Tulips are bright representatives of early spring flowers. They look impressive when planted in groups in flower beds and beds. Flower bulbs can be planted both in autumn and spring. But not many people know that autumn planting is more preferable for plants. Having understood the timing and technology of planting tulips, next spring the flowers will delight you with beautiful and bright colors.
Autumn is a great time to plant tulips.
Tulips require a cooling period in order for them to quickly germinate and grow in the spring. In autumn, when nature prepares for a period of dormancy, the planted tulips become active. Growth processes begin in them, roots are formed, which store food for the development of the upper part of the flowers next spring.
Tulips planted in the spring bloom much later than planted ones, before the onset of winter. The stems of the flowers are thinner and the flowering is weak. Plants at spring planting do not have time to fully develop due to the lack of a cooling period, which negatively affects their appearance, as well as the quality of the bulbs that will be collected for the next planting.
When to plant tulips in the fall, timing
Even experienced gardeners From time to time they make mistakes in determining the period for planting tulips. Planting bulbs too late, tulips do not have time to take root before the first frost and in the spring their development and flowering are greatly delayed.
If planted too early, the plants sprout, freeze during the first frost and
rot, sometimes they sprout in the spring, but bloom late and poorly. In addition, such plantings are overgrown with weeds, which in the spring interfere with the growth and development of flowers.
Tulips must be planted on time, and each region has its own time.
In the Middle Zone
In climatic conditions Middle Strip In Russia, tulips are planted from the last ten days of September to mid-October.
When choosing a day, you need to focus on the air temperature at night, when the air temperature drops to 3 degrees Celsius and will remain at this level for 3 days.
In the Moscow region
The timing of planting tulips for the Moscow region falls on the end of September - mid-October. Snow falls in this region in November, by which time the bulbs have time to take root, but do not grow.
In the Urals, in Siberia
Planting of tulips in the Urals is divided into different regions.
- In the Middle Urals, tulip planting continues from the end of August until the end of the second ten days of September.
- In the Southern Urals, planting continues from the beginning of September until the beginning of the second ten days of October.
- In the Northern Urals, planting ends in mid-September.
In Siberia, the first frosts can come quite early. To prevent the bulbs from freezing, it is better to plant them in the last days of August. If the weather permits, these dates can be postponed until mid-September.
Before planting tulips, the healthy, largest bulbs are selected. Small, damaged and diseased ones are not used for planting.
Before planting tulips in the ground, the bulbs are placed in the refrigerator overnight. In the morning they are treated with a 0.2% solution of karbofos, and then placed for half an hour in a pink solution of potassium permanganate or any antifungal agent, for example, Agat, Maxim, Albit, Oxychom, Skor or Khom.
For planting tulips, choose a well-lit, protected from the wind, flat, slightly elevated or slightly sloping place. The site should not be shaded by buildings, fences, or trees. Shadow negatively affects the quality of tulip flowering.
The main requirement for planting is good drainage. When passing close groundwater the roots begin to rot, which leads to damage to the bulbs and death of the flowers. Groundwater should pass at a level of 1.5-2 meters from the surface of the earth. At high level groundwater (on sandy loam - up to 100 centimeters, clay soil - up to 40 centimeters), it is necessary to construct a drainage system.
Land preparation
The soil should be fertile, loose and slightly acidic. It should allow both air and moisture to pass through well. The area is cleared of weeds.
Heavy structure clay soil when digging, it is improved by adding river sand and peat (5 kilograms per square meter). Clay chips are added to the sandy area (a bucket per square meter).
In any soil 2-4 weeks before planting, 5 kilograms of compost or rotted humus, 0.2 kilograms of wood ash, 15 grams of ammonium nitrate and 50 grams of superphosphate are added per square meter for digging.
In dry weather, 2 days before planting the bulbs, the soil is spilled with water and leveled with a rake. In loose and moist soil it will be easier for roots to grow.
Immediately before planting, the flowerbed is spilled with a warm solution of potassium permanganate or a fungicide to destroy harmful microorganisms in the soil.
Tulips are planted in holes or in rows. The bulbs are placed with their bottoms down. You cannot press them when landing! The depth of the holes should be 3 times the height of the bulbs.
The planting depth for extra-class bulbs is 15-18 centimeters. Tulip bulbs of types 2 and 3 are planted at a depth of 10-12 centimeters, children - at a depth of 6-8 centimeters. On light soil, the bulbs are planted deeper, and on heavy soil, on the contrary, more shallowly.
The distance between tulips should be 6-10 centimeters (depending on the size of the bulbs). Row spacing should be 25 centimeters.
Larger bulbs are placed in the center of the flowerbed, and smaller ones on the sides, then more tall plants will not block the low light and the flowers will bloom evenly.
When planting bulbs different varieties The timing of flowering groups is taken into account, this simplifies further care.
If the ground is dry, the holes are well shed with water. At the bottom of the holes, if the soil has not been fertilized in advance, a special fertilizer for bulbous crops is applied, which is covered with a layer of sand of 2-3 centimeters.
The bulbs are dusted with wood ash and sprinkled with sand on all sides. After this, the spread out bulbs are covered with loose soil.
If you need to lay out some kind of pattern with tulips on a flowerbed, then the top layer of soil is removed from the area. The bulbs are placed on a leveled surface according to the pattern, then covered with pre-cut and crushed soil.
To achieve a carpet effect, the bulbs are planted in checkerboard pattern. About 100 tulips are used per square meter of flower bed.
Flowers are planted carefully so that the roots of the plants are not damaged. After planting the bulbs, the beds are leveled so that water does not accumulate on them. If necessary, a drainage system for water drainage.
After planting tulips, the bulbs do not need to be watered. If there has been no rain for 10 days, the flowerbed is moistened using a watering can.
When watering plants, you can feed them a little with ammonium nitrate (15 grams per square meter of flower bed).
In warm weather, planted tulips do not need to be covered with mulch, as excess heat will provoke premature growth of the bulbs and the sprouts will die in case of frost.
Preparing tulips for winter involves protecting them from the cold and rodents.
Planted plants are protected from rodents by a shelter made of spruce branches. Spruce branches additionally protect plants in severe frosts.
Before the onset of stable cold weather, tulips are covered with a 5-centimeter layer of straw, peat, pine needles, spruce branches or dry tree leaves. These measures protect flowers from freezing and increase the number of buds next season.
Fallen snow is a natural protection against the cold. With a small thickness of snow cover, the bulbs are protected from the effects of negative temperatures. Snow cover also prevents cracking of the soil, which can harm the roots of tulips. The rate of thawing of the earth with the arrival of spring in the presence of snow in the flowerbed accelerates. Moreover, when snow melts, it saturates plants with moisture.
With the onset of spring, the shelter from the plants is removed, which allows the plants to grow and develop faster.
Annual bulb transplantation old flower bed makes it possible to form flower beds of the desired shape and density. If the bulbs are not dug up from year to year, they will become smaller over time and may even disappear.
- Varietal tulips are annually removed from the ground for further planting in the fall. Unpretentious and simple varieties are dug up once every 2-3 years.
- Tulips return to their original place of growth no earlier than after 4 years, otherwise they will begin to get sick.
- The soil temperature during planting, at a depth of 15 centimeters, should be kept at 7-10 degrees Celsius.
- You can plant tulips even at the end of November - December, if there is snow. The flowerbed is covered with snow, dry leaves, and spruce branches to prevent the bulbs from freezing.
- It is better to plant tulips by variety. This makes it easier to care for them in the spring.
- The bulbs must be planted at least 2 weeks before the onset of frost, otherwise they will not have time to take root.
- Tulips with large non-standard flowers are quite demanding to care for. They require sufficient amounts of micro- and macroelements. These plants are fertilized more often than standard varieties.
- With dense carpet planting, plants also need a lot of nutrients. During the growing season, plants need 3-4 feedings.
- Manure is not used for feeding, as it leads to rotting of the bulbs.
Fertilizers containing chlorine are not used.
Proper planting of tulips in autumn: video
Planting tulips in autumn open ground is a responsible matter. The quality and quantity of buds that appear in the spring depends on compliance with all the rules of planting, care and preparation for winter. Choosing the wrong time and violating the rules for planting bulbs often leads to undesirable consequences, including the lack of seedlings in the spring.
Why tulips are planted in the fall, when and how to plant bulbs for abundant spring flowering, and a number of other questions that novice gardeners ask when they see a neighbor’s plot, immersed in bright colors. The main value of tulips is early flowering, when nature is not distinguished by a riot of colors. That's why everyone wants to get mass positive emotions from the lush flowering in the front garden - pictures of spring awakening.
The tulip is a perennial bulbous plant from the Liliaceae family, adapted to growing in completely different climatic zones.
But despite the ability of a flower to adapt to various conditions and the ability to survive, in order to obtain a spring flowering meadow, a number of features of the lily representative should be taken into account even when carrying out autumn planting work:
- timing and depth of planting;
- selection of planting material;
- site and soil preparation;
- landing method.
Almost any person who is interested in growing tulips knows about the need to dig up the bulbs and store them in a dry, dark room after lush flowering in spring time. And with the arrival of autumn, the dug up bulbs are planted again in the garden. Implementation of such an approach will make it possible to constantly monitor the quality of cultivated tulips, promptly removing small ones infected with fungal diseases and planting material, maintaining an excellent overall picture by maintaining plant health. Moreover, by systematically digging up and planting the children, the gardener can, without additional financial resources, breed the variety that he likes the most.
Important! Proper planting is the key to a successful result, expressed in friendly and lush flowering.
Selecting bulbs for planting
When purchasing bulbs, a thorough inspection of the planting material is carried out, with special attention paid to the following parameters:
- Dimensions – bulbs with a diameter of 3-4 cm are suitable for planting in the garden.
- Appearance – the bulb should be covered with scales brown, which performs protective function. The coating must maintain integrity and thinness: a compacted shell indicates that the bulb has been in the ground for a long time, which can lead to delayed germination.
- Condition – planting material must be dry, strong, and free from visible cracks and stains. Upon inspection, there should be no mold, no growing stem primordium, and no soft bottom with emerging roots.
Attention! By purchasing one diseased bulb, a grower can infect healthy planting material, jeopardizing not only future flowering, but also the possibility of further propagation of the entire batch of tulips.
Time and timing of planting in autumn
From the right choice The timing of planting bulbs depends on the quantity and quality of blooming tulips with the arrival of spring. The main difficulty lies in the variability weather conditions, due to which deadlines may be delayed. As a rule, the optimal time is considered to be from mid-September to mid-October.
However, there are four techniques that can help you determine deadlines more accurately.
- Tulips are planted a month and a half before the soil freezes, according to long-term averages.
- Planting is carried out after the temperature on the earth's surface drops below 15°C.
- Planting work is planned after the first morning frost, indicating night frosts.
- Planting takes place between four and eight weeks after the tulip planting material becomes available for sale.
How to plant tulips in the fall?
To achieve good flowering, having extensive experience in growing tulips is not a key indicator. Beginning gardeners can also get excellent results by following the rules for planting spring flowers.
Selecting a location
The most suitable area for planting bulbs is a well-lit area: a lack of light leads to stretching and curvature of the plant, as well as loss of the intense color for which the flower is so valued by gardeners. Poor tolerance bulbous flower stagnation of water and strong winds requires the gardener to search for a flat area without depressions and drafts.
Soil requirements
The flower prefers to grow on neutral or slightly acidic soils: increased level acidity provokes the formation of “blind” buds. Before planting, the soil should be enriched with nutrients by purchasing special fertilizers for bulbous plants at a flower shop or preparing a nutrient composition yourself.
To improve the fertile layer of soil per 1 m2 you will need to add:
- compost or rotted manure - 2 buckets;
- dolomite flour – ½ kg;
- wood ash – 200 g;
- double superphosphate – 50 g;
- ammonium nitrate – 25 g.
Important! The use of fresh manure, which acts as a source of infection, is strictly prohibited. Similar organic fertilizer can be added to the site only three years before the planned planting of tulips.
Preparing bulbs for planting
Before planting tulips, it is necessary to calibrate, sort and disinfect the bulbs, which will help facilitate the planting process, not confuse varieties and protect the planting material from damage by various diseases.
- Calibration and sorting - all planting material is grouped by variety, and then divided according to the diameter of the bulbs. It is better to refrain from using small fractions, provided that the variety is propagated in sufficient quantities.
- Dressing - disinfection is carried out using a solution of potassium permanganate, Fundozol, Topsina-M, where the bulbs are placed for half an hour. Treatment can also be carried out during planting: the planting material, half covered with earth, is watered with the working fluid of the last two preparations at a flow rate of 1 liter per linear meter.
Advice! For faster rooting, growth stimulants can be used if desired. If you have to plant tulips closer to winter, then their use is necessary.
At what depth should I plant?
The depth of planting directly depends on the size of the planting material. When planting, you must follow the rule: the layer of soil above the bulb should be twice the diameter of the bulb itself. If its diameter is 3 cm, then the soil layer on top should not be thinner than 6 cm. This is explained by the fact that the children, which should be completely covered with soil, are formed above the mother bulb. When purchasing larger tulips, this rule also applies, but it is worth considering that the maximum planting depth is considered to be 15 cm.
At what distance should I plant tulips?
The distance between the bulbs depends on their size and variety:
- Large bulbs are planted at a distance of at least 10 cm.
- When planting medium and smaller tulips, the distance is maintained from 5 to 8 cm.
- If planting is carried out in groups by variety, then a distance of 20 cm is maintained between them, which avoids mixing of bulbs different varieties when digging.
Attention! If the planting material is large, then planting is carried out at a great distance to avoid oppression by one plant of its neighbors.
Planting tulips in open ground
Depending on the desired result in the spring, planting tulips can be done in 4 ways:
- In holes - the most popular and simple method, for which the bulbs are kept in a disinfectant and then planted in holes with a depth equal to triple the diameter of the bulb.
- In trenches - planting in this way is carried out by collectors who want to avoid the possibility of mixing varieties. If it is necessary to plant several rows, trenches are prepared at a distance of 25-30 cm from each other.
- In beds - the method is used when creating any flowering composition. Bulbs of different varieties are placed in a depression made with a shovel in the form of a pattern born in the imagination of the gardener.
- In a basket is a convenient planting method that allows you to find all the planted bulbs when digging, without losing the children, and also protect the plantings from damage by mouse-like rodents. To plant in this way, just find a plastic basket, place it in a pre-prepared hole and sprinkle with a small amount fertile soil. Then distribute the bulbs in it and sprinkle with the remaining soil.
Attention! Regardless of the chosen method, the gardener should know that the bulbs are under no circumstances pressed into the soil, but are placed in a pre-prepared hole.
Caring for tulips after planting
After the onset of stable frosty weather with a slight minus, the plantings are mulched with a peat layer of up to 5 cm, which prevents cracking of the soil during the winter season and ensures stable temperature regime at the depth of the bulbs. With the help of mulching, damage to the roots of tulips is prevented, the loose structure of the soil is preserved, and the infestation of weeds is reduced.
Important! With the arrival of spring, the peat layer is not removed.
Thus, failure to comply with agrotechnical requirements for planting bulbs: incorrect timing, location, poor-quality planting material and other violations can cause personal plot will be deprived of early spring rich colors. To prevent this, you should simply adhere to the rules described above.
Tulips- almost the most popular flowers in city and country flower beds. They are unpretentious in care and delight with flowering for a long time. And in order for it to be invariably bright and lush, in summer tulip bulbs dig up, A in autumn- again planted in open ground. Experienced flower growers They already know when it’s best to plant tulips, but it’s difficult for beginners to navigate. Tulips planted in the fall should have time to take root in the soil before the onset of frost, but not send out leaves (otherwise they will freeze).
Our family has been growing tulips for a long time and in huge quantities! Just look at how beautiful it is:
And this is what the bulbs look like ready for autumn planting:
We have there is no clear date autumn planting tulips. When they had time, they imprisoned me. Usually we plant tulips in the third ten days of September (20th - 30th day of the month), but it also happened later - the bulbs took root well. However, it should be noted that we do not have complex, rare varieties. Therefore, let’s take a look at the country literature to take into account all the nuances of determining the timing of planting tulips in the fall. And at the same time let’s turn the pages and Lunar calendar for 2019 😉
- Tulips in summer: cleaning and storage.
- In what month should you plant tulips in the fall?
- Favorable days for Lunar calendar 2019.
- Secrets of autumn planting.
- Photo of blooming tulips in our garden.
In one of the issues of the magazine “My blooming garden"It tells in great detail about storing tulips in summer, as well as about the features of autumn planting. Let's take a look at this source first.
Tulips in summer: cleaning and storage
So, at the beginning of summer (June-July), tulip bulbs are dug up, dried and stored. And here I would like to dwell on this point (we thought it was very important): during storage in the summer, the author of the article recommends observe the temperature regime:
- For the first 2 days after digging, tulip bulbs are dried on fresh air under the canopy
- For the next 10-12 days, the bulbs are dried in a room equipped for drying at a temperature of 22-24 degrees Celsius.
- The bulbs are peeled and stored until mid-August at a temperature of +20 degrees.
- From mid-August until planting in open ground in the fall, it is recommended to store the bulbs at 17 degrees Celsius.
Why dig up tulips at all and then plant them again in open ground in the fall? It is believed that this contributes lush flowering and better development of daughter bulbs.
Tulips in autumn: What month to plant?
The author of the brochure “My Blooming Garden” recommends planting tulip bulbs in open ground in the fall in the second half of September. Bulbs planted at this time have time to take root well before the onset of frost. It is also important to observe the temperature regime here. In the area where the bulb is located, the temperature for 7 days should not exceed +10 degrees.
The magazine “Homestead Farming” gives a more precise planting date: from September 15 to October 5. It is also said that the fastest rooting occurs at a soil temperature of 5-7 degrees, and if it is higher, the bulbs take root more slowly and are more often affected by diseases.
What happens if you plant the bulbs earlier?
- They say it's not in the best possible way will affect plants in the spring: on a stem that has begun to grow early, you will see damaged leaves or buds.
What if you delay planting and plant tulips too late?
- The bulbs will not take root well and will suffer from frost.
The lunar calendar says...
In the month of September 2019
- from September 1 to 5,
- from September 7 to 9,
- from September 17 to 24,
- September 26,
- September 30.
- September 10 and 11,
- from September 13 to 15,
- from September 27 to 29.
In the month of October 2019 favorable days for landing tulips and other bulbous flowers:
- from October 4 to October 7,
- from 9 to 12 October,
- from October 15 to 17,
- from October 19 to 21*,
- from October 23 to October 27*.
*In the second half of the month it is very, very late to plant tulips.
Unfavorable days for planting any crops, including flowers:
- from 7 to 9 October,
- from October 12 to 14,
- from 27 to 29 October.
How to plant?
Tulips are planted in ridges or flower beds 10-12 cm high. For planting, holes are dug and clean river sand (layer 2-3 cm) is poured onto the bottom. The sand will protect the bottom of the bulb from the penetration of pathogenic bacteria. The bulb is lowered into the hole with the bottom down, the sides are also sprinkled with river sand, and the top is sprinkled with soil. Please note: the layer of soil above the onion should be twice its height. And if the soil is sandy, then deepen it another 1-3 cm.
Finally, the tulips are watered and the beds are mulched with peat or humus (a layer of about 6 cm).
Distance between bulbs:
- Large bulbs (3.5 cm +) are planted 20 cm apart in rows and 20 cm between rows,
- Small bulbs (3 - 3.5 cm) are planted at a distance of 10 cm in a row and 20 cm between rows,
- Very small onions (less than 3 cm in diameter) can be planted even more often.
Our tulips 2012: photos
Our tulips 2016: photos
Our tulips 2017: photos
You can plant tulips in the yard or at the dacha both in spring and autumn. However, it is planting in open ground for the winter that provides bulbous plants with high-quality budding and abundant flowering. But this must be done in compliance with certain deadlines and technologies. You need to know in what month in the fall to plant tulips and how to do it correctly, so that the plants can take root thoroughly, easily survive the winter, sprout early and bloom.
Temperature and optimal timing
Tulips are fairly unpretentious plants, but if you do not follow the rules for collecting, storing and planting the bulbs, you can get an unpleasant result. Planting timing is just as important. When deviating from them Beginning gardeners often face various problems:
- loss of planting material;
- rotting or freezing of planted bulbs;
- plants do not sprout in the spring or hatch late;
- flower-bearing arrows do not appear;
- “blind” buds are formed that fail to open;
- flowering is delayed;
- the flowers are small or disproportionate, with short, twisted or thinned stalks.
Timely planting “for the winter” allows the plant to properly settle in certain conditions, to rest, preserving all that has accumulated during the growing season. nutrients, germinate and bloom early, as well as ensure rapid growth of daughter bulbs.
If tulips are planted prematurely, they will hatch before the onset of winter cold, which will lead to their freezing. In addition, the flower garden may have time to become overgrown with aggressive weeds, which will “clog” the tulips and prevent them from developing normally.
Late planting in the ground will not allow the bulbs to take root properly. As a result, they will not emerge on time, which will cause flowering failure. Most likely, the tulips will still bloom, but much later. But the new bulbs may not have time to grow, they will be small and unsuitable for producing high-quality flower products next year.