at any time of the year.

By the way, that is why most bulbous plants, including hyacinths, are planted in the open ground in the fall, since winter is ahead and natural conditions are created for their cooling. It is better to buy the soil ready-made in the store, asking the seller to choose the most suitable one.Ecoflora bio-soil for bulbous plants is popular. A drainage layer is poured onto the bottom of the pot, then a little earth, then a layer of river sand, on which the bulbs are planted. They need to be lightly pressed into the sand so that they stand and do not fall on their side. Next, another layer of soil is poured and a little sand on top. In this case, part of the onion from above should look out of the ground. That is, you do not need to completely bury it there. Then you need to cover the pot with dark polyethylene, making several holes in it for ventilation. Periodically, you will need to moisten the soil as it dries. When the sprouts appear and reach a height of 4-5 cm, the flower pot can already be brought into the house. But still, at first, the temperature should not exceed 12 degrees.

An adult flower should be in a warm, well-lit area. It is desirable to maintain the temperature range within 15-20 degrees. The soil should always be moist, but you should not overdo it with watering either. You can make a one-time top dressing using mineral fertilizer for these purposes. If you follow all the conditions, the plant will not keep itself waiting long and will bloom very soon.

Planting hyacinths after a dormant period

The bulbs stored all summer are ready for planting in the fall in the garden.

Choose a suitable place in advance:

• Well lit;
• No stagnation of rain and snow water;
• Protected from wind and drafts.

Prepare the soil for planting, the soil should be breathable and loose. It is useful to add:

• Peat;
• Leafy ground;
• Sand.

Complex fertilizers and humus are introduced, dolomite flour is added for deoxidation. Before planting, the earth is dug onto the bayonet of a shovel, removing the roots of the weeds.

Note! Fresh manure and chicken droppings are detrimental to tender bulbs. The best time to plant is September-October

To avoid stagnant water, the landing site is leveled or even raised. The selected material is examined, rejecting damaged specimens. The planting depth depends on the size of the bulbs; they are completely buried in the soil. For additional protection from excess moisture, create a "shirt" of sand: sand is poured under and on them. After 2 weeks, they will take root. Dry leaves and spruce branches poured on top will serve as protection in winter. With the beginning of spring, the shelter is removed

The best time to plant is September-October. To avoid stagnant water, the landing site is leveled or even raised. The selected material is examined, rejecting damaged specimens. The planting depth depends on the size of the bulbs; they are completely buried in the soil. For additional protection from excess moisture, create a "shirt" of sand: sand is poured under and on them. After 2 weeks, they will take root. Dry leaves and spruce branches poured on top will serve as protection in winter. With the beginning of spring, the shelter is removed.

When growing at home, choose a pot 15 cm deep, its diameter should exceed the size of the bulb by 5-6 cm, with holes. Drainage is laid at the bottom, then a prepared mixture consisting of equal parts:

• Leafy land;
• Humus;
• Compost;
• Peat;
• Sand.

Planting hyacinth in pots at home

You can take purchased universal soil with vermicompost and phosphate fertilizers. The bulbs are planted, leaving a third of them above the surface. The container is transferred to a cool, dark place with a temperature of 5-7 ° C, where hyacinths germinate. They are regularly fed and watered.

Reproduction methods

Gloxinia has five breeding methods, and each of them can be used only with a certain state of the indoor flower and the time it takes for the plant to take root. So, let's take a closer look at the methods of flower cultivation, as well as all the rules and subtleties of the gloxinia breeding process.

Cuttings

Gardeners use cuttings of gloxinia during the period of bud formation, becauseduring flowering, while only healthy green leaves should be used, the stalk of which reaches 3 - 4 cm.

1. It is necessary to carefully separate the leaf from the plant with a sharp blade or scissors and place it for 1 - 3 weeks (during this time period, roots will appear) in a container with water at room temperature.
2. And only after that it is transplanted into a prepared soil or peat tablet and placed in a plastic bag for 1.5 - 2 months, i.e. until small daughter leaves appear from the leaf.

It is not necessary to water the leaf in a plastic bag, just place it in the lightest place under the scattered sunlight.

Leaf slices

If you divide a whole leaf of gloxinia into parts, then you can get daughter processes, but they will already be slightly smaller than in the first method.

1. To do this, you need to select the largest leaf of the plant and divide it along the veins into several parts with a sharp blade, and then place each fragment in a separate container, where the moistened soil is prepared in advance.
2. The leaf sinks a little into the ground, and the rest is pressed tightly against it.
3. Next, the container is closed with cellophane and placed in a place illuminated by bright diffused sunlight.

Watering and airing are not performed, i.e. the mother's leaf should be at rest for 2 months. As soon as the shoots appear, the withered mother leaf can be removed.

Read more about rooting a gloxinia leaf in this material, and here you will find detailed instructions and tips on how to do it correctly.

Seeds

This is one of the simplest breeding methods, produced in early March, when the gloxinia begins to bloom.

1. The soil in which the seeds will be placed can either be calcined or treated with a potassium permanganate solution to disinfect it.
2. After that, seeds are planted in a loose substrate at a short distance from each other and covered with a dense transparent cover or cellophane to create a mini-greenhouse.
3. In a warm, well-lit place, the first shoots will appear in 1.5 - 2 weeks.
4. And after 1 - 1.5 months, each sprout can be planted in a separate pot.

More nuances about growing gloxinia from seeds can be found in this article.

Peduncle

The method is almost identical to the previous two, and it is used during the flowering period of gloxinia.

1. A peduncle, carefully separated from the plant, is placed in a container filled with water at room temperature by 1 cm, the length of which should not be more than 3 - 4 cm.
2. A glass with it is also covered with cellophane or glass.
3. As soon as daughter shoots appear from the peduncle, and this will happen no earlier than 1 month later, they are planted in separate pots with a substrate for adult plants.

You can learn more about choosing a pot here.

Tubers

When propagating tubers, you need to be extremely careful, because in the case of one wrong action or movement, everything can be ruined. Reproduction is done immediately after the dormant period, when sprouts appear on the tuber

1. With a sharp disinfected knife, the tuber is divided into parts so that each of them has at least one healthy sprout.
2. Places of cuts are processed with charcoal crumbs, after which they are planted in separate containers, placed in a correctly lit place.
3. It is advisable to irrigate through the pallet with a small amount of water, because a split tuber is especially susceptible to excess moisture in the substrate.

Transplanting into a large pot is carried out only when the sprouted roots are completely encircled by an earthen ball, so it is better to initially use disposable transparent cups to see this process.