Planting of tulips. What should a beginner know the floriculturist?

Tulip - a symbol of spring, because this plant blooms one of the first after the snow. Today there are a huge number of varieties of these colors, which differ in color, bud form, number of petals and other features. Of course, with the choice of variety of tulips, each gardener will be able to decide on his own. But the basic rules for planting and caring for plants are practically the same and for beginner gardeners it is worth familiarizing with them in advance.

To plant tulips and further care for the plants gave the desired results, you need to choose a worthy planting material. Bulbs should be tight, without any noticeable damage, wrinkles and stains. Of course, it is better to plant a clean material and it is very important that the bulbs are not affected by the variegation virus. The fact is that the only way to fight this virus is to completely destroy the whole plant, including bulbs.

Planting of tulips should be carried out in the appropriate place of the garden. The selected area should be reliably protected from winds of the northern direction. It is equally important to ensure that sunlight hits the flower bed during the day. If you plan to grow late varieties, then a slight shading will not be a hindrance, on the contrary, such conditions contribute to long flowering.

In addition, on the site where the planting of tulips is planned, there should be no dominance of perennial weeds, it is especially important to get rid of soybean and wheat grass.

Before embarkation, the soil must be carefully prepared. Tulips grow well on light soils that have a neutral reaction. Unsuitable for the cultivation of these flowers are peaty soils with a close groundwater table. If the soil reaction is acidic, the planting of tulips can be carried out only after the preliminary application of lime.

For a year or two, a large number of organic fertilizers should be added to the planned site. If this was not done, then before planting the bulbs you need to make hum - dung or leaf. The use of fresh manure immediately before planting flowers is excluded.

If the soil on the planned plot is clayey, heavy, then its composition can be improved by applying for each square meter the area of a bucket of peat, the same amount of river sand of a coarse fraction, as well as a glass of lime and two spoons of nitrophos.

And what is the ideal time for planting tulips? Flower bulbs are planted in autumn, when the temperature of the soil drops to 10 degrees. In this case, the bulbs will have time to take root, and, therefore, will well overwinter and will please the spring with their flowering. As a rule, ten days after the landing the bulbs manage to give roots.

And what will happen if you break the time of planting tulips? In the event that the florist hurried to planting, then in the spring the stems will start growing early and they may be damaged by late spring frosts. In the event that it is too late with a landing, the bulbs do not have time to properly take root and may freeze in winter frosts.

If the bulbs of the tulips are large, then they are planted in the corners of squares measuring 15 by 15 cm. A smaller planting material is planted according to the scheme ten by ten, and the baby can be planted twice as often.

And how deep do you need to plant bulbs? The general rule is that a layer of soil above the bulb should be three times larger than the height of the bulb itself. That is, the larger the planting material, the deeper it needs to be sealed. However, it is necessary to take into account not only the size of the onions, but also the quality of the soil. On heavier loams, the depth should be shallower than on sandstone.

If the soil is dry, then a day before planting it should be well watered, soaking to a sufficient depth. After planting the material, the flower bed is watered again.

To ensure a good wintering ridge with planted tulips you need to mulch with peat or dry foliage. In the spring, the layer of mulch is not necessary to remove, it is possible, when loosening, to simply seal it in the upper layer of the soil.