Many in the flower garden among a variety of plants you can find a tulip. How to store the bulbs of this representative of the flora correctly, not every florist knows. For many, this process seems complicated, but even the beginning gardener can master this science.
When to dig out tulips?
Virtually all varieties of tulips need an annual digging. Then you can expect to receive large bulbs. A timely culling of the diseased material is carried out. For two years without the excavation can only grow a baby tulip. As soon as the leaves of the plant have turned yellow by 2/3 of their length, they begin to release it from the ground. In well-ripened bulb, the scales are colored in a light brown color. This applies to almost all varieties. Before thinking about how to store bulbs of tulips, it is necessary to clean them in time. Late or, vice versa, early digging will worsen the quality of the material.
Have dug up the tulip. How to store bulbs?
For storage tulips are excavated in grades, starting with earlier ones. The main task of the florist is to prevent the development of diseases that affect these flowers. How to store bulbs, in this case is of great importance. At the slightest The formation of a focus of disease on them must be rejected. After excavating, you should determine where to store the bulbs of tulips. It is better to use boxes with a mesh bottom, scattering them in grades of 2-3 layers. Do not pour more, because the bulbs quickly rot, mold forms on them. The boxes are placed under a canopy for 1-2 days to dry the material. The bulb nests easily disintegrate, they need to remove roots, stems and flakes, followed by a half-hour dressing in a solution of potassium permanganate. Sometimes dumping tulips is carried out in wet weather. In this case, the bulbs should be thoroughly rinsed in running water, etched, then decomposed in one layer and dried in a warm room.
How to care for bulbs of tulips?
Sorting is carried out in July. Dry the bulbs for 4 weeks with good ventilation and a temperature of + 23-25 ° C. In August, this figure should be reduced to +20 ° C, and a month later, another 3 degrees. This determines the quality of the tulip, how to store the bulbs in the future. Extraction of the temperature regime is extremely important. It is during the period of storage inside them that a replacing and daughter bulb, a peduncle and the flower itself are formed. When the temperature regime is violated in most cases during flowering, the "blind" bud is forcing out. Knowing when to dig a tulip, how to store bulbs, are the most important components of successful cultivation in the garden. If they are sent for winter storage for spring forcing, it is important to choose the right place. The room should not be too wet (mold may appear). But excessive dryness and high temperatures negatively affect the bulbs. In a hot room tulips are very poorly stored, they dry up. Some varieties of such flowers well lie on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator, but this is an extreme case.