Flower bulbs sprout as soon as the conditions are right. For some varieties, the time has come only after the ice saints in May. They are then still many days or even weeks away from flowering. Who wants to wait patiently for nature to take its course?

Flower bulbs can be grown well when it is warm

That means pushing

Propelling means nothing more than prematurely ending the dormant phase of a flower bulb. This is done by deliberately creating the conditions that it needs for budding. The main thing is to give her enough warmth. This can only happen in one room.

Spring bloomers can be made to bloom in winter. The flowering of summer bloomers, on the other hand, can be brought forward by several weeks with forcing.

spring bloomers

Spring flowering bulbs are planted in the garden in the fall because they are hardy. They don't keep us waiting long for their flowers in spring, the first ones bloom as early as January. It only makes sense to push them if you want them to flower before their time indoors.

Commercial spring bloomers

Spring bloomers need a long cold stimulus, without which they won't bloom. Flower bulbs, which the trade offers for sale in winter, have previously been artificially exposed to the cold in the cold store. You can therefore immediately:

  • plant in a pot or continue cultivating in the purchased pot
  • pull individual flower bulbs decoratively in the glass
  • grow large flower bulbs (cover with wax)

Drive your own onions

You have to plant your own flower bulbs in pots about three months before the desired flowering date and leave them at 0 to 8 degrees until then so that they get the required cold phase.

When the flower bulbs start to sprout, they come at 15 degrees Celsius for about two weeks. Only then are they allowed into a warm, bright location.

Promote summer bloomers

Whether begonias, callas or other bulbous plants, this task can be tackled from February. Here are the key data:

  • Soak onions in lukewarm water for 24 hours
  • then plant in pots with drainage holes
  • first comes a drainage layer
  • then potting soil mixed with sand
  • Planting depth depends on the variety
  • place in partial shade at about 15 degrees
  • keep moist all the time
  • make lighter after sprouting

tips

Gradually acclimate the plants to the sun before they are finally allowed to stay outside in mid-May.

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Vegetable garden