We dig and how to store the bulbs of tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, crocuses

  • Dec 24, 2019
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Tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, crocuses - all of these bulbous pleasing to the eye to its flowering in the spring. After they ottsvetut, they should be sure to dig up to the new season, they again put it in a nice dress. When their removal should be carried out from the ground and under what conditions they should be stored? Let's investigate.

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Digging and storing tulips

If digging tulip bulbs held in August or early fall, with this it can be difficult, because they will not be easy to find in the ground. Growers with experience account for this feature, so collect the bulbs only after the aerial part of the plant begins to turn yellow. This period falls at the end of June and beginning of July. Thus it is able to remove all the onions.

Before sending them to the storage necessary to sort them by separating the children from the mother bulb. Then they need to be dried for 2-3 days, avoiding direct sunlight. After drying with lukovok necessary to remove the remains of scale roots, and put them on the half hour in a solution of potassium permanganate.

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For storage suitable dry well ventilated room. If you keep them in proper conditions, they can be stored for more than one month, up to the moment until it is time to plant them in the ground.

Digging and storing hyacinths

Withdrawal of bulbs of hyacinths their storage before planting should be carried out in mid-summer. By that time the leaves have withered flowers. Dug instances washed under water. This will detect patients unsuitable for planting specimens.

Before placing the plant material in the storage tank, it is recommended to dry in a dark place with good ventilation. Then they are cleaned of scales and root residues folded into containers or in bags made of fabric. The first 1-1.5 months they should be kept in a room with low humidity at a temperature of 23-25 ​​° C. After this period, they must be removed to a place where the temperature does not exceed 17 ° C.

Digging and storing daffodils

If we compare with tulips daffodils and hyacinths, the former can grow in one place for up to 5 years in a row. The fact that it is time to withdraw them from the ground will indicate overgrowth of bush, its poor flowering, decrease in size of flowers. In some cases, flower stalks may be absent altogether. Dig up the bulbs of daffodils necessary after drying the leaves. Typically, this is the end of July, beginning of August.

With the exceptions of planting material, wipe it off the ground, and then send it dried. The best place for this is considered to be the attic. Keep the bulbs in it need 2-3 weeks, after which they were sorted out, and separating the damaged specimens from healthy. Qualitative bulbils be etched in a solution of potassium permanganate and send stored in a ventilated area with a maximum humidity of 80% and a temperature of about 17 ° C.

bulbs, narcissus
bulbs, narcissus

Digging and storing crocuses

Crocuses, exactly how and daffodils can be left to grow in the same place about 5 years. After this period they are encouraged to dig and divide. Engage in digging is allowed throughout the summer. Then they need to shake off the remnants of earth and dried about 2-3 days. Then you need to clear them from the roots and the remnants of scales and disinfected with a solution of potassium permanganate. Keep to move material in a cool place. Flowers to adapt quickly to a new place and easy winter moved their bulbs require tempering procedures. To this end, a few days before planting should be every day stand in the street for a couple of hours.

crocus bulbs
crocus bulbs
Bulbous plants are blooming beautifully and harmoniously, if the time to dig a planting material, go through it and put it in an enabling environment for content.

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