3 interest tulips planting method

September - the time of planting bulbous plants, including tulips, crocuses, daffodils. There are several ways to planting tulips.

To bulbs in the ground is not deepened and are not lost and they do not eat rodents, are often used special containers, baskets, plastic bottles and pots of flowering plants and seedlings.

Special containers, baskets

Special baskets can be purchased at garden centers or store. They are most often circular shape in the mesh. Dig holes and put the container down. Poured back some land and place the bulbs in it. Then covered with earth.

Pots for seedlings and flower crops with drainage holes

The pots are suitable for single copies, which you have very little, and you cherish your planting. Typically such container is placed in the bulb 1-2 (depending on the size of the seed material).

How to put into the pot? It is necessary to pour the land is half the capacity, to place in it the onion and spread the pot pre-dug hole.

Fill up the soil and fill the hole completely. The hole can be placed so that a few pots with bulbs.

Plastic bottles

If you do not have special baskets or pots, you can get help from plastic bottles of 5-6 liters.

They need to make drainage holes in the bottom and sides with a drill or use a pair of scissors, or an awl.

Fill the container fertile ground half or a little more, put the bulb in the container. In a 5-liter bottle includes four bulbs.

Next you need to place a container in the previously excavated pit. The bulbs are covered with soil (layer thickness underground - 2 follicles in diameter). The capacity of the soil is completely closed.

Thanks to these methods do not need to seek out a shovel bulbs, fear of damaging them. Plus another that dig baskets, bottles or pots, and simply shake out the contents to dry and store, and then again use these landing capacity.

At least once in 2-3 years is necessary to dig up tulip bulbs and planted again. Otherwise, they go deep into the ground and the quality of flowering is poor.

Feeding directly introduced into the container.

If you do not want to dig up the capacity for the winter this year, then cover the right place for the winter spruce branches or pour sawdust.

These variants are suitable for more valuable and single copies bulbs.

Additionally, bulbs and landing place further treated with tar or mustard powder that makes damage mice.

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