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- This is how tulips thrive with onions in a glass - a guide
- Suitable tulips - tips on varieties
- The perfect glass
- This is how the tulip blossom gets going
- Tips
Tulip bulbs also thrive in the water
This is how tulips thrive with onions in a glass - a guide
It seems like magic when tulip bulbs in the vase raise a magnificent flower. Without the substrate obstructing the view, you will experience a floral wonder in the middle of winter. The following instructions explain how to bring tulips to life in a glass.
Suitable tulips - tips on varieties
Not all tulips thrive with onions in the vase. To make the effort for a flower worthwhile outside of the natural season, the choice of suitable varieties makes an important contribution. The following selection introduces you to proven tulips for drifting:
There are especially the early flowering tulips, which will give you much pleasure in the vase with onions. Less suitable are the late beauties, such as viridiflora tulips or parrot tulips.
The perfect glass
Tulip bulbs can only be motivated to winter flowering if they do not come into direct contact with water. Look for a vase with these attributes:
These proportions ensure that enough water is transported into the onion via the root system. At the same time, rot does not stand a chance because the outer shells of the tulip bulbs remain dry.
This is how the tulip blossom gets going
In November, the starting signal for the tulip drifting is fired. Fill the vase with boiled water. Then place the tulip bulb in the bowl so that there is a maximum of 5 mm between the water and the onion. For a period of 8 to 12 weeks put the glass in a dark room with temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees Celsius. If the water level drops, please fill with fresh water.
Then bring the vase into the room to set it up on the bright, warm windowsill. Now that a vital root system has formed, drives out within a short time a stalk to bring forth the longed for flowering.
Tips
Repeated skin contact with the poisonous sap, can cause tulip dermatitis. Always approach the tulip bulbs, leaves and stems with protective gloves.