When To Plant Tulips Outdoors In Autumn And How To Do It Right, A Step-by-step Guide With Photos And Videos

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Autumn planting of tulips: we do it on time and correctly

Tulips are the first to reveal their delicate and bright buds after a long winter. In order for the flowering to be as abundant as possible, you need to take care of this in advance and carry out all the necessary measures in the fall.

Features of autumn planting of tulips

In open ground, this bulbous culture is allowed to be planted both in spring and autumn. But landing in the fall has several advantages:

• the bulbs planted at the right time have time to root well and stock up on a supply of nutrients sufficient for a safe wintering;
• lush and very abundant flowering begins immediately upon the arrival of warmth, while flowers planted in springtime release their buds much later and do not bloom so luxuriously.

Most gardeners prefer to plant tulips in the fall.

The disadvantage of autumn planting can only be called the need to accurately guess over time the placement of planting material in the ground.

Autumn tulip planting technology

The process of planting tulips in the fall is not particularly difficult; even an inexperienced novice gardener can easily cope with this work. But for the successful implementation of this procedure, it is necessary to take into account some features of agricultural technology.

Landing dates

The specific exact date of disembarkation is determined by the temperature regime and the characteristics of local climatic conditions. Planting too early, when the soil is still warm enough, will lead to the appearance of shoots that will destroy the very first frosts. If tulips are placed late in an overly cold soil, rooting will no longer occur and the spring flowering period will be significantly postponed.

You can plant tulips even under the snow, but then they will bloom much later.

It is imperative to plant your tulips in time so they can take root well.

When choosing the optimal time for planting this bulbous culture, you need to focus on the following indicators:

• before the onset of real frosts and freezing of the earth, about 7-8 weeks should remain;
• the soil temperature at a depth of about 10 cm no longer rises above + 8… + 10 ° С, and the air temperature during the day fluctuates around + 3… + 5 ° С.

When the first autumn frosts come and the grass is covered with frost in the morning, it's time to plant tulips

A few years ago, at a sale, I bought a few bulbs at a ridiculous price. It was already November, but the snow cover did not completely lay down, it just covered the ground a little. I had nowhere to store the acquired planting material, so I planted it in frozen soil. Only one onion died, all the rest bloomed, however, much later than those planted in the normal period.

Video: when and how to plant tulips

Selection and preparation of a site for planting tulips

Tulips feel most comfortable in elevated, open, well-lit areas, protected from sharp gusts of cold wind. The soil should be sufficiently fertile, loose and permeable with a neutral or weak alkaline reaction.

For tulips, an elevated sunny area, protected from the wind on one side, is suitable

3-4 weeks before the expected day of planting, the land on the site is dug deeply (0.25–0.3 m), the rhizomes of the weeds are selected, and the top dressing for bulbous crops is added, which is sold in gardening stores.

When laying beds for tulips, specialized fertilizers for bulbous crops are used

You can make up a similar complex yourself, based on 1 m ²:

• compost or humus - 2 buckets;

  

  When preparing the garden, you need to add humus or compost

• superphosphate - 45-50 g;

  

  Superphosphate is necessary when preparing the beds for the autumn planting of tulips

• potassium sulfate - 25-30 g;

  

  Fertilizers of the potassium-phosphorus group are necessary for the formation of the root system

• wood ash - 0.2 kg.

  

  Wood ash is a natural potash fertilizer

Video: preparing soil for tulips

Tulip planting technology

Work on planting tulip bulbs is carried out in the following order:

1. The planting material is carefully sorted out, rejecting rotten, dry and suspicious specimens.

   

   First, tulip bulbs need to be sorted out, rejecting rotten and damaged specimens

2. Selected bulbs are soaked in a solution of potassium permanganate for 30 minutes for disinfection.

   

   For disinfection, tulip bulbs are soaked in a weak solution of potassium permanganate

3. They make grooves or pits for planting with a depth of approximately three diameters of the heads and spill abundantly with water.

   

   First, dig holes or grooves

4. Then the onions are laid out. They should be at this depth:

   • large - 12-15 cm;

   • children - 5-10 cm.

     

     Bulbs of different sizes are embedded at different depths

5. 8-10 cm are left between individual specimens, and the rows are spaced at a distance of 25-30 cm.

   

   Tulip bulbs can be laid out in rows

6. Filled with fertile loose earth, leveled and compacted.

   

   On the market you can find a special planting device that adjusts the planting depth

Video: processing planting material before planting

Planting tulips usually does not require further care in the fall. Only in case of prolonged dry weather should they be watered. But I have to scare away mice, which are very fond of feasting on bulbs. To do this, I spread kerosene-soaked rags and pieces of red hot pepper around the perimeter of the bed.

To protect against rodents, tulip bulbs are treated with various repellents before planting.

Video: original planting of tulips in a basket

Video: plant tulips correctly

Timely and competent planting of bulbous crops is the key to their early and abundant spring flowering.