How to grow tulips in a greenhouse: useful tips

How to grow tulips in a greenhouse? If you are looking for an answer to this question, you probably already looked at articles on such a topic on the net. And already stocked up with paper and pen. Correctly done. Because remembering all these numbers - temperature, time, number of days, is simply impossible.

General requirements

Greenhouse. It should have autonomous lighting. And these are necessarily special phytolamps that mimic sunlight. Incandescent bulbs of the usual format are not suitable. After all, light is needed for plants, and not for the owners.

Heating is required. And strictly adjustable. After all, at different times, a different amount of heat is required.

Plus there are two thermometers. One measures the air temperature in the greenhouse at the plant level, the second - the temperature of the soil.

And further. The greenhouse should be heated in winter. That is, withstand the frost inherent in your region.

The soil. The most suitable is light, loose, very fertile. The period of forcing flowers is too short, so fertilizing then will be impractical. They just do not have time to learn. This must be done in advance, during the preparation of the soil for planting.

Be sure to disinfect the ground before use. Spilled with boiling water, a hot solution of potassium permanganate, a solution of phytosporin, and steamed. Any method that is available will do.

Planting material. To get a good harvest, there must be excellent bulbs. From what anyhow the corresponding something will grow. Raw materials are selected according to the following criteria:

• upper scales are light brown
• the bottom is clean, with tubercles of root primordia not less than 3
• no visible damage
• heavy to the touch
• size not less than 4 cm in diameter

Bulbs can be bought or grown on their own. The choice of grade and color is yours. But you should know that when grown in a greenhouse, tulips of a classic shape and color have proven themselves well. Terry varieties work well.

But the newfangled green-flowered and parrot give a large amount of marriage. It is worth considering this trend if you are going to sell tulips. If this is an experiment for yourself, then try and take risks.

When to plant

But if they do not have time to mature by the appointed time, then they will no longer be needed. Therefore, in order not to take risks, it is better to plant tulips in the period from October 22 to October 25. Indeed, it is impossible to spur their growth without prejudice, and it is just possible to slow down the development of the day by 3.

This is for distillation for the first spring holiday. To receive flowers for the May holidays, they need to be planted on December 17 and 26, respectively. But this is unprofitable, since in most regions by this time tulips of open ground already appear.

How to plant and where

Bulbs do not require extraordinary planting principles. In the soil, they simply make a deepening at two-thirds of the height, slightly push the bulb. Then sprinkle with earth so that only a small tip sticks out above the surface.

The tulip does not need a lot of space for distillation. Between plants it is enough to leave 0.8-1 cm. This is quite enough for normal development. But under the bulb should be at least 9 cm of soil.The roots must grow somewhere.

Immediately before planting, you need to disinfect the tulips. To do this, they are soaked in one of the liquids for 2 hours:

• weak infusion of celandine
• light pink solution of potassium permanganate
• hot water + 41 ° C
• phytosporin solution

After processing, the bulbs are not washed, but immediately begin to plant. After the final filling, the greenhouse is well spilled with clean water, and the next, very important stage of rooting begins.

Plant tulips in any containers that are at hand. It can be pots, flowerpots, buckets, bowls. But most conveniently rectangular or square drawers. Firstly: they contain a large amount of planting material. Secondly: they are very compactly installed in the greenhouse, without free space between them. And thirdly: in the event of a force majeure situation, they are easy to transfer to another place. Than to run, dragging one pot in hand.

Cold season

The rooting stage lasts approximately 16 weeks. Plus or minus 2-3 days. All this time in the greenhouse should be dark. To do this, you can use barriers or dense canvas. If the greenhouse is too large, then do not rush to put the boxes with bulbs there. With too much light, all your labors will go to dust.

Better store the plantings in the cellar, basement, shed. Even in a specially equipped room. Any of these premises must meet the following requirements:

1. Darkness. Almost complete. This simulates the natural environment when tulips are deep in the ground.
2. Temperature is constantly from +5 to + 8 ° С. Dip below - you will wait a long time for rooting. Rises higher - get flowering much earlier than scheduled.
3. High humidity. Not lower than 74-76%. To comply with this condition, spray the floors and walls of the room more often. If necessary, even water.
4. Humidity and coolness of the soil. Sometimes they overdo it with an amount of organic matter, and the soil begins to burn, as they say. That is, to emit a large amount of heat and dry quickly. In this situation, you can try to cool the plantings with the help of adjustable ventilation and plentiful watering with cool water.

Plantings from the premises to the greenhouse are transferred exactly 22 days before the intended cut of flowers. By the time the boxes are relocated, the tulip sprouts should be approximately 4.5-5 cm long.

How to care during the rooting period

There is nothing complicated. Strict adherence to the above conditions and regular watering. That's all the care before directly starting the forcing of flowers.

Immediately after transferring the boxes to the greenhouse, sick, rotten and suspicious bulbs are removed. After 5 days, they are pulled out by all that have not germinated. They will not give good colors.

Greenhouse conditions and care

Immediately after the start of distillation, you can not sharply increase the temperature and give maximum lighting. This is fraught with thermal shock for immature light shoots.

The first 4 days they keep the temperature at a level no higher than + 14 ° C and give lighting at half the total power. During this time, the sprouts will turn green and get used to the light.

Further, until the moment of cutting or digging, it is necessary to maintain lighting at full power for at least 9 hours a day. A high level of humidity is achieved by abundant watering of floors and spraying of air. The temperature should be strictly + 19 ° C during the day and + 14 ° C at night.

You can feed tulips once with a complex digestible mineral fertilizer. But this is only when you are not sure about the fertility of the soil.

Cut or dig

It all depends on whether you then need tired bulbs. It’s just now in fashion to give the whole plant, and not just cut stems.

Dig up. To do this, you need not just soil, but a mixture of sand and peat. So the bulbs are easier to brush off, and the look will be more aesthetic. Rather than clumps of black earth on the roots.

Carefully pry the plant with a spatula, gently brush off the roots. In no case do not pull on the stem or leaves! All green mass is very easily injured and wrinkled.

Tulips with bulbs are collected in bunches of 15 pieces. Then they are wrapped in thick paper. Such bouquets are stored at a temperature not exceeding + 2 ° C.

We cut off. With a sharp knife or blade, we make one confident movement, for makhushki and shreds are unacceptable. Cut the stem with two leaves. This is enough for the beauty of the bouquet, and a decent amount of nutrients will remain onion. Secateurs or scissors must not be used. Such blades crush the stem and it does not receive the right amount of moisture or nutrients.

After cutting, tulips cannot be laid horizontally. In a day they raise the buds and the stem turns out to be crooked, hunchbacked, in the shape of a fishing rod. They can only be placed vertically, denser to each other. At temperatures not exceeding + 4 ° C in cool water, they are perfectly stored for about 10 days without signs of wilting.

When to harvest

Digging or cutting begin to be done when the buds have not yet opened. For long-term storage, you don’t have to wait at all for the tulip to turn into a characteristic color of the variety. Slight signs appeared that it will bloom soon - you can dig or cut it.

If tulips are going to bloom earlier than planned, then you can slightly lower the daily temperature. This will slow down the ripening process. Only the night temperature should also be lower than the daytime, otherwise the stems will be weak, thin and elongated.

And vice versa. Want to speed up the ripening of flowers? So we increase the daily temperature. But not higher than + 22 ° C. Otherwise, the tulip just wilts. It will not be possible to reanimate it.

These are tips for those who grow tulips for sale. And those who grow in the greenhouse for the sake of experiment and for their own pleasure, may not touch the plants at all. Let them blossom in the bud.

Some recommendations

1. Some people, in pursuit of cheapness and in order to save space, purchase small bulbs for planting. Great disappointment awaits them. Raw materials with a diameter of less than 3 cm do not give buds. Of these bulbs, only leaves grow.
2. Be sure to keep the entire cool period of rooting in time. If this period is less than 16 weeks, then the stems of the tulips will be very short and deformed. Beautiful spectacular distillation will not work.
3. After cutting, planting material is not dug up immediately. Onions continue to care until yellow leaves. This is about a month and a half. Such raw materials can be planted in the fall for subsequent cultivation. But most simply throw out the bulbs right away to free up the area of ​​the greenhouse. Because such material is not suitable for subsequent distillation. If only after two years, when he gets stronger from the intervention. But it will already be old bulbs.
4. Be sure to regularly ventilate the greenhouse. This will make the buds look very natural. If you do not, then outwardly the flowers will look like plastic.

How to grow tulips in a greenhouse? As you can see, this is not so simple. It is necessary to strictly comply with all conditions and recommendations in order to get a decent result. And it is very important to strictly follow the instructions of the dry numbers, so as not to be mistaken. But, you just have to try it once, and you will not be able to stop. You will want to once again enjoy the flowering of tulips in early spring. And in some cases - it’s good to make money on it.

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