It is always best to replant the bulbs immediately after digging them up. If this is really not possible, you can store them for short periods. The trick is to not let them rot.
- After digging up the bulbs, remove as much soil as possible.
- Trim off any sparse roots and trim off any peeling layers from the bulb itself.
- Discard diseased or rotting bulbs.
- Place the bulbs on a tray or other flat surface and let them dry for a day or two.
- Then place the bulbs in a container with sawdust or in paper bags with peat moss.
- Some gardeners use clean bags that they use to store oranges.
- The trick is to allow dry air to circulate to prevent the bulbs from getting damp and rotting.
- For the same reason, it is best not to overcrowd the bulbs and prevent them from touching each other, as this can cause rot to spread.
Keep the bulbs in a cool, dry place to ensure their longevity. Keep stored bulbs in a cool, dry place, such as an unheated shed, where the temperature does not drop below freezing.
- Bulbs, blooming in spring It is best to sow in autumn; blooming in summer- in the spring.
- You will hear some gardeners spray their bulbs with a fungicide before storing them. This is always a good idea, but not essential.
Plant the bulbs at a depth equivalent to the height of three bulbs to ensure good growth. The goal is to plant the bulbs at a depth of about three times the height of the bulb. Bulbs should also be planted at a distance that is at least twice the width of the bulb.
- This means that a 5 cm bulb should be planted at a depth of 15 cm and no less than 10 cm from its neighbor.
- Good idea, add a handful of compost to the bottom of the bulb hole to set it in place.
- Place the onion in the hole with the pointed end facing up and backfill the hole.
- Water well and do not trample the soil with your feet, as this may cause damage.
- Bulbs grow well under grass, but remember not to mow the area above the bulbs until the foliage has dried out, usually in late summer.
Take extra care for bulbs planted in containers. The bulbs will withstand transplanting into a container. It's a good idea to add some sand to the compost at a ratio of 1 part sand to 3 parts compost to encourage correct height bulbs
- Bulbs in containers should be planted three times the height of the bulb, but they will tolerate more crowding than bulbs planted in soil - a spacing of 2.54cm is fine.
- Try not to let the bulbs touch. Feed the bulbs in containers regularly during the growing season (spring-summer).
Water bulbs planted in containers to keep them hydrated. Bulbs in containers need to be watered throughout the growing season - this usually means spring and summer. Once the foliage begins to die back, reduce watering as this will help the plant go dormant.
- Do not allow the container to dry out completely, even when the bulbs are dormant during the winter.
Bulbous types of flowers are distinguished by decorative flowering and relative ease of care. Their home varieties are not as popular as garden varieties. However, even in a pot you can get high shoots and bright inflorescences.
General features of bulbous flowers
These plants grow from underground shoots that have a characteristic short, flat thickening at the bottom, and form a bulb. The scales of the bulbs are filmy or fleshy, do not have chlorophyll, and therefore are colored creamy. Potted bulbous flowers are usually grown from perennial bulbs. The older the shoots, the more magnificent, beautiful the color and richer the aroma of the plant.
The natural environment of bulbous crops is a hot, dry climate. In its natural habitat, the plant must have time to develop, form flowers and produce seeds in a favorable period of time - the rainy season. At home growing Each flower has its own algorithm. But it consists of the same stages looped together:
- A period of intense growth. The pot dweller develops quickly, blooms many buds and fades.
- Rest period. At this time the flower needs minimal care and lack of stress.
Attention! Bulbous flowers bloom consistently every season, often even twice a year.
Tall varieties of bulbous flowers
Hippeastrum is one of the most famous representatives this class of plants. Its bulb is round and slightly elongated, most often large (diameter about 11 cm). Up to 6 buds are formed on strong bare peduncles. The petals are folded into a funnel shape. Hippeastrum usually blooms in winter or spring. The height of an adult plant can reach 70 cm.
The color and other characteristics of flowers depend on the type of crop. She has about 85 hybrids and varieties. The most popular:
- Graceful - white-lemon or white-green shade of petals;
- Striped - red-lilac stripes on white petals;
- Reticulate - crimson-red buds with dark veins;
- Leopolda - the color of the petals is red at the end and white at the base, large buds (up to 18 cm).
Amaryllis is often confused with hippeastrum. It is distinguished by its pear-shaped bulb (also large) and the ability to bloom only once a season (in autumn). Amaryllis can form up to 12 buds. The flower has one appearance - Beautiful. The color of the petals is pink-red. This flower can live in the same pot with other amaryllis (3-4 pieces each) and is considered a long-living indoor plant.
Eucharis or Amazon lily reaches a height of 50 cm. Reminiscent of narcissus. Blooms from October to January and from March to May. The process can be extended by cutting off wilted buds in time. The flowers are pure white, fragrant, collected in an umbrella.
Attention! Eucharis can be moved to garden plot, planting the bulbs in April to a depth of 25-30 cm.
Hybrid canna is a striking representative of domestic plants up to 1 m high. Buds are formed on each shoot and are painted in bright shades. Vallota is distinguished by a pleasant combination of white and red. The flower shape is an umbrella. This variety does not need to remove faded buds. Cut them off completely only after the flower stalks have completely dried.
Hippeastrum bulbs
Other types of bulbous crops
Popular varieties in this category also include daffodil. The plant is well known to flower growers who are involved in greenhouse farming or growing flowers under open air. Daffodils are low (up to 20 cm), have bare stems and squat, even leaves. Buds may vary depending on the varietal group. common feature- perianths, which consist of 6 cylindrical tubes and bent lobes. One inflorescence consists of 2-6 buds.
Types of narcissus:
- Large-crowned. The petals are pure white or yellowish and may have an orange crown.
- Tubular. White, yellow or white-yellow petals.
- Finely crowned. Feature: 2-color petals, white or yellow perianth.
- Terry. It has a specific bud structure. Color - yellow or snow-white.
Daffodils
The following flowers are also in demand among gardeners:
- Hyacinth. During flowering, it is abundantly covered with small flowers. different shades(depending on the variety). From the outside it looks like an adorable hat. One bulb forms a single stem. Flowering time is 1-2 weeks.
- Freesia. On one side of the plant stem, funnel-shaped flowers of delicate structure and shades are formed. Each of the varieties is extremely fragrant.
Planting and caring for indoor bulbous flowers
The technology for growing potted bulbous flowers is simple. The bulb is able to accumulate nutrients and moisture, so the plant can survive unfavorable periods without problems. Description of the main nuances of caring for these flowers:
- They are universal in relation to the ground. For successful cultivation Any substrate for flowering crops is suitable. Just be sure to form at the bottom drainage layer. Above it - at least 7 cm of soil mixture mixed with special fertilizer for bulbous plants.
- Provide your flowers with plenty of light in spring and summer.
- In the warm season, the room temperature should be within +20...+25 °C. During the rest period, it is desirable to be 5-7 °C lower.
- Ideally watering a flower will be ensured by a slightly warm rainwater or melting. If there is none, take the usual one from the tap and leave it to brew for 24 hours.
- The frequency of watering in spring and summer is regular, but in small portions. During the dormant period, watering is reduced to a minimum.
- Bulbous plants do not need frequent feeding. Practice applying fertilizers only during the phases of intensive growth and the beginning of flowering (about once every 2 weeks).
The main points of the method of growing different bulbous plants are almost identical. Differences can only be in the frequency of watering and fertilizing. A simple algorithm for caring for crops will help turn your windowsill into a beautiful flower garden.
Bulbous flowers mean those types of plants whose bulb is an independent bud. It is inside the bulb that leaves and other plant organs are laid, which will then develop. There you can also see a small bottom with the embryos of the root system located in it - the roots will begin to grow immediately after you plant your flower in the ground.
For such flowers, the bulb is a storehouse of nutrients and water, which allows them to be independent of the seasons. So when proper care your greenhouse can bloom in both summer and winter. All flowers are divided into two groups:
- having a dormant period that can endure this time without planting in the ground (tulips);
- species that shed their green part at certain times of the year (hemanthus).
The most famous bulbous house flowers: crocus, juno, gladiolus, lilies, anemone, tulips.
Bulbous indoor flowers: care and proper planting
Almost all plants of this type prefer light and coolness, negatively perceiving waterlogging of the soil. If you decide to carry out the work yourself, it is advisable that it be carried out in the autumn. Pay close attention to the bulb itself: it should not be damaged, wrinkled or loose, which may indicate the presence of a disease.
Despite its healthy appearance, the material should be disinfected, for which it is better to use a 1% manganese solution - put the onion in a container for half an hour and fill it with the solution. It is important to choose the right pot for planting: its height should not be greater than its width. If you choose a container that is too large, as many inexperienced gardeners do, this can lead to the plant either developing poorly or even dying.
Important: it is best to purchase porous clay pots with thin walls, but you should not buy glazed containers.
We lay out a drainage layer (small stones or gravel) at the bottom, only then can we fill the soil with a layer whose height should not exceed 7 cm. Mix the earth, using additives for bulbous plants. Next we plant the planting material and cover it halfway with soil. We place the container with the future green pet in a cool place, watering it a little with water. Only after the first shoots appear can the flower be moved to a bright place near the window.
How to make your plant healthy?
Like all types of flowering plants, bulbous plants prefer fertilizing using nitrogen, phosphorus and potash fertilizers. After the bud fades and the leaves begin to die, it is necessary to reduce watering, and planting material leave in container. The plant should remain in this state until March - until it begins to produce stems again.
You need to water the flowers very carefully, since they cannot tolerate waterlogging - because of this they can get a fungus or catch infectious diseases. This is especially true for varieties such as Dutch hyacinth. Naturally, if you want to receive beautiful flowers next year, you must follow several important rules:
- Bulbs should not be stored in a damp place where they may rot;
- do not store the bulbs with fruit in the refrigerator, as some fruits emit ethylene, a substance harmful to plants;
- It is best to store bulbs in sand or peat moss;
- make sure that there is no draft that can blow through and freeze the planting material;
- If you have pets, make sure that during storage they do not chew off future flowers.
Only with proper care and maintenance will bulbous indoor flowers delight you with their brightness, beautiful buds and aroma of freshness.
When preparing indoor plants for replanting, you must first determine whether houseplants need a transplant.
Houseplants It is necessary to replant exactly in the following cases:
when the earthen lump is braided and penetrated with roots so much that a kind of felt has already formed;
if the roots plants rotten;
when the soil is in a pot plants soured, although an earthen lump plants and not entwined with roots;
if there are signs of general weakness plants, indicating the depletion of the earth;
indoor roots plants made their way through the drainage hole.
To determine the need to transplant indoor plants A heavily watered plant is knocked out of the pot. For this indoor plant right hand tip it onto the palm of the left hand, while passing the stems between the fingers, and remove the pot. If suddenly the pot does not come off, try knocking on it. If upon examination it suddenly turns out that the plant does not need replanting, then the earthen lump plants Place tightly back into the pot.
Based on the amount of land that is replaced, the following types of transplants are distinguished:
Complete replanting of indoor plants- this is when all the old soil and roots are removed plants completely exposed, this is necessary when the soil is completely unsuitable, when the soil has all its nutrients.
Incomplete transplantation of indoor plants- this is when at least some part of the earthen coma remains in the roots plants.
Updating the top layer of indoor soil plants- when part of the soil is replaced with humus (nutrient) soil, since when watering, nutrients are washed out from the top layer.
Handling indoor plants is a technique close to transplanting plants, there is only one nuance, namely: the lump of earth must remain intact, and the indoor plant is transplanted into a larger pot. Transshipment plants as opposed to a complete transplant plants does not cause growth retardation. If you have young houseplants, then you need to be more attentive to them and not allow them to form felt-like layers of roots. Young houseplants require transshipment when the roots plants Haven't filled the whole pot yet. This method of replanting indoor plants as transshipment is also used for plants that do not tolerate replanting due to possible damage to the roots. plants.
Houseplants, as a rule, are replanted in the spring from March to May. Tender houseplants transplanted a little later. Houseplants, blooming in spring, are replanted at the end of flowering. If you need to urgently replant the plant at the moment of bud formation or flowering, then you need to take into account the fact that it will shed both flowers and buds.
Coniferous indoor plants replanted in the summer after spring flowering.
Houseplants that were in a warm room must be transplanted later than those houseplants, which were in cool.
Bulbous indoor plants transplanted at the end of the dormant period.
The name bulbous flowers refers only to those plants in which the bulb is an independent bud of the plant. The main difference between bulbous plants and all others is that the bulb contains a certain number of leaves that will develop. On one side of the bulb you can see the bottom with the rudiments of future roots located on it. These roots will begin to grow as soon as the bulb is planted in the ground. For indoor bulbous plants, the bulb is a storehouse of water and nutrients that enable the plant to be independent of the season and bloom when the grower wants it: in spring, autumn or even winter.
All flowering bulbous indoor plants are divided into two groups:
- plants that have a dormant period;
- plants that partially shed their leaves at certain times of the year.
Plants of the first group can tolerate a dormant period even without soil, for example, tulips, lilies, and daffodils. And plants of the second group need to reduce watering during the weakened growing season: these are, for example, clivias and hemanthuses.
Planting bulbous indoor plants
Bulbous indoor flowers love light, coolness and do not like waterlogged soil. If you want to buy bulbs for planting, the best time to do this is in the fall. When choosing an onion, pay attention to its appearance: It should look strong, healthy, not loose or wrinkled. Before planting, all bulbs must be disinfected with a one percent manganese solution for 30 minutes. The height of the bulb pot should be equal to its length. In overly large pots with too much soil, the bulbs will develop poorly and may even become diseased. The most suitable pots for planting bulbs are thin-walled porous ones. clay pots. Moreover, the walls of such a pot should not be glazed - this is important.
At the bottom of the pot you need to lay a layer of drainage - small pebbles, expanded clay or gravel. And on top you can lay a mixture of moss and charcoal. And only then a layer of earth of about five centimeters is laid. The soil should be light and well fertilized. Plant an onion in a pot and sprinkle it with soil to about half the height of the onion. The pot with the planted bulb is placed in a cool place on the windowsill. There is no need to water the bulb too much.
When sprouts appear, the pot should be moved to a bright window. During the flowering period, you need to water more often, but do not overwater the plant.
Caring for bulbous indoor plants
Like any flowering plant, all bulbous ones love regular feeding, consisting of nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus.
After the plant has flowered and the leaves on it begin to die, the bulb should be left in the pot and watering should be reduced to a minimum. And the bulb will remain in this state until spring, when the leaves begin to grow again. Some bulbs, such as tuberous begonia, cannas, are stored in damp peat. And they are planted in pots only just before the beginning of the growing season.
You need to be careful when watering bulbous plants; they don’t like excess moisture, and if there is too much of it, they can even rot. This is especially true for Dutch hyacinth bulbs.
Today, rare exotic bulbous indoor plants are very popular. 
Along with amaryllis, hipperastrum and eucomis, the amazing sandersonia, leopard and roscoya belong to the bulbous class. Sandersonia orange flowers resemble small Chinese paper lanterns. The plant blooms at the end of summer with red or yellow flowers raised to a height of up to 70 cm. But the extraordinary flowers of the radiata resemble flying cranes. Roscoia is a peculiar flower, very similar to wild irises.
A number of advantages - winter flowering, wonderful coloring of flowers and their amazing smell - make bulbous indoor plants one of the most popular among all gardeners.