In the early spring, usually in March, but sometimes from February, you can buy brushed onion flowers in shops. In small pots you can find hyacinths, crocuses, daffodils and sapphires. They allow us to bring spring into our homes faster. Unfortunately, after flowering, most people throw them away. Meanwhile, the bulbs can go to the garden and enjoy us with their flowers in the coming years.
Can the brushed onion flowers be moved to the garden?
Bulbs of forced bulbsare not suitable for potting again.However, if they are properly cared for, they will be able to bloom in garden beds or in boxes on balconies and terraces in the following years at a time typical for a given species. home.
Pots with ruffled bulbsplace them in a bright, cool place and water moderately. Once we enjoy their flowers, the faded inflorescences can be cut off, but leaving the flower stems and green leaves, which will allow the plants to continue vegetation and the development of their bulbs.
Further action depends on our abilities and the possessedspace to store bulbsThere are three ways - plant the bulbs in the garden as soon as it gets warmer, store them outside in pots and dropping out for rebates in the fall or keeping in pots in a cool room. If the plants go outside, remember to harden them first (gradually getting used to lower temperatures).When they are outside, light frosts (down to -2 ° C) will not threaten them, but if more frost is to come back, the plants must be covered with bark or peat mulch.
Now a more detailed discussion of each method. To the garden, right away to the destination in the bed,we can plant the onions when it gets warm outside and the ground is thawingThe green leaves will slowly dry up, and finally the bulbs will go into a state of rest to survive the winter and bloom again next year.
However, since they do not look attractive without flowers, the second method is more often used -pots are pitted in a secluded place in the garden or placed on a balconyOn the balcony, I recommend placing the pots in a larger box and sprinkling with bark, peat or sawdust. Without such a cover, they are very exposed to temperature fluctuations - freezing of the onion in the pot and excessive drying of the soil when it gets warm.
If we do not have a place to be bottomed in the garden or balcony,they can also be moved to a cooler room(eg.on the porch). Water them lightly until their leaves turn yellow and dry. After drying, you can take it to the basement (no light is needed anymore).
In autumn, at the time appropriate for a given species (usually in September)the onions should be planted in the garden , where they will bloom next spring. In winter, the onions should be protected against freezing by covering with a thick layer of mulch or by sprouting.
Of course, instead of in the garden,flower bulbs can also find their place in pots , containers or balcony boxes. Then, however, they will require particularly careful protection for the winter, as it is easy for the bulbs to freeze in the pots. We have written more about this in the article How to winter onion flowers on a balcony?
