Modern tulips are presented in a wide range of colors. The ability to care for them will make your garden brighter and more beautiful. For more information on how and when to plant them in open ground in the Moscow region and the Leningrad region, read the material.

The best time to land

In order to plant tulips in the open ground, you can choose one of two seasons: spring or fall. If in the summer your bulbs in the garden have faded, then in any case you need to dig them out. An exception is made for small children, from the moment of planting of which no more than 2 years have passed. They are left in the ground. When selecting bulbs, discard damaged ones or those with mold marks. Throw away all soft or dry, and then proceed with planting.

For excavated specimens, it is necessary to provide processing time at room temperature, drying and distillation. After both processes are completed, you will have a bulb in your hands, ready to sprout and give a flower. Therefore, spring is the time for planting adult plants.

As for the autumn planting, it is convenient in that all the physiological processes that occur in the bulb after digging, including forcing, occur in the natural environment. You do not need to change the temperature regimes, first lowering, and then increasing the temperature and illumination. Nature will do it for you.

The best time to plant is considered 6 weeks before the first frost. The rule is valid for all regions. Considering that in the Moscow Region and the Leningrad Region, the first frosts occur by September 27, the onion planting should be carried out in early September.

Important! Try not to plant bulbs if the temperature exceeds + 10 ° C. This causes developmental abnormalities and makes plants more vulnerable to fungal diseases.

But if you miss the “correct” landing window, then nothing bad will happen. Landing can still be carried out when the temperature drops below + 10 ° C, but will be above + 4 ° C. Even just covered with garden soil, the bulbs will be able to winter before planting in the spring.

Video: Planting Tulips in Autumn

Choosing a variety for planting

The maximum period of plant development from the moment of planting in the soil to the beginning of flowering is no more than 17 weeks. If the bulbs stay in the soil longer and the period of cold drags on, they form weak and fragile peduncles.

According to the timing of flowering tulips are divided into:

• early
• medium;
• late.

Early varieties begin to bloom immediately after the snow melts. If you are in the Mediterranean or Crimea, then the first flowers will appear in March. But in the middle lane - not earlier than the third decade of April. Accordingly, mid-flowering flowers will please you 2-3 weeks later. And after 3 weeks later will bloom.

As another landmark, gardeners use the flowering of other spring flowers. So, the early ones coincide in terms with the flowering of crocuses, and the latter with peonies. The basis of the early varieties is Gesner's tulips, along with them Bibershtein, Greig, Foster, Kaufman will bloom early. Tulips of the Triumph and Darwin class belong to the middle-flowering. The time of their flowering is the end of April or the beginning of May. To the late - liliaceae, fringed, Rembranta and some other varieties. They will bloom by the end of May. But green-flowered and parrots will complete the tulip bloom season in June.

Bulb storage before planting

A feature of dug bulbs is that they are always physiologically active. They need to be sorted out, throwing out the spoiled ones. Then disconnect the new ones from the old ones. Carry out antifungal treatment, dry and sort by grades and sizes. Then put in storage in nets or paper bags.

Did you know? If you grow hybrid varieties of tulips, then you need to transplant them annually. Otherwise, they will degenerate and return to their original state, that is, the variety on the basis of which the hybrid was created.

Drying the bulbs before further storage is necessary, as mites and other pests are water-loving. Therefore, the absence of moisture causes the death of most of them. From fungal infections, tulips are treated with Fundazol. For processing, prepare a suspension. Bulbs are dipped into it and then dried. The solution is made from 200 g of the active substance dissolved in a liter of water.

The room should have an air temperature of about + 20 ° C and a humidity of about 70%. Then the tulips are exposed to lower temperatures. This process is called distillation. It occurs equally successfully both in the open ground and in the greenhouse. The task of distillation is to stimulate the onset of vegetation and flowering.

Video: The subtleties of preparing tulip bulbs for planting, distillation, care

How to plant flowers

Landing is carried out in the ground when the air temperature drops below + 15 ° C. To do this, choose a dry sunny day.

Basic landing requirements:

• lighting: sunny area;
• wind: plants should be covered from the north side;
• the soil: sandy, loamy, drained;
• co-cultivation: You can plant along with other spring flowers daffodils, hyacinths, crocuses;
• how to plant: 15–20 cm below the soil level and with a distance of 5–15 cm between them;
• when to plant: from September to early October for zones 4 and 5 (min. t -35 ° С); from October to early November for zones 6 and 7 (min. t -23 ° С); from November to early December for zones 8 and 9 (min. t -12 ° С); from late December to early January for zone 10 (min. t -1 ° С) ;.

In zones 8–10, bulbs should be stored in the refrigerator for 6–8 weeks before planting.

What you need for landing

To plant tulips, you need a shovel or garden hoe. She needs to make holes. In an enameled container, a preparation is diluted for the treatment of bulbs from phytopathogens. It may be Fundazole or another remedy. Dilute it in accordance with the instructions on the package.

Video: Planting Tulips in October

Also needed for landing:

• bulbs;
• preparation for treatment against phytopathogens;
• fertilizers.

Site selection and soil preparation

Choose a sunny area with good drainage. Tulips do not grow well in the shade. In addition, in the shaded area, the roots will rot due to excess moisture. It is also important to organize protection from the north winds.

Did you know? More than 150 species of tulips grow in the world. There are more than 3000 different varieties in them.

Tulips grow on almost any soil, but prefer sandy, with lots of organic matter.. Checking how your soil meets the parameters is quite simple. Mix it with water. If you manage to roll it into a non-decaying “sausage” - this is sandy soil. If the soil is clayey and too heavy, add sand to it. If there is a lot of sand in it, then vice versa, add clay to it.

• Sandy loam soil has a lot of advantages:
• warms up faster by the sun;
• it retains heat well at night;
• moderately leaks water;
• good air permeability;
• contains a lot of organics.

In late summer, there are quite a few seeds of weeds and pests in the ground. Therefore, 2 weeks before planting, mow the grass and cover the soil with dark polyethylene material.. The soil under it will warm up to a temperature of + 60 ° C, which will cause insects and weeds to die.

When you remove the film, dig a portion to a depth of 15–20 cm. If the soil is too dense, then the remains of grass that burn out under the film will serve as fertilizer. You can also add humus or a little chopped straw if you need to fluff up the texture of the soil.

Important! It is forbidden to use manure when planting tulips. This is fraught with burns and death of the bulb.

Bulb Processing

In order to protect the bulbs from bacterial and fungal diseases, you will need to treat them with Fundazol. Soak the bulbs in a suspension prepared from 20 g of the active substance dissolved in 1 liter of water for 5 minutes to moisten the surface well. Then remove from the solution and dry.

Planting a plant

In order for plants to please you with their flowering, they should be planted correctly.

Landing technology:

1. Mix the soil from the beds and the additives and fertilizers you need to apply: compost, sand or clay. Your task is to make the soil so that it matches the reference as much as possible.
2. Prepare the landing wells. Each of them should be 3 times the size of the bulb. From the surface to its end there should be 2 height of the bulb.
3. Plant tulips at least 5 cm apart.
4. If necessary, add one tablespoon of bone meal under each plant.
5. Be sure to install the bulbs upside down. Tulips will sprout even if they turn upside down, but it will be better if the plant is planted correctly.
6. Be sure to water the planted tulips.

Flower care and preparation for winter

If we are talking about the autumn planting, then on this care for the bulbs is completed. The exception is a sharp drop in air temperature. The problem is created by the presence of moisture in the soil. At subzero temperatures, it turns into ice. Crystals damage small roots and adversely affect the root system of plants.

To prevent damage, the soil is covered with a layer of mulch. But you need to do this when the soil freezes. Otherwise, under a layer of mulch, the soil will be warmer and soil moisture will actively develop in the presence of moisture, which is bad for the plant.

Did you know? The tulip petals are edible. They are part of some recipes as a seasoning and replace green onions.

When to transplant

Tulips can reproduce not only with bulbs, but also with seeds. This method of planting is practiced by breeders. A flower of one variety is pollinated by pollen of another to produce a new variety. The resulting seeds are stored until spring in a bag with peat at a temperature of 0 ° C. And in the spring they plant it in a container and place it on the bed. During the growing season, the seeds will sprout and form small plants. Transplanting such tulips to a permanent place of planting is possible not earlier than after 2 years.

Blooming tulips bring aesthetic pleasure. If you adhere to the rules of planting and growing, then you will definitely enjoy the result.