You can grow tulips everywhere, if, of course, you know these flowers. After all, each variety, like a person, has its own character, its own preferences. Growing tulips in Siberia requires certain knowledge and practice. However, the advice of gardeners who have been doing this for many years will allow you to get great results in the first season.
Tulips in Siberia
In general, tulips are considered the very first spring flowers, which in large quantities and in great variety begin to decorate the windows of flower shops for the celebration of the 8th of March. When the snow begins to melt, in private gardens and flower beds, on thawed patches, these amazing flowers appear to bloom very soon. If you have decided to decorate your flower garden with tulips, most likely your first question will be: “When to plant tulips in Siberia?”. This is a good question, because tulips are rarely cultivated in Siberia. With shallow snow cover and severe frosts, flower bulbs may die.
When to plant tulips in Siberia?
To answer the question correctly, you shouldunderstand how a tulip grows in nature? Because, having understood the rhythm of life of a wild flower, we can draw conclusions when and how to plant more delicate varieties of tulips growing in flower beds.
Most of the species of these flowers came from Central Asia. After all, it is in Asia that wild tulips grow both in sandy deserts and on stony soils. They can be seen in the crevices of rocks or in the endless steppes. Early spring on the slopes of the mountains and in the deserts of Central Asia truly begs for canvas with its picturesqueness and riot of colors.
But as soon as the heat comes into force, tulips quickly finish blooming, dry up, and the whole life of the flower is concentrated in the bulb. The bulbs go deep into the ground, and with the onset of autumn they put out new roots in order to bloom again in the spring. So it turns out that wild tulips begin to bloom after winter cooling, which is so necessary for the reproduction of substances in the bulbs that provoke growth and flowering.
Therefore, it is possible to answer the question: "When to plant tulips in Siberia?" Looking at wild flowers, one conclusion suggests itself: the most suitable time for planting tulips is the end of August - the beginning of September. Thus, before the onset of cold weather, the bulbs will have time to sprout.
How to plant correctly?
The land for planting must be prepared in advance, for this in the spring it is dug up by 30-40 cm, you can sow beans or peas.
In May, sprouted beans are crushed with a chopper and buried in the ground, you can addhumus, sawdust and superphosphate. Three days before planting, the soil should again be dug up and leveled. Mark the furrows with a long board and proceed to the planting process itself. Small baby bulbs are planted to a depth of 10 cm, and large bulbs - up to 15 cm. If the ground is dry, you need to water abundantly.
Now you know when to plant tulips in Siberia, and you can safely start growing these beautiful flowers. Do not forget with the onset of cold weather, when the temperature is below freezing (usually in Siberia this is the end of October), cover the soil with tulips with straw, hay or potato tops with a layer of up to 30 cm. But you can put our "insulation" on the snow.
