An important question for the florist: when to plant tulips?

If you decide to plant spring flowers in yourgarden, the question is when you will plant tulips uniquely. The growth and flowering of spring flowers are influenced by many factors, but the time of planting bulbs is one of the most important. Let's try to figure out how and when the planting material is planted. Before growing tulips, you need to learn a bit about the peculiarities of their farming techniques. You can grow them in a single planting, but they look especially beautiful in multiple plantings. When to plant tulips in this case? About this a little later, but first - a little about the quality of planting material. It is very important to sort out the dug out and dried bulbs of tulips according to their sizes (for professionals they are called "analysis"). According to the existing international classification, there are such analyzes: extra, 1 analysis, 2 analysis, 3 analysis, 1 category baby and 2 category baby. Depending on the size of the bulb, the time is determined when planting tulips is most advisable, because the smaller the size of the bulb, the less its frost-resistance and more time will be required for its rooting. Especially this condition applies to plants intended for distillation. The disassembled bulbs are placed in wooden boxes and left for storage in a ventilated and dark room (shed, cellar) until autumn. At the first time after excavation, the temperature is 20-22 ° C, and after it is reduced to 16-17 ° C. When storing bulbs, avoid significant temperature fluctuations.

Many novice growers do not know whenplant tulips, and do it in the spring, buying in the markets of bulbs of dubious origin. As a rule, after planting such bulbs, they are waiting for their magnificent flowering in the same year and, without waiting for the beautiful flowers, refuse to further cultivate tulips on their plot. A cause of poor flowering is that any plant (especially with a short vegetation period) immediately after planting begins to "ache", which affects its appearance. Planted in the early spring tulips can only blossom next year in full blossom. Even worse is the situation with plants that are transplanted into the open ground immediately after flowering. Such plants in general can die.

After deciding that in the spring to plant theseplants are inexpedient, we will try to find out when to plant tulips in the fall? The timing of bulb planting has a fairly wide range. They are completely dependent on the climatic zone of residence. Planting time by zone:

- North-western: September 5-25;

- Average: September 15 - October 10;

- Southern: October 10 - November 25.

Planting tulips is possible until the soilat a depth of 10 cm will have a temperature of not less than 6-9 ° C. On one square meter of the area, up to 60 large bulbs are planted. Having determined the period when planting tulips in your climatic region is most expedient, prepare the soil. For a couple of months before planting the bulbs, put in it the main fertilizer.

Many wishing to get tulips in winter (whendistillation) is also concerned about the issue of planting tulips for distillation. The planting dates fluctuate depending on the period to which you want to get a blossoming flower. Under normal conditions, the bulbs selected for winter distillation are stored before the cold starts. Then the bulbs are placed in dark rooms with a low temperature (up to 9-10 ° C). With the forcing by the New Year bulbs are stored up to 16 weeks, and by March 8 - up to 22 weeks. In early October, the bulbs are planted in a fertile substrate, which is watered daily. During this time, the bulbs take root. The temperature in a dark room should be 4-9 ° C. After rooting of bulbs, inhibition of their growth is made, reducing the temperature to 0.5-2 ° C. Expel tulips, transferring them to a warm (up to 12 ° C) room with 6-10 hours of lighting 4 weeks before the holiday.