How to grow hyacinth at home. Timely planting and care of hyacinths in the open field

Reproduction, care and storage of hyacinths. Varieties and history of the plant.

The warm season gives us the joy of contemplating and inhaling the pleasant aromas of flowers. Whether they natural origin or grown on open field in a flower bed - you enjoy their beauty.

Fans and professionals in growing plants definitely love hyacinths for the variety of their varieties, color colors, unpretentiousness in care and beneficial features.

Let's talk more about this amazing flower.

Hyacinth flowers - varieties: water, oriental, mouse muscari, bean curly, wild

The water species of hyacinth is native to tropical America. It grows only in water, while flowers and leaves rise above its surface, and half-meter roots are completely immersed in it.

Blooms in pink, purple and blue hues. Water hyacinth has become widespread due to its interesting properties to purify water from harmful microbes and contaminants, to absorb harmful substances. It can be found in the reservoirs of our latitudes, as well as in aquariums.

Oriental hyacinths have inspired breeders to create many subspecies of this plant. different shades and flower shapes.

Oriental hyacinth comes from Syria, Turkey, Libya. AT wild nature it occurs in pink, purple and milky colors. The flowering period of the plant is accompanied by a pleasant strong aroma.

Mouse Muscari is a favorite of flower beds and gardens. You can easily recognize it by the shape of blue or purple flowers. They are:

• look like barrels
• small
• thick and in in large numbers located on the pedicel

This type of hyacinth is unpretentious in care and generous with annual offspring. Each parent bulb surrounds itself with up to 15 baby bulbs.

Bean climbing hyacinth is loved by gardeners who are fond of liana-like plants. In a number of African and Asian countries, its fruits are eaten, in all the rest they enjoy the beauty of leaves and flowers. The plant is an annual, but it easily takes root and grows.

Wild hyacinths, or sprouts are common in European countries Oh. Have you collected them many times? in early spring in meadows and forests.

Outwardly, wild hyacinth is a rosette of long leaves pointed at the ends and a stem with bell flowers of 4-10 pieces. The shades of flowers are blue, purple, white. This type of hyacinth has no smell.

Hyacinth plant: legends and beliefs

A number of legends are associated with hyacinths, for example:

• about the handsome young man Hyakinthos, at the place of whose death this flower grew. Apollo was in love with the young man, but the jealous Zephyr, the god of the western wind, mortally wounded Hiakintos during discus throwing training. The name of the flower that appeared at the place of death was given by Apollo himself;
• about the wound of Hyacinth. In ancient Greek society, the person who bore this name was popular and revered. But over time, his fame faded, the god of beauty Apollo overshadowed him. Once they began to compete in discus throwing. Apollo wounded Hyacinthus, and from the drops of blood of the second, which fell to the ground, scarlet hyacinths sprouted;
• about the appearance of flowers off the coast of Holland. After the wreck of the ship a week later, the children saw flowers and leaves waving on the surf along the shore. They were hyacinths;
• associated with the suicide of Ajax. After the death of Achilles, Odysseus and Ajax claimed the rights to his weapons. The Council of Elders gave preference to Odysseus. Ajax was amazed by their decision and pierced himself with a sword. Hyacinths grew at the site of his death.

There are also beliefs associated with hyacinths. For example, one of them says that ancient Greek women loved to decorate their hair with them. So they attracted happiness and love to themselves, they learned how to curl and style their curls beautifully.

Hyacinth flowers: planting, care and growing in a pot at room conditions

Hyacinths love open ground more, but they can also grow in a pot.

• For planting, choose large, undamaged plant bulbs and place them 1-3 pieces so that there is a gap of 2.5 cm around each.
• Pour drainage at the bottom of the pot, sand is suitable for these purposes. Then fill it with a mixture of sand and peat to the level of 2/3 of the bulb.
• Cover with black cloth / paper and leave in a cool place for 1.5-2 months for the peduncle and leaves to ripen in the bulb.
• Water the bulbs regularly during the dormant period, but avoid flooding. Otherwise, they will start to rot.

Distillation, or flowering of hyacinths, takes its start from the moment the pots with bulbs are moved to heat. Temperature environment while reaching +22℃. The duration of flowering is 3 weeks.

Depending on the plant variety, you can please yourself with hyacinth flowers:

• early - at the end of December
• a little later - at the end of January - beginning of February
• late - in March-April

As you stimulate the bulb to vigorous growth and flowering indoors, its supply of strength is quickly depleted. To restore them, she will need a couple of years of life in the open field.

In addition to forcing hyacinths in sandy soil, there is a method of growing in a vessel with water.

Hyacinth flowers: planting, care and growing from a bulb in an open field garden

If you have a burning desire to grow hyacinths in a flower bed / in the garden, then first prepare the soil and choose the right place for them. Namely:

• add river sand or peat or three-year humus or old last year's leaves;
• the future corner with hyacinths is a calm place where moisture does not stagnate. Its ideal location is between bushes and / or trees, where the sun's rays pass well.

For planting, choose medium-sized bulbs without damage and softness.

Dip them for half an hour in a fungicidal solution for disinfection.

Place the bulbs 18 cm deep, 15 cm apart, and up to 20 cm apart between rows. These gaps will help you keep the area with hyacinths clean, loosen the ground and apply fertilizer.

Before the onset of cold weather, take care of the shelter of the bulbs in order to protect them from freezing. A thick layer of fallen leaves, peat or dry grass will help you keep them.

With the advent of heat, be sure to remove the insulation from the area with hyacinth bulbs.

On hot and/or dry days in autumn and spring, additionally water the bulbs, avoiding getting water on them.

After flowering, leave the roots of the plant for a couple of months to gain strength before the new year and a possible transplant.

Planting hyacinths in spring and autumn

The best time for planting hyacinths in open ground is the end of September - the beginning of October. So the bulbs have time to take root before the cold and gain strength before flowering next year.

In the spring, hyacinths are planted outdoors after they bloom in a pot so that they are saturated with natural substances.

Hyacinth: how often to water in a pot and in the garden?

Hyacinth in translation means "rain flower", which means he loves moisture that does not stagnate.

When planting in a pot, sand will become an indicator of soil moisture. Sprinkle it on top around the bulb and check back every 3-4 days. Teach that during rooting, the hyacinth is in a cool room, so the moisture will not evaporate quickly.

After the appearance of buds and a change in temperature, water the plant more often. But still focus on the top layer of sand.

If you decide to plant hyacinths in the garden, then immediately after planting in the ground, water them abundantly.

In the spring, when the buds appear on the bulbs, check the soil moisture. If it is dry, then water is needed.

When do hyacinths sprout, when do they bloom, how many times do they bloom?

Hyacinths bloom only once a year. During this period, their bulbs are so depleted that they are no longer able to please with beautiful flowers.

Plants living in open ground bloom in spring with the arrival of the first heat and rain. The end of March and the beginning of April are their months.

hyacinths in room conditions ready to bloom at the time you choose. Of course, pay attention to their varieties before planting. Therefore, they bloom in:

• late December
• January-February
• first spring months

Hyacinths have faded: what to do next with them?

When hyacinths have faded, their leaves and pedicel wither and fall off the bulb.

Leave the plants alone for the next 2 months so that they restore their vitality. Perfect option- do not touch the bulbs after flowering all summer.

Other options for action:

• cut off the withered leaves and pedicel with scissors and transplant the bulb with earth into a wide pot,
• dig up the bulbs after the ground part has fallen off and put them in boxes in two layers. Leave them to dry in a cool room for a couple of months. Then change the temperature regime of their storage up to cold,
• discard the bulbs if you don't want to mess with them any further.

When to dig up hyacinths after flowering, what to do with the bulb, how to store?

After flowering, hyacinths remain in the open field until their leaves wither. In terms of time, this is approximately the end of June - the beginning of July.

Dig up bulbs along with withered leaves, without waiting for the second to fall off. Otherwise, the first ones will go deep into the ground and you simply won’t find them.

Prepare bulbs for storage:

• dry them with earth for a week in a warm room, temperature + 25℃;
• carefully separate the earth from the bulbs and fold the second into paper bags separately from each other or in two rows if you have large boxes.

Leave the container with hyacinth roots in a warm room with a temperature of up to 22℃ for 2 months. Monitor humidity and access fresh air.

Move the boxes with bulbs to a cooler place with a temperature of up to +17℃ for a month.

And change for the third time climatic conditions bulb storage. Suitable basement with temperatures up to + 5℃. Leave them there for 5-7 days, sort them out and plant them in open ground to winter. Be sure to cover the top natural materials- peat, dry grass.

Do hyacinths need to be dug up every year?

Preferably. This is how you control:

• their rooting depth
• flowering quality
• treat diseases in a timely manner

In addition, hyacinths should change the place of flowering, providing soil rich in nutrients before planting.

When to transplant hyacinths after flowering and after purchase?

After flowering and collecting bulbs from open ground, transplant hyacinths to another place after 3 months.

If you bought the plant in a pot, wait until the peduncle wilts and falls off. Then do either:

• transfer the hyacinth to a larger pot with new soil and drainage,
• feed the plant a couple of times and, at the time of wilting of the leaves, remove the bulb to dry and prepare for storage.

Propagation of hyacinths: bulb, seeds, leaves

Propagation of hyacinths by bulbs is common and accessible to gardeners of any skill level. Unlike the other two methods, which require patience, care and good knowledge plant development.

During flowering around an adult bulb, children are formed in the amount of 2-8 pieces. Select them and plant them separately, but they hit you with flowers only after 3-5 years.

During the formation of buds of future flowers on hyacinth, carefully cut off 2 leaves and place in a special aqueous solution for 10 hours. Then transplant into wet sand and leave in a warm room with diffused light for 1.5-2 months. During this period, the leaves will take root in the form of small bulbs and filaments and young leaves. Change the soil under the plants to a more nutritious one. From one sheet you can get up to 10 children.

Propagation by seeds is used by breeders to create new varieties of hyacinths. The process of growing them is extremely painstaking and long. You will get an adult flowering plant not earlier than 8 years later.

How to grow hyacinth from seeds, what do seeds look like?

After flowering, you will see small boxes in place of flowers. They contain hyacinth seeds. Harvest them when the boxes begin to turn yellow.

• Dry and remove the seeds.
• Put them in paper bags and leave them stored in a moderately warm and humid room until autumn.
• Prepare the soil in the garden for planting - fertilize, water, pour sand at the bottom of the grooves.
• Sow the seeds thickly in the grooves and fill them in. The best time This is what autumn is for.

In the spring, when the seeds germinate, maintain:

• soil moisture and looseness
• its mineral composition
• no weeds

Leave the seeds for next year in the same place. And after two - dig up small bulbs, process and dry them for storage until autumn.

In the fall, plant only healthy specimens and repeat care in the spring.

Dig up the bulbs every year for 7 years until they reach right size and gain strength to bloom.

Why hyacinths do not bloom or bloom poorly?

There are several main reasons for this:

• bulb. She could get into the soil already sick or damaged,
• storage. Namely, non-compliance with all the rules, poor-quality indoor air humidification,
• landing. Too early or too late, to a greater or lesser depth,
• priming. Excessively hard and dry or sour and wet, with weeds present during planting and budding,
• wrong choice of landing site. For example, the soil on which other bulbous plants grew last year is infected with diseases / pests, dangerous for hyacinths,
• lack of watering and sunlight in the right amount.

Hyacinths: diseases

hyacinth is sick - it has yellow ends of the leaves

Hyacinths are different in nature and causes of the disease. Let's conditionally divide them into two groups:

• physiological
• not physiological

The first ones include:

• curvature of the peduncle
• uneven blooming of buds, when the top ones bloom first
• emergence of white buds
• green tops interspersed with blooming flowers

The second group includes:

• apical rot of an infectious nature
• diseases of the donut and roots, manifested during storage
• soft or wet rot

Can you keep hyacinths in the bedroom?

Depends on your aroma preferences.

Yes, if you are not annoyed by its smell during flowering and the bedroom has a window with access to sunlight during the day.

Also, take note that hyacinths improve communication and enhance friendliness. If you want to enhance these qualities in the bedroom, place the plants on the windowsill.

Water hyacinth for aquarium water treatment

Eichornia, or water hyacinth loves water in different forms:

• pond
• aquarium

Its roots quickly remove turbidity and attract harmful salts that have already dissolved in water. This ability of them is extremely valuable for maintaining a harmonious environment in the aquarium. Due to frequent topping up of water, you add new substances that are not useful for its inhabitants.

Above the aquarium where the eichornia lives, be sure to install a lamp at a height of 40 cm so that the leaves receive enough light.

So, we examined the features of growing hyacinths in open ground and in a pot, its useful properties for cleaning reservoirs. We got acquainted with the process of their reproduction and care.

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Video: how to grow hyacinths outdoors and at home?

Hyacinth - universal flower, it can be grown both on the windowsill in the apartment and in the garden, in the open air. The plant is perfect for beginner gardeners who want to learn how to care for plants. Flower shops even in winter have big choice distillation of hyacinths, such a gift is very pleasant to receive. Don't throw away faded plants. They can be saved, then planted in open ground. They will bloom in spring.

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What to do with a flower?

After the hyacinth has faded, there are two options for the development of events:

1. 1. Throw out the plant, and leave an empty pot for growing seedlings or under a cactus.
2. 2. Remove the peduncle and place the hyacinth after flowering in the apartment in a larger pot. After the plants have dried, remove the bulb from the ground and store until autumn, then plant it in open ground.

Care after distillation

In winter, hyacinths (lat. Hyacinthus) are sold in small pots with the minimum amount earth. The plant lacks moisture, space to grow and nutrients. When forcing the bulb is very depleted.

Immediately after the purchase, you can transplant the flower into a larger container if things are really bad and special care is required, but it’s better not to rush.



Transplant after flowering



Plants after transplanting into trays

First you need to prepare the container and the ground for transplantation. You can buy soil or make your own at home. It is recommended to mix compost, sod, leaf soil and humus in equal proportions, add a little sand and a complete mineral fertilizer.

Expanded clay is poured at the bottom of the selected pot (or tray, if there are a lot of bulbs), and a layer of soil is placed on top of it. The bulbs are placed in the ground at ⅔ of the height, while they should not touch the walls of the container. The neck of the bulb must remain above the ground, otherwise the plant will rot and disappear.



Care

Caring for the plant is easy. However, it must be watered very carefully: care must be taken that water does not fall on the bulb. After flowering, the stem with dried buds must be removed and wait until the leaves turn completely yellow. At this time, abundant and rare watering is necessary so that the earth has time to dry out.

After the leaves wither, watering is stopped. After two weeks, when the earth is dry, the bulb can be dug up. This must be done no later than the end of June. Then the bulb must be cleaned from the ground and dried. This is done for 5-7 days in the shade, in a well-ventilated place, optimum temperature- +20 °C.

After drying, it is necessary to separate the children, if they have their own roots, and also remove dead scales.

How to save the bulb after flowering

After drying, the bulb needs a dormant period.

It should last approximately three months and is divided into two stages: storage at elevated temperatures and the pre-planting period. Flowering next year depends on compliance with the conditions. It is best to place the tubers in unheated room, where the temperature naturally begins to decrease gradually.

You can reduce the duration of the first stage by a week. To do this, you need to raise the temperature in the first week of storage to +30 ° C, and the room should be well ventilated.

Immediately before planting in open ground, it is recommended to keep the bulbs for two days at a temperature of +5 °C.

Landing in open ground

For landing, it is best to choose open space with a slight slope that will allow excess water to drain. Recommend to do high bulk beds to avoid harmful effects ground water to the roots.

Already throws lush and bright inflorescences. Glades with early spring flowers decorate a still dull area, cheer up and make you admire a dense carpet of fragrant flowers.

Often undersized hyacinths are combined with tulips in the background so that the colors are favorably shaded by greenery. Planting bulbs is not particularly difficult, but in the case of hyacinths, it is recommended to follow agricultural practices that are somewhat different from, for example, planting and caring for tulips. From the material, the gardener learns not only about the features of growing hyacinth, but also about care, popular varieties, types and methods of reproduction.

The distance between the children during planting is up to 10 cm, between the bulbs - up to 15 cm.

Between ridges or rows leave 20-30 cm, depending on the variety. Always consider the timing of germination. They are two to three weeks. If you plant the bulbs too early, they will start to grow and die in the winter, too late - they will not have time to take root.

After planting, the ground is mulched and covered with spruce branches. The latter can be excluded for the southern regions. The height of the mulch reaches 15 cm, and sawdust, and mowed grass and humus are used. In the spring, it must either be removed or carefully buried in the soil. For five years, hyacinths are planted in different places. Thus, the plant will return to its original site after 5 years.

Culture, if planted with all agrotechnical requirements, does not require special care:

1. Watering. Hyacinth does not require abundant watering, as it does not like waterlogging of the soil. Water only when the topsoil dries out. More frequent watering occurs during the flowering of the plant and after it - the bulbs should gain strength for the next season. When forming leaves and peduncle, there is enough moisture from melt water. Watering is not needed.
2. . Feeding plays a more important role than watering. The first application of fertilizer is carried out immediately, as soon as the greens start to grow. Saltpeter and superphosphate are used in the proportions indicated on the fertilizer packages. The second application falls on the period of budding of the plant. The use of superphosphate potassium sulfate. At the end of flowering or after it, the same fertilizers are applied as during the budding period. Fertilizer rates are indicated in the instructions for them. You can use complex . Usually, dry preparations are applied, which are carefully embedded in the soil. If a liquid form of fertilizer is preferred, water the soil liberally first and apply the solutions between the rows of plants. Bulbs absorb nutrients within a radius of 20-25 cm.
3. Weeding. Hyacinth is considered a very "hygienic" plant, it does not tolerate garbage near it. It is very important to remove weeds, faded inflorescences in a timely manner. The soil must be loosened - prevention from the appearance, which are not averse to feasting on the pulp of the bulbs. A flower bed with hyacinths should always be clean.

The rules of care are simple, the main points are weeding and feeding plants. Watering is carried out rarely, during periods of drought, which happens quite rarely in the spring.

Hyacinth bulbs must be dug up after flowering. As soon as the leaves turn yellow, you can collect seed for the fall. The bulbs are inspected for rotting or damage by fungal diseases. If there are children on the plant, they are left for growing - this material is used to propagate the culture.

After harvesting, the bulbs are washed, aired and dried for a week.

Then fold in one layer wooden boxes and clean up in warm place with a temperature of about 30 ° for 1.5 months. Then they are moved to a place where the temperature is much lower - about 16 ° before landing. Before planting, it is advisable to take the bulbs into the garden to adapt to the temperature.

The most dangerous and unpleasant diseases of the plant are white, yellow and soft rot. The disease affects not only above-ground part but also an onion. Culture is dying. Rot can be identified by yellowing leaves, dark spots the plant stops growing. The bulbs become soft and become either yellow or white. Appears very bad smell. In this case, the culture is destroyed, and nothing is planted on the site. The soil is disinfected and treated chemicals. The most common hyacinth pests include:

• Onion fly (larvae are dangerous).
• Onion mite.
• Wireworm.
• Stem nematode.

Sometimes you can notice such a phenomenon as a peduncle falling out of the nest. Many believe that this is a manifestation of some kind of disease, but these are just flaws in caring for the plant. This happens when the soil is waterlogged or the bulbs were not well dried before planting. AT next time be careful.

Growing a hyacinth is not that difficult. The main thing is to observe the features of agricultural technology and plant care. As a result, the gardener will only have to admire the beauty of the lush, fragrant carpet of hyacinths!

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A detailed description of the varieties, cultivation and care of hyacinth.

In this article, you will learn about a beautiful flower called hyacinth. The care process and all problematic issues will be resolved after reading the information indicated.

Hyacinth plant: legends and beliefs

Hyacinths are flowers of incredible beauty and a delicate, but at the same time rich, intoxicating aroma. They are one of the first to bloom and enchant with their beauty and variety of colors.

The flowers are not very picky and are great for both the garden and for houseplant. Each person will find for himself his favorite color, which fascinates with tenderness and at the same time with color saturation. There are many legends and beautiful stories about hyacinth.

One of them is about the favorite of Apollo - the young man Hyacinth. During the competition, the guy was injured and in the place where his blood dripped, flowers grew, which were later named after the young man.

Youth Hyacinth

The real homeland of hyacinths are the lands of the Middle East, northern Africa and the Mediterranean. The second homeland in Europe for the hyacinth was Holland, which made a lot of efforts for its further distribution.

Hyacinth flowers - varieties: water, oriental, mouse muscari, bean curly, wild

In nature water hyacinth grows in the Amazon basin, where all year round very comfortable temperature. In most cases, the flower is on the water, and its roots are under water. It can bloom at any depth of freshwater rivers.

This plant has large oval leaves, formations that fill with air and hold it on the surface of the water like a float. It blooms only during one day.

Six-petalled lilac flowers with a dark blue center and long stamens. After pollination, the seeds enter the water and grow rapidly in warm, comfortable temperatures and sufficient light.

It does not need special care, it is important to remove intensively growing shoots in time and do it carefully so as not to irritate the skin on the hands. As the water temperature drops, the flowers are moved to a special place filled with water.

If the hyacinth overwinters in the apartment, then it is necessary to periodically humidify the air and make sure that the bulbs are constantly in the water, avoid drafts, but there should be enough fresh air in the room. It is strictly forbidden to cover the flower with light-transmitting containers and store it in basements or darkened rooms. The duration of the day must be at least twelve hours.

Hyacinth orientalis — perennial, which reproduces with the help of scaly bulbs that have the same color as the flower. The best varieties of this kind:

• snow white
• Gentle sunny color
• Saturated blue
• All shades of purple and orange
• Deep red to pale pink
• black hyacinth

It differs from other species in barrel-shaped peduncles: blue, purple and white. They take root well with other types of bulbous plants in soils that can survive harsh winters, grow in one place with good care, up to twelve years. Hyacinth can be grown in an apartment or house in winter time.

bean climbing hyacinth can be either annual or perennial climbing plant. In its homeland in warm Asia and Africa, it grows in one place for many years, and in less hot countries for only one year.

It differs in that it wraps around a special device. counterclock-wise. The leaves are similar in structure to bean leaves, but have a different color: red-violet, green or purple.

Not only unusually shaped leaves attract attention, but also very beautiful fruits that will decorate any well-lit area. AT autumn period bright yellow, rich green leaves and colored fruits look especially beautiful. It is very important to monitor moisture, it is needed for intensive growth, but acidic soils strongly inhibit the plant.

Hyacinthoid, Spanish blueberry, hyacinthoides - this is the name of one flower, which is an important part of the flower display in the gardens of many European countries. Its leaves have a long shape, a high peduncle, on which bright blue, purple, pink flowers are placed in the form of a bell.

It blooms mainly in wet and temperate weather for up to three weeks. During intensive growth it is desirable to use mineral supplements. To improve flowering, it is better to replant the plant every three years and cover for the winter, to protect against severe frosts. It fits perfectly into the home flower bed, on alpine slide, and among the stones.

Hyacinth flowers: planting, care and growing from a bulb in an open field garden

Before planting a flower in the ground, you need to prepare a place in advance. Some believe that hyacinth can be planted in the shade of trees and shrubs, as it blooms very early, when there are no leaves on the trees. But in order for him to please you with his amazing colors, he needs well warmed up a glade protected from strong winds by the sun.

You also need to take into account the level of groundwater and take a number of preventive measures to protect the plant. Fertilizer from humus is excellent, but not fresh manure. One and a half to two months are allotted for preparing a clearing for planting, starting in August.

In order for the bulbs to take root, they are planted to a depth of up to eighteen centimeters, at the end of September, at a distance of about 15 cm. To protect against decay, sand should be added to the hole and covered with tree leaves for the winter.

During intensive growth, you need to feed twice, after when the peduncle and leaves have dried up at the hyacinth, you need to dig out the bulbs. If this is not done, then next year the flowers will be smaller. A week is enough for the dug out bulbs to dry out, then they need to be put in special boxes and stored at room temperature and planted in the ground at the end of September.

Growing hyacinths requires considerable attention and care. The earth should be moistened by 10-12cm. You also need to remove diseased flower stalks, and if necessary, the whole plant. Three times it is recommended to fertilize with complex fertilizers while regularly plowing the ground.

Hyacinths need careful care

At the end of the first month of summer, the preparation of the plant for winter begins. When storing bulbs, for 95 days you need to maintain constant humidity in the room and ventilate. Before planting, you need to put the bulbs in a cool room, to adapt to low temperatures. They reproduce with the help of the formation of about 4 children.

Video: Planting a hyacinth in the open field

Hyacinth flowers: planting, care and growing in a pot, at room conditions

At home, hyacinths are grown as follows:

• Pre-selected bulbs are planted, checking them for damage.
• Large bulbs (more than 5 cm in diameter) are selected, from which it is easier to grow gorgeous flower and treated with a special solution.
• The pot should be wider than the bulb and shallow with big holes for drainage.
• It is better to buy soil or mix soil with leaves, compost, humus in equal parts and pour sand and peat.
• Once every two years, flowers should be planted in a garden bed in open ground for restoration.
• A flowering plant is taken to a room where there is a lot of light and the air temperature is not higher than 20 degrees and there is no draft.

You can time the flowering of the plant to certain holidays: if the bulb is planted in October, the plant will bloom by the New Year, if in November, then you can give a flower to your beloved girl on Valentine's Day, and if in December, then you can expect flowering by March 8.
After the flowering period, flower stalks are cut off and continue to be watered and fertilized until completely dry, so that the bulb is large and with children.

Video: Growing hyacinths at home

Planting hyacinths in spring and autumn

It is best to plant flowers in open ground in September to a depth of 15-18 cm, choosing medium bulbs, treating them in a fungicide solution before planting. Many experts do not recommend planting bulbs in the spring, as they will not have time to take root and throw out the peduncle.

If planted in the spring, then the rooting and growth of the leaves occurs due to the nutrition from the storage scales, but at the same time, new flower stalks do not have time to form. You can also buy already blooming hyacinths in pots and transplant them into a specially prepared place by adding coarse sand there in advance.

Should not be fed nitrogen fertilizers, but it is better to add potassium and phosphorus with ash. In order to prevent various diseases, it is necessary to change the landing site every time.

Video: Caring for hyacinths in spring and autumn

When hyacinths sprout and bloom, how many times do they bloom?

The first hyacinths sprout in the first months of spring when the winter chill is in the air, but the sun warms the earth more and more. They take root in winter period and pierce their leaves at the first breath of spring.

Their persistent aroma envelops everything around, and the saturation of color does not leave anyone indifferent. The main thing is to take care of them in late autumn, when you need to plant them in the ground:

• add sand
• various fertilizers
• mark the place where they should ascend

In order for what kind of beauty to grow in your home, you need to look at each bulb before planting, follow all the recommendations about proper care and then this beautiful flower will repay you with its beauty. It blooms long time, once, whether grown in the garden or at home.

Hyacinth: how often to water in a pot and in the garden?

In order for a flower to please everyone around with its beauty, it needs to be properly watered:

• After planting the bulbs in a pot, you need to pour water and sprinkle with sand, take the basement.
• Be sure to periodically water for 2.5 months
• After the appearance of the first sprouts and before the appearance of the first buds, move it to a room where the temperature will not exceed 10-15 ° C, limiting the access of light.
• Water very carefully so that water does not fall on the bulb or leaves. Water should be warm and preferably rain.
• When the first buds appear, you need to increase the amount of light and temperature in the room. We water more intensively so that the earth does not dry out, and the water does not fall on the bud, otherwise it will not bloom.
• If you plant flowers in the garden, watering is mandatory. In this case, it is necessary to regularly fluff the earth for greater storage of moisture.

Hyacinths have faded: what to do with them?

After the plants have faded, you need to gradually reduce the frequency of watering until it stops completely. It is also recommended to feed the plants for the third time. mineral fertilizers, for abundant flowering next year. When the leaves turn yellow, you can safely dig out the bulbs.

When to dig up hyacinths after flowering, what to do with a bulb in a pot?

At the end of June-beginning of July, the ideal time for digging bulbs out of the ground:

• They should be well cleaned.
• Remove yellowed leaves
• Place in wooden, well-ventilated boxes
• Dry
• Separate babies and store

For about two months, the bulbs are stored at a temperature of 24-28 ° C, gradually reducing to a comfortable 17 ° C. So the bulbs should lie for a little more than a month.

Do not stop watering and regularly ventilate the room. During storage, you need to have time to separate the children and plant them in separate, small pots and grow 3-4 years.

In order to reduce the risk of infection with various diseases, dig up the bulbs every year, while maintaining the likelihood of an annual abundant flowering. Rinse only the bulbs dug out of the ground in running water, treat in a 3-4% solution of karbofos or lower them for 10 minutes. into heated water. Then ventilate well and dry specially in a dark place.

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It is necessary to change the soil, pour on the bottom thin layer from expanded clay, and also dry the bulb, then carefully place it in a pot, moistening the soil in advance. Hyacinths, before being planted in a clearing, can be placed in a room so that they accumulate all the substances necessary for their intensive growth, and can delight all passers-by with their tenderness and natural beauty next year.

Do I need to dig up hyacinths every year, how to store?

If we talk about digging, then with hyacinths this should be done annually. This flower has a renewal bud, which determines how the flower will bloom the next year. Therefore, the bulbs must be stored at a certain temperature and humidity so that they do not dry out and rot.

Dig bulbs preferably at the end of June. And store until the beginning of October in boxes in two rows no more. First, the temperature should be in the range of 23-25, and a month or 2 weeks before disembarkation, make the temperature slightly lower to 20 °.
If you dig up hyacinths late or store them incorrectly at too low a temperature, you may not see lush flowers the next year.

When to transplant hyacinths after flowering and after purchase?

After the hyacinth has faded, after a while it is necessary to cut off the pedicel so that it does not take away from the bulb nutrients. But the leaves do not need to be touched until such time as they themselves turn yellow and dry.

In order for the leaves to dry faster, they just need not be watered for a while. And at the end of June you will be able to dig up a hyacinth, and in October plant it in the ground.

If you bought a hyacinth in a pot, then you can not immediately transplant it. It is necessary to let it bloom, the leaves must also dry, and only after that it will be possible to pull the bulb out of the pot. Further, after the storage period, such a hyacinth will also need to be planted in the garden.

Propagation of hyacinths: bulb, seeds, leaves

Hyacinth can be propagated in several ways:

• seeds
• leaves
• bulbs

In order to propagate this plant by seeds, it is necessary to plant them in the beds in October. Then by spring you will get small bulbs. But this process is probably the longest of all, and it will not even bear fruit in the second year.

To grow a hyacinth from the leaves, it is necessary to cut off a few leaves from the March flowers near the bulb itself. Next, these leaves need to be cut across into 3 parts.

After that plant them in a pot while standing and ensure correct temperature and humidity. If everything was done correctly, then after a month and a half, small bulbs with roots will grow from the leaves.

Reproduction by bulbs can be done in several ways:

• bottom cutting
• incision
• scales

Cutting method consists in the fact that a funnel-shaped notch should be cut out in the processed bulbs and then planted in pots. The temperature should first be in the range of 22-25 ° C, and the humidity should not exceed 70%. Somewhere in a month, small daughter bulbs will grow from the bulbs.

notch method similar to the previous one, but in this case, not a cut is made, but from 4 to 6 cruciform cuts, from which small onions will grow.

The third method is reproduction by scales bulbs. To do this, select a few not too small scales, separate them from the main bulb and plant them in the soil. Subject to the correct temperature and humidity conditions, by spring they will be full-fledged hyacinth bulbs.

Video: Hyacinth propagation

Why hyacinths do not bloom or bloom poorly?

It happens that the care of hyacinths is good, but the plant does not bloom or blooms, but very badly. Then you need to figure this out:

• Firstly, the plant may not bloom if you have chosen the seed method of growing. Be prepared for the fact that you will not see flowers for 5 years so accurately
• Another reason for poor flowering can be diseases and pests that can affect not only leaves, but also roots and bulbs. Therefore, at first they may not be noticed.

Hyacinth: diseases

Like any other plant, hyacinth can become a victim of diseases and pests. Pests that can affect the growth and development of hyacinths:

• ticks
• bear

Ticks attack the bulbs, leaves, stems of the plant. As a result, the plant begins to wither, becomes weak. But, if you pickle the bulbs in time and cultivate the soil by special means, you can prevent this problem.

In addition, aphids attack hyacinths. It affects not only leaves, but even flowers. To get rid of it, you need to take high-quality insect control products.

Another pest... bear. It spoils the roots and bulbs of the plant, as a result of which the flowers weaken and die.

Diseases that hyacinth can suffer from are different types rot (soft, yellow, white, gray), fusarium and hyacinth mosaic:

• At yellow rot water spots appear on the leaves.
• Plants suffering from this rot wither, weaken, the bulbs take on the appearance of a brown mass. At white rot the leaves of the flower turn yellow and dry, the bulb acquires White color and bad smell. The plant dies if control measures are not taken.
• soft rot occurs if the humidity is too high or the nitrogen content in the soil. With this disease, the growth and development of hyacinths slows down, it fades, weakens and may die altogether.
• Gray rot provokes the appearance of brownish-brown spots on the leaves and rotting of the bulbs. Fusarium provokes the appearance of yellow tips of the leaves, rotting of the bulbs and roots. A pink bloom appears.
• Mosaic- this is the development of stripes on the leaves yellow color. At the same time, the plant itself weakens and develops poorly.

Hyacinth water for aquarium

Water hyacinth or, as it is also called Eichornia, is a plant of amazing beauty. It came to Russia and the neighboring countries of their tropics of South America.

Water hyacinth is not whimsical to care for. The only thing he needs is warm, heated water and air. This flower will not only decorate any aquarium, home pond or waterfall, but will also be a water purifier.

Eichornia has leaves collected in one rosette. The leaves are dark green, shiny. On the stem there is a porous thickening inside, it is thanks to him that the hyacinth floats up.

Although he is not whimsical in care, but if he grows in a pond, then in winter he needs to be taken to the aquarium for storage, and only in the spring can he be planted back when the water and air, again, are at a favorable temperature.

How to grow hyacinth from seeds, what do seeds look like?

All experienced gardeners know that there are several ways to grow hyacinths. The most common of these is growing from bulbs. But also those who wish can try to grow hyacinth from seeds.

The seeds of this flower are small in size, black in color with small light edges. But it should be noted that growing a flower from seeds is a very long process. So, you need to be patient in this case.

Seeds should be planted in prepared soil in a box in September-October. After that, for several years it will be necessary to grow hyacinths in cold greenhouses. But you won't be able to see the flowers the next year.

With this method of cultivation, the first flowers will appear only for 5-6 years. That is why this method is used most often only for breeding purposes. And ordinary amateur gardeners choose the method of growing from bulbs.

Can you keep hyacinths in the bedroom?

The bedroom in the house is a special place. After all, this is where a person rests after a hard day's work. Therefore, the conditions in this room should be the most comfortable.

In order to decorate the bedroom, make it more comfortable and beautiful, flower lovers often place a wide variety of flowers in it. But before you put this or that flower in the bedroom, you need to find out detailed information about its features (properties and aroma).

Many, even incredible beautiful flowers should not be placed in a room due to the fact that they can be poisonous or intoxicate a person. Hyacinth is a plant with a persistent pleasant aroma.

It should not be placed in the bedroom, even for a person who loves the scent of these flowers and is not allergic to its scent. After all, the main purpose of the bedroom is to enable a person to relax and gain strength. If you still want to put a hyacinth in your home, then it is better to choose a living room or kitchen for this.

Video: Growing water hyacinth at home

Hyacinth - wonderful bulbous plant, which indescribably decorates garden beds every spring. Charming dense plumes of blue, pink, red, yellow and amethyst flowers are not only graceful and elegant - the flowers exude a thick unique aroma. If the petals have opened on just one flower from a dense bud, you can immediately recognize by the aroma that hyacinths have bloomed. The flowering of this plant fascinates, the aroma fascinates, lovers often have a desire to grow a hyacinth in a pot. Is there an indoor hyacinth and how to care for it - the answers in this article.

Look great joint landings several varieties with different colors.

Hyacinth is a bright and spectacular flower, naturally distributed in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and the Transcaucasus. Modern cultivars simply amaze with splendor and splendor, so hyacinths are very popular among lovers garden flowers. But culture successfully blooms in the room, fragrant bouquets decorate window sills in winter, filling the room with fragrant fragrance.

The plant belongs to the spring ephemeroids - the leaves grow in early April, by the middle of the month powerful peduncles rise from the rosette, which turn into charming lush flowers. Given that the flowering of the crop occurs in the spring, planting in garden beds is carried out in the fall, the operation should be completed before the onset of frost. AT southern regions landings are not closed from frost, in middle lane additional shelter should be provided, which is dismantled in early spring with the first thaws. The depth of planting the bulb in the ground is up to 20 cm (the depth depends on the height planting material, is determined individually for each instance).

After flowering, the leaves gradually fade, in June on garden bed it is already difficult to find a place where fragrant beauties bloomed. In July, the bulbs are dug up, processed, dried and stored until autumn planting. Bulbs can not be dug up, provided that the flower bed will not be used for planting summer crops that require frequent watering. An abundance of moisture can cause hyacinths to rot in the ground. It should be remembered that hyacinths that grow in one place for several years without a transplant become smaller, grow and go deeper.

Hyacinths at room conditions: cultivation and care

Hyacinth grade "Amethyst".

Anticipating numerous questions, I will answer right away - indoor hyacinths does not exist, at home they grow ordinary garden plants, using a special agricultural technique of forcing. There is nothing complicated in this operation - just remember some rules:

• Large full-weight bulbs, heavier than the rest, are selected for distillation.
• Weak bulbs should not be put on distillation irregular shape with a damaged bottom, the diameter of which is less than 5 cm. Flowers from such specimens may not develop at all, or the plant will bloom weakly and ugly.
• Can you make hyacinths bloom? certain day, for this, count back from the date of the event 3 - 3.5 months. Need flowers by March 8? Plant bulbs for distillation from late November to December 10th. Want to get a fragrant bouquet for the New Year? In this case, you can start planting bulbs in the period from October 20 to November 1.
• For successful flowering bulbs of hyacinths at room conditions, it is necessary to ensure that the plants are kept in the dark at a temperature of + 5C during the forcing period. Ideal Conditions- a vegetable box in the refrigerator, but only a few pots can be placed there. It is easy to isolate the bulbs from the light - together with the container they are wrapped in newspaper, blocking the access of light.
• Hyacinth bulbs are watered as needed (no more than 2-3 times during the forcing period).
• If the bulb has risen on its roots above the container, you just need to compress the earth around it without transplanting it into another pot.
• Distillation will be successful if one bulb (diameter 5 cm) is planted in a tight pot (8-10 cm), if hyacinths are planted in a bowl, a distance of 2-3 cm between individual bulbs must be observed.
• Hyacinth bulbs are planted in containers without being buried in the ground - they should rise 1/3 above the soil.

If everything is done correctly, as a result of the experiment, you can get charming flowers for any holiday or significant date for you. Hyacinth care is within the power of even an inexperienced grower.

Speaking of mixed forcing, such as hyacinths and crocuses, it is worth noting that crops bloom in different time, therefore, hyacinth bulbs are first planted, and then (in a month) crocus bulbs are placed around them, after which the procedure continues in the usual way (dark content, temperature control).

It is impossible to expose the pot of hyacinth to the light ahead of time - forcing is considered complete if a fully formed peduncle with green unpainted buds rises among the rosette of leaves.

Priming

An important feature in the process of growing hyacinth in winter at room conditions is the preparation of a balanced soil for forcing and successful flowering of this charming plant.

When planting bulbs for distillation, you can use ready-made soil; balanced soil mixtures for violets or begonias are best suited. You can add a little sand, a layer of drainage from fine expanded clay is laid on the bottom of the container.

With self-preparation of soil for planting bulbs, it is necessary to mix sod, humus, leaf soil, peat and sand in equal proportions.

Grow container

An ideal bouquet is obtained by planting several varieties in one container.

When choosing a container for distilling hyacinth, remember that it must be cramped. The material of manufacture is not important - it can be ceramic and plastic bowls, individual plastic pots. It is not recommended to use peat pots - they quickly lose their shape, which does not look aesthetically pleasing during the flowering of a charming plant.

Drainage holes should be made in all containers for growing a flower, if they are not.

Fabulously beautiful are blue or blue hyacinths planted in containers with Gzhel painting. It is not necessary to immediately plant the bulbs in an expensive spectacular pot, you can simply put flowering hyacinth grown in plastic cup, because the age of the flower is not long.

Flowering time

Among famous varieties the most rare are considered orange and yellow.

Each hyacinth will delight its lush bloom on the windowsill only 7-10 days. You can extend the fabulous flowering by lowering the ambient temperature to + 13-15 C. It is easy to care for the blooming hyacinth - water the soil as needed, turn the pot with the plant, because bright flowers reaching for the light.

Care after flowering

After flowering, a baby is formed on the bulbs, its quantity is not as numerous as in tulips.

After the flowering of the hyacinth ends, the plant loses its decorative effect. For some time the leaves are still green and retain their shape, but gradually the rosette falls apart, the leaves turn yellow and dry. Lovers continue to care for the plant, but often excessive watering leads to rotting of the bulbs, especially when lowering the watering of the plant.

Hyacinth after flowering requires mandatory care:

• Uniform watering - the plant must be carefully monitored, the soil should not be very dry or wet.
• Lighting - pot with faded hyacinths left on a bright windowsill, at this time, children are formed near the bulb, which can be used to breed the plant.
• Peduncles - must be removed.

Remember that hyacinth bulbs after flowering cannot be reused for indoor cultivation- it is required to land them in the garden in order to restore the forces spent on forced flowering. After the leaves in the pot wither, it is necessary to remove the bulbs, treat them with preparations for fungal infections, dry them and store them in a cool place until autumn. You can store the bulbs until planting in the refrigerator, wrapping them in several layers of thick paper.

After growing in a pot, the bulb should regain strength.

Hyacinths are planted in open ground along with other bulbs in mid-autumn. It is advisable to prepare a sunny area for planting without soaking with nutritious light soil.

The bulb does not always bloom profusely next spring, severely depleted specimens (which gave 2 or more peduncles) may not bloom at all. Take care of such plants more carefully - fertilize and water them on time.

For the next forcing, you can use bulbs after 1-2 years of cultivation in the garden.