Bulb flowers need to grow balls first when they return to flowers.

The flower bud formation of bulbous flowers is mostly stimulated by temperature difference. Most parts of our country have four distinct seasons of climate, without any stimulation, bulb flowers can be reflowered, that is to say, as long as a good ball, reflowering is sooner or later, a variety of bulbous flowers can be reflowered. So it comes down to-the point is to keep the ball.

Before talking about raising balls, we should first talk about the two major systems of plants, namely, vegetative organs and reproductive organs. Roots, stems and leaves are nutritious organs, these things accumulate nutrients; flowers, fruits and seeds are reproductive organs, and these things consume nutrients. The ball is nothing but a pervert that stores nutrients. If you want to raise a ball, you have to let the roots, stems and leaves develop, and to blossom and bear fruit you have to consume the nutrients accumulated by the ball. Therefore, if you want the bulb flowers to blossom, you have to consume the nutrition of the bulbs, which will not bloom next year. If you want to raise a ball, you have to grow more leaves.

Here are some tips for growing bulbous flowers.

Experience: choose fertile and loose soil. The most important thing for the cultivation of bulb flowers is the choice of soil. Choosing fertile and loose soil, the root system is developed and exuberant, and the energy of air permeability and nutrition absorption is strong, which is naturally conducive to the cultivation of good balls. It is recommended to add peat and rich mature organic fertilizer to the soil. The planting container is large and the soil layer is thick.

Experience: separate your flower from your mother as soon as possible. For example, lilies, when the first-blooming flower is about to open, cut it into a cut flower and retain its stems and leaves to continue to grow balls. Bulb flowers such as lilies and gladiolus, which are naturally suitable for cut flowers, can be cut off when they first bloom, which can make the flowers bloom longer and wither faster when they are retained on the plant. in addition, cutting off the mother plant reduces the nutritional consumption and is more conducive to bulb cultivation. For foreign daffodils, tulips and other bulbous flowers, the stems should be cut off in time after blooming.

Lesson 3: create a cool climate to prolong the growth time of leaves and stems, and seize the time to raise balls. Bulb flowers usually like cool and cool fear of hot, hot weather, they begin to dormancy, not long, yellow leaves, and then slowly wither, causing the illusion of death. People who raise bulbs for the first time usually think that they are just like this. So only a warm and cool climate is suitable for them to grow, so remember that after flowering-be sure to let them "stay where cool". Be sure to keep them in the soil for as long as possible. The leaves are yellow, the nutrients are gradually retracted and transported to the bulbs, the leaves are withered, and the roots absorb nutrients in the soil! Bulb flowers need to grow balls first when they return to flowers.

The flower bud formation of bulbous flowers is mostly stimulated by temperature difference. Most parts of our country have four distinct seasons of climate, without any stimulation, bulb flowers can be reflowered, that is to say, as long as a good ball, reflowering is sooner or later, a variety of bulbous flowers can be reflowered. So it boils down to raising the ball well.

Before talking about raising balls, we should first talk about the two major systems of plants, namely, vegetative organs and reproductive organs. Roots, stems and leaves are nutritious organs, these things accumulate nutrients; flowers, fruits and seeds are reproductive organs, and these things consume nutrients. The ball is nothing but a pervert that stores nutrients. If you want to raise a ball, you have to let the roots, stems and leaves develop, and to blossom and bear fruit, you have to consume the nutrients accumulated by the ball. Therefore, if you want the bulb flowers to blossom, you have to consume the nutrition of the bulbs, which will not bloom next year. If you want to raise a ball, you have to grow more leaves.

Here are some tips that gracious, a bulbous flower friend in Hangzhou, has explored to make the bulbous flowers blossom year after year and keep the ball as good as possible.

Lesson 1: choose fertile and loose soil. The most important thing for the cultivation of bulbous flowers is the choice of soil, the choice of fertile and loose soil, developed and exuberant roots, strong ability to ventilate and absorb nutrients, is naturally conducive to the cultivation of good balls. It is recommended to add peat and rich mature organic fertilizer to the soil. The planting container is large and the soil layer is thick.

Lesson 2: separate your flower from your mother as soon as possible. Lilies, for example, cut off the first flower when it is about to bloom and change it into a cut flower, retaining the stems and leaves to continue to grow balls. Bulb flowers such as lilies and gladiolus, which are naturally suitable for cut flowers, can be cut off when they first bloom, which can make the flowers bloom longer and wither faster when they are retained on the plant. in addition, cutting off the mother plant reduces the nutritional consumption and is more conducive to bulb cultivation. For foreign daffodils, tulips and other bulbous flowers, the stems should be cut off in time after blooming.

Lesson 3: create a cool climate to prolong the growth time of leaves and stems, and seize the time to raise balls. Bulb flowers usually like cool and cool fear of hot, hot weather, they begin to dormancy, not long, yellow leaves, and then slowly wither, causing the illusion of death. People who raise bulbs for the first time usually think that they are just like this. So only a warm and cool climate is suitable for them to grow, so remember to let them stay cool after flowering. Be sure to let them stay in the soil for as long as possible, the leaves are yellow, the nutrients are gradually retracted and transported to the bulbs, the leaves wither, and the roots absorb nutrients in the soil.

Lesson 4: don't play ball carelessly. Among the bulb flowers, the problem of pilling is the biggest and the most controversial. One thing to keep in mind is that experience cannot be copied. The experience of raising and pilling in Beijing and the Netherlands is ineffective in Hangzhou because the climate is different.

Generally pilling is because the bulb flowers have been raised for a year, and the surrounding soil nutrients are exhausted, so it is necessary to move a place to replenish nutrition. So I think, potted bulb flowers do not need to pilling at all, bulbs stay in the soil and save worry and trouble, not to mention that the soil is the warmest matrix for flowers, just pay attention to control the moisture of the soil in the dry pot, especially during the plum rain season, move to the corner of the eaves to guard against rain, keep dry on OK, and so on when the weather turns cool, bulbs are about to germinate, dig out the balls and plant them separately on OK. As for the bulb flowers planted on the ground, they must be pilled before the rainy season to prevent rotten balls.

Common bulb flowers

In winter, under suitable temperature conditions, the bulbous plants that can continue to flourish are tulips, hyacinths, grape hyacinths, daffodils, daffodils, crocuses, scarlet, buttercup, cyclamen, hibiscus, jute, and so on. Because they all have bulbs or perennial roots, these bulbs or perennial roots are not only the place where nutrients are stored, but also the most distinctive feature of this kind of plant.

Therefore, for this kind of plants, winter and spring is their flowering season, so winter is also called "bulb season".

According to their bulb or perennial root type, a brief classification (there are some types, there will be a special post in the future, more detailed introduction of their maintenance points).

Onion bulb: this kind of bulb plant, whose bulb is highly similar to onion in shape, typically hyacinth, daffodil, daffodil, daffodil.

1. Hyacinth: like cool bulbous grass flowers, belong to hyacinth family flowers, there are many colors and varieties, winter and spring is its florescence, summer dormancy habits. The personal evaluation of it is:

Reflowering ability: strong (perennials, a bulb can be raised for a long time).

Degenerative ability: strong (whether hydroponic or potted, the number of flowers will be more or less reduced when the bulb is raised for more than the second year).

Planting difficulty: easy (suitable for hydroponic culture, potted plant and ground planting).

Propagation method: ramet.

When sowing: the corm is shallowly buried.

2. Narcissus: refers to the Zhangzhou daffodils with more than one arrow.

Like cool bulbous grass flowers, belong to Amaryllidaceae, winter and spring is flowering, have the habit of summer dormancy. Its flowering time can be adjusted by sowing date.

Reflowering ability: weak.

Degenerate ability: strong.

Planting difficulty: easy (suitable for hydroponic culture, potted plant and ground planting).

Propagation method: ramet.

When sowing, the bulbs can be buried and covered with soil.

3. Foreign daffodils:

Like cool bulbous grass flowers, belong to Amaryllidaceae, winter and spring is flowering, there are summer dormancy habits, a sword a flower, large flowers, flowers and colors are also rich.

Reflowering ability: strong.

Degenerative ability: weak.

Planting difficulty: easy.

Propagation method: ramet.

When sowing, the bulbs can be buried and covered with soil.

4. Zhu Dinghong:

It belongs to the heat-loving bulbous grass flower, which belongs to Amaryllidaceae and has the habit of dormant in winter. under natural circumstances, it wakes up to sprout and bloom from late February to March; the natural flowering period is from February to June, and some varieties have the habit of flowering in autumn.

However, if it is allowed to cut leaves ahead of time from October to November and replant after dormant at low temperature for a period of time, its florescence will be advanced to January-February or even earlier (New Year's Day had flowered before).

Reflowering ability: strong (blossoms every year, if taken care of properly, the number of flowers and the number of flowers will increase; importantly, after the end of flowering, there will be a long growth period to restore its bulbs).

Degeneration ability: weak (properly maintained, not only will not be degraded, but also as the bulbs grow bigger and bigger, the flowers will increase year by year).

Planting difficulty: easy (pot and ground cultivation are suitable, but not suitable for long-term hydroponics).

Propagation methods: sowing and ramet.

When sowing, the bulb is shallowly buried, which is helpful for future flowering, and it is easy to observe the situation of the corm.

However, if you choose to plant in the ground, then you can consider burying all the bulbs.

Garlic bulb: this kind of bulb plant, its bulb is very similar to garlic in shape, the most typical is tulip.

Tulips:

Belongs to the cold and cool bulbous grass flowers, belongs to the lily family, flowering in the winter and spring season, has the habit of dormancy in summer.

Reflowering ability: strong.

Degenerative ability: strong.

Planting difficulty: easy (hydroponic culture, potted plant, ground planting are all fine).

Method of reproduction: ramet (after pilling every summer, the flowering bulb will disappear after flowering, and a number of new bulbs will grow at the same time, and the larger ones will continue to blossom when they are planted again; when they are small, it will be difficult to bloom.

When sowing, the bulbs can be buried and covered with soil.

Horseshoe bulb: its bulb shape is similar to that of horseshoe (water chestnut), and the common ones are saffron (like cold) and gladiolus (like heat).

Saffron:

Like cold and cool bulbous grass flowers, belong to Iridaceae, the main flowering period in winter and spring, have the habit of summer dormancy, although perennial, but its flowering bulb is one-time, because after flowering, the flowering ball will disappear, nutrients are transferred to a number of newborn bulbs (heat-loving gladiolus, is similar, but habits are different).

Reflowering ability: strong.

Degenerative ability: strong.

Planting difficulty: it is easier (suitable for potted and ground planting).

When sowing, the bulbs can be buried and covered with soil.

In addition, other bulbous flowers that bloom in winter are introduced by the way.

Freesia:

Belong to Iridaceae, like cool, flowering in winter and spring, summer dormancy habits.

The ability of compound flowering is strong, but it is not easy to degenerate; after flowering in spring, the underground bulb and the aboveground part of the plant (there may be a phenomenon of regenerating bulbs), many small bulbs grow, which is suitable for plant propagation.

When sowing, the bulbs can be buried and covered with soil.

Cyclamen:

Belong to Primulaceae, like cool, winter and spring is the florescence, perennial.

The ability of compound flower is strong, and it is not easy to degenerate.

However, we should pay attention to the maintenance: watering with the method of soaking basin, the bulb can not be stained with water for a long time, so as not to cause rotten ball.

In summer, the duration of dormancy is related to temperature. if it is cool in summer, then the characteristics of leaf dormancy are not obvious, but continue to grow as in winter and spring.

Usually, the bulb should be kept in a state of shallow burying.

Buttercup:

Belonging to Ranunculaceae, it has a special claw-type persistent root, flowering in winter and spring and dormant in summer.

The ability of compound flower is also strong, and it is not easy to degenerate. When sowing, the bulbs can be buried and covered with soil.

The sorrel grass represented by hibiscus likes cold sorrel.

They all belong to the family Oxalis. Winter and spring are flowering and have the characteristics of summer dormancy.

The ability of reflowering is also strong, it is not easy to degrade, and it is easy to maintain.

However, be careful when sowing: if the root buds on the bulbs are not easy to identify, then flat is the best way, the bulbs can be buried and covered with soil.