Forcing hyacinths at home

When grown in the garden hyacinth blossoms, depending on the type and climatic region, since the end of March. But, if the grower wants to grow bulbous plant to any particular date, it is easy to perform at home.

For this purpose, forcing - a special technique that allows to grow a flower before his allotted term nature.

when to plant

To hyacinth bloomed by a certain date, it is necessary at the right time to plant onion. For example, if you want to get a flowering plant in March, the landing occurs at the beginning of November.

The full maturation of the flower takes about 4 months. Flowering usually lasts 2-3 weeks.

Preparing bulbs

The peculiarity of farming practices bulbous plants is that they need content for several weeks in the cold conditions.

Since September they have to be stored on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator in a paper bag.

If the bulb is purchased in a store, you should pay attention to the words "for distillation." This means that these bulbs have been stratified in the nursery.

Landing

The pot is chosen in such a way that the bulb does not touch the walls thereof, and also to the roots was room for growth. The bottom of it must have holes to drain excess fluid.

Planting hyacinth steps:

· At the bottom of the pot is placed drainage;

· Poured top substrate composed of peat (3 parts) and sand (1 part);

· Bulb set therein so that its hanger outwardly to ⅓ peeping;

· Substrate well shed water.

Keep the container with the bulb in a cool room (unheated balcony, garage, shed) for about 2.5-3 months.

Some growers prefer to keep fit in the refrigerator. During this period, the soil must be kept slightly moist, but not wet.

Care

When leaves hatch and grow to 2-3 cm, the plant is transferred into the room with a temperature of 12-13 ° C for about 10 days.

Immediately on the brightly lit windowsill to put it is not necessary because of the winter sun can be stung leaves.

Gradually hyacinth transferred to a more warm and brightly illuminates the room. The optimum temperature for its content - 20 ° C.

When will the active development of plants, it can be a little to feed fertilizers.

In addition to growing in a pot with soil, hyacinth can be used for distillation in water.

To do this, use a tall glass, which is filled with water so that it only slightly covered the basal plate of the bulb. Hyacinth is then provided to the same conditions as for forcing in pots with soil.