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How to nurse tulip in dormancy period

Hank Schrader
2020-07-29 16:46:25
Tulip is a very beautiful flower. It is said that in addition to Holland, there are several countries' national flowers as well. The flowering period of tulip is different from that of general summer flowers. Tulip blooms in spring every year. With the temperature rising gradually after summer, it will enter into a dormant state. Today, I will talk about how to manage the dormant tulip.

Pruning

As soon as the tulip flower period passed, it began to dormant and stopped growing. At this time, you need to cut the withered flowers, the length is just three centimeters below the flowers, remember not to too much, just cut the flowers, other leaves do not need to deal with

Root out

After dormancy, the roots of tulip can be taken out from the potted plant, dried in the ventilated place, and then preserved. Spend midsummer high temperature period to take out rhizome again to plant in flowerpot, fertilize later years can continue to blossom..

Disinfection

Tulip bulbs need to be disinfected before replanting. Generally, they are soaked for more than 15 minutes, and then placed in a container for root culture. When new roots grow, they can be replanted.

Planting

Tulip can wake up well after the dormancy period, so planting should be handled carefully. Sprinkle some small bean cake in the flowerpot can promote the germination of tulip rhizome. The basic fertilizer and topdressing should be supplemented in time. Secondly, we need to replenish the water in time to prevent the bulbs from drying out and losing the conditions of germination, and can't wake up the tulips in the dormancy period.

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Temperature

Rooting tulip on the environment also has certain requirements, the best pot placed in the temperature of 15 to 18 degrees Celsius indoor environment.

Diseases and insect pests

The tulip in dormancy period must pay attention to the prevention and control of pests, so as to bloom again in the next year.

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