Table of contents
- When is the right time?
- Helpful tips and valuable tricks for gardening
- The valuable tuber wants to be well cared for and cared for!
The flowering phase is different for each flower, as is when to cut the leaves and stems. Therefore, there are three types of flower bulbs.
There are the early bloomers, which sprout in January and bloom into May, the summer bloomers, those bloom throughout the summer, and the fall bloomers, which as the name suggests, are in full bloom in the fall stand. This fact is important for cutting off the bulbous plants in that you know approximately when the individual plants are to be expected to wither and wither.
When is the right time?
The right time to cut off the bulb flowers should be chosen so that those Plant parts that are above the ground, i.e. leaves, stems, etc., are already wilted and dry.
The leaves can even be brown. Due to the different times at which the individual flowers bloom, there are also different times at which they should be cut off. The
early bloomers wilt around May, the summer-flowering bulbs are cut off in winter and the autumn-flowering bulbs are best cut off in the following spring.If you stick to this schedule, the onions will have enough time to grow out of the Leaves, flowers and stems are supplied with sufficient nutrients for extensive flowering in the following year fetch.
By choosing the right time to cut off the bulbous plants, you can look forward to even more beautiful and better flowering next year. When all the leaves and stalks are wilted and brown, you can drive the lawnmower over larger beds or bulbous plants in the meadow without damaging the bulbs. As with cutting, it is also important to choose the right time for this.
Helpful tips and valuable tricks for gardening
Of course, the sight of withered and brown leaves and flowers does not please everyone, but this is necessary in order to arm the tubers for the next year. There are a few tips and tricks you can use to avoid the unsightly sight of dying plants.
One possibility is that the bulbs and tubers are planted in pots whenever possible so that they can be taken away after flowering, for example to a place where not everyone sees the withered flowers sees.
Or you plant them flower bulb behind plants that sprout later, for example perennials or the like. As soon as the bulb flowers have faded, the other plants begin to bloom before them, thus covering up the withered leaves. The flowers can also be cut off immediately after the flowering phase, but the leaves should be left on the tuber until they are no longer green.
The valuable tuber wants to be well cared for and cared for!
After cutting off the leaves and stems, you can either leave the bulbs in the ground or dig them up. If bulbs have been planted in flowerpots, it is advisable to move the pots to a place where there will be no frost over the winter.
Because sub-zero temperatures and severe frost can flower bulbs damage. Onions that stay in the ground can survive even freezing winters if planted properly and deep enough.
Should this happen and you cut off the leaves too early, you may end up with a far smaller number of flowers the next year. By keeping the leaves attached to the bulb until they are completely dry, the nutrients are drawn into the bulb and form the basis for a beautiful, magnificent bloom next year.
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