Why should bulbs be stored?
Can't I just buy or buy the flower bulbs at the right time to plant? left in the ground for the new season? Although this is also possible, there are good reasons to keep the flower bulbs in the house in a controlled manner:
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- Plant bulbs correctly
- Protecting bulbs from voles - this is how they survive!
- Water bulbs - add the amount of rain if necessary
Keep newly purchased flower bulbs
Bulbs are often offered for sale at a time when it is not suitable for planting. If the bulbs of spring bloomers are already in store in June, you should buy them at this time and store them in the best conditions. When you buy the flower bulbs later in the year, after they have been lying in the bright and warm shop for months, the bulbs may have lost their vitality. Proper storage at home keeps the power in the bulb, which means you can hope for strong, blooming plants.
Store excavated flower bulbs
For non-hardy flower bulbs of summer flowers such as Gladiolus or Dahlias It goes without saying that you have to dig them up and store them over the winter at moderate temperatures in order to continue to enjoy their bloom next year.
But also with spring bloomers like crocus, hyacinth or tulip, it makes sense to dig up the bulbs after flowering and store them until they are replanted later in the year. On the one hand, flower bulbs run in the Garden soil Risk of being eaten by gardeners like mice. The main reason, however, is that the bulbs lose their strength in the garden soil over the summer. As early as in the second year, spring bloomers only sprout hesitantly. However, flower bulbs that have been stored in a cool place over the summer will produce magnificent flowers again after they have been put back in.
The right storage conditions for flower bulbs
The following conditions are ideal for storing all types of flower bulbs:
- dry: protected from rain, no high humidity
- cool: 5-15 ° C
- airy: no accumulating moisture
- dark: protected from light in a box or a windowless storage room
A cool cellar offers everything your flower bulbs could want. Carefully brush off dried soil, sort out dried or rotten onions and place the healthy ones For example, flower bulbs in a wooden box next to each other (they should not touch each other, otherwise there is a risk of mold growth is increased). The box is then placed in the selected storage room with spring bloomers until autumn, with summer bloomers over winter.
The refrigerator is not suitable for storing flower bulbs. For one thing, the temperature is too low, which could cause the onions to sprout too early. On the other hand, the air cannot circulate in the refrigerator and there is a high level of humidity, which makes the flower bulbs susceptible to mold.
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