How to plant tulips at home - flowers for the New Year

How sometimes you want to bring the onset of spring closer! And although we don’t know how to control the weather, home-grown daffodils, crocuses or tulips can bring spring mood. If you know how to plant tulips at homeYou can please yourself and surprise your loved ones with fresh flowers even for the New Year.

Material
Tulip bulbs should have good skin with 4-5 storage scales, be round in shape and absolutely healthy; the optimal size is 3.5 -5 cm in diameter, weighing from 30 g. Varieties of tulips differ in the duration of cooling of the bulbs during rooting. For early varieties this period is 16 weeks. It is better to choose several varieties that can bloom by a certain date. The soil for planting tulips can be pure river sand, a mixture of sand and peat, or a mixture of river sand and garden soil.

Temperature
To successfully grow tulips at home, it is very important to maintain the appropriate temperature conditions.

• The first stage is exposure to high temperatures, 23-25 ​​° C for 3 weeks or 34 ° C for 1 week for early forcing. This stage provokes accelerated formation of flower buds.
• The second stage is storage at low temperatures. For early forcing, a temperature of 9° C is required for 10-16 weeks. Low temperatures are a prerequisite for the normal development of the root system and flower stem.

Moisture
The air humidity near the tulip pots must be maintained at a high level. At home, you can place bowls of water near flower pots. Growth and flowering can be accelerated by spraying the sprouts with warm water 2-3 times a day (until the leaves open).

Light
During the cooling phase, tulips must be protected from sunlight. And shading the sprouts in the first 3-5 days will allow you to get longer stems. Therefore, before planting tulips at home, you need to make sure there is a dark, cool room or, at a minimum, a sufficient amount of black plastic film.