Is It Possible To Plant Tulips In Spring: When Is It Right To Do It, In What Month

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

There is a chance, or is it possible to plant tulips in spring

The spring planting of bulbs cannot be called traditional, but if it so happened that they did not work out in the fall, you can plant them in the spring.

Pros and cons of spring planting

Of course, it is impossible to make this method of planting bulbous permanently, this is still an exception to the rule. But, if such a need arose, there is a way out. You can also plant tulips in spring.

One cannot expect any big advantages from spring planting of bulbs. They will bloom later than those planted during the traditional period, and most likely not all. But still, you will see the flowering of most in the current season. And the bulbs will not disappear, but will provide planting material for the next season.

Tulips planted in spring need help to set flower stalks before planting

The disadvantages of this landing are also obvious:

• flowering will begin later, most likely in June;
• if the weather is hot by this time, the flowering will be short;
• flowering will not work together, and some bulbs may not form flower stalks.

If you bought the bulbs yourself in the fall and didn't manage to plant them on time, then put them in a cool place, for example, in a container for storing vegetables in the refrigerator. With such a sufficiently long storage, the bulbs will have time to form flower stalks and bloom in the current season. If you purchased planting material in the spring, then there is no guarantee that the bulbs were stored correctly and the result is unpredictable.

Landing dates by region

The main indicator that the time for planting tulip bulbs in spring has come is the warming up of the earth to 9 ^° C at a depth of 10 cm. Most often, such conditions arise around the beginning or middle of March.

You can plant the bulbs first in a container, and then transplant them directly into the ground.

Table: Estimated planting times for tulip bulbs by region

Region	Bulb planting time
Middle zone of Russia	Start - mid-March
Moscow suburbs	Start - mid-March
Ural and Siberia	The end of March
Leningrad region and Karelia	Mid march
Southern regions	End of February - beginning of March
Byelorussia	Early March

Dates of planting bulbs according to the lunar calendar 2019 (Data from the magazine "1000 tips for summer residents")

The moon also affects bulbous

Auspicious days:

• February 15-17,
• March 23-25.

Unfavorable days:

• February: 4.5.19;
• March: 5.6.21.

Video: about the spring planting of bulbs

In the spring, I did not have to plant bulbs. I can share my experience of how to deal with tulips in the field of their flowering. So that they do not interfere with the eye with their not very aesthetic appearance and at the same time have time to mature in the ground, I carefully dig them up together with the soil and transfer them to a planting hole prepared somewhere in a secluded corner of the site. There they ripen without disturbing anyone.

Correct spring planting of tulips can please with bright flowering

In general, if in the middle of winter you find purchased but not planted tulip or hyacinth bulbs on time, then create the right conditions for them and plant them in early spring. There is a chance that they will thank you with their flowering.