How to grow tulips from seeds

Harvest ripe seed fruits in summer

With their colorful flower cups, tulips attract bees and Bumblebees at. These have valuable pollen in their luggage, with the help of which the flower is pollinated. At the end of the flowering period, the flowers invest all their energy so that up to 300 seeds mature in the ovary. Therefore, do not cut off the withered tulip flowers, but put that Maintenance program continued unabated. The dry, brown seed heads are harvested just before they begin to tear open sideways.

How to put tulip seeds in the mood for germination

Stratification is one of the fundamental requirements for successful tulip cultivation. The seeds will only be motivated to germinate when a cold stimulus signaled them that winter will soon be over. This can be done very easily in the garden, where the seeds are exposed to the weather from mid-October. How to do it right:

• Clay pots fill with a mix of sand and flower or garden soil
• Then sow the seeds, sieve a thin layer of substrate, water them and cover with a layer Grit(€ 41.99 at Amazon *) or cover gravel
• Set up in the partially shaded location on the balcony or in the garden

If the seed pots should snow in, this is of particular advantage for overcoming the inhibition of germination. If there is no snow or rain, please water regularly, because the seeds die in dry conditions.

Spring brings us small tulip bulbs

If the seeds have convinced themselves over the course of 2 months through the effects of the cold that the winter is over, the green, long shoots sprout. Until the end of spring there are small tulip bulbs in the substrate at the ends. Please wait until the shoots wither and fall off. Then dig up the flower bulbs and put them in small pots Potting soil.

It will be another 5 years before your pupils bloom for the first time and the results of your breeding become apparent.