Why Tulips do not bloom (some leaves!) And how to fix it

Every owner of tulips waiting for wards bright spring blooms. But sometimes it turns out to be disappointed: instead of elastic buds, then drop down to the beautiful flowers, watching the growth of the "tops".

Why is it in the flowerbed of tulips in full grow leaves, and long-awaited flowering does not occur? In this article I will discuss the causes and how to remedy a bad situation.

Too small onion

Having bought onions treasured varieties, flowering gardener waiting "as in the picture." But sometimes sellers slip defective children, which to set buds still need to eat off of nutrients and raise hips.

The diameter of the bulb of a tulip, ready to bloom, - 4 cm. Your less? Be patient: Feed the kids to the growing season they reached the condition and formed the replacement bulbs and other children.

Gardener properly planted bulbs

Sometimes it does happen. Tulip bulbs are planted on beds for comfort for the full life cycle of the plant depth. Of course, it depends on the bulb size, but the average recommendation for growers cite a figure of 12-15 cm.

Council: You can use the universal test formula. The depth of planting garden bulb flowers, wintering in the open field - the height of the bulb * 3. Of course, the exact figure depends on the species and perhaps even the class, but in general this rule will not destroy the planting material.

When the grower planting the bulb too close to the earth's surface, there is the danger of frost in snowless, but the cold winter. In the spring of this bulb is just wakes up. And with deep planting more complex: a few leaves may break and stems - no.

Sometimes growers "raise" flowerbed podsypaya ground without digging tulip bulbs. A pair of such procedures - and the plant goes to a depth from which escape is problematic. Take care that the tulip was at a suitable depth.

Dig up or not?

The stumbling block tulip lovers - whether or not to dig in the middle of summer bulbs to plant them again in the autumn.

Among my readers there is a category, which I call "But I'm not doing anything, and still growing". I do not blame and not forced to do so, as it is written. In principle, and tulips can be left intact. But here is how it can lead to a lack of flowering:

When the nature of cheating

In the ideal world of gardening bulb tulip bud forms the beginnings of the summer, and spring rolls spike. But sometimes due to the vagaries of weather confuses plant spring to autumn. For example, when, after a long cold warm September to October, suddenly begins a steady thaw.

Because of this spike begins to go into growth, and then is "captured" winter frosts. Therefore, planting the bulb is recommended only in October. To cinch to steady frosts could only take root and did not start to grow fertile escape.

Features of the development cycle of a tulip

I will not bore you with the biological characteristics. I can only say that the tulip bulb lives only one year and show a picture:

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Accordingly, if you do not dig up the bulbs and then after a couple of years, the concentration of tulip bulbs for 1 square meter exceeds the permitted limit, and they will simply close. As a result - first flowers become smaller and then can and does abyss. Love tulips and the article was interesting? Please click the "Thumbs up!" Thanks.