Secrets of Growing Tulips: How to Make Them Bloom in the First Year After Planting

Those gardeners who plant tulips in spring will undoubtedly be able to enjoy their flowering for a long time.

In order for tulips to bloom in the year of planting, it is necessary to prepare the seedlings in advance. How to do this, expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh told.

Preliminary preparation includes the following 3 steps.

1. Leave the planting material in the refrigerator for 10-11 hours (freezing the bulbs is prohibited).
2. Wash the tulip bulbs in a weak solution of potassium permanganate.
3. Root by placing the planting material in the soil.

If you decide to plant tulips in the spring, do not postpone this “event” until April.

The end of March is the deadline.

However, if your region often experiences frosts in the spring, it would be a good idea to play it safe by planting the bulbs in pots and, after the weather warms up, transplanting them into prepared holes along with a lump of earth.

Earlier, the expert shared the nuances of sowing eustoma , which are familiar only to experienced gardeners.