Content
- So water gives your tulips new life force
- Water garden tulips moderately
- In the vase add water instead of exchange
- Tips
Tulips in the garden do not usually need much water
So water gives your tulips new life force
Without water tulips are doomed both in the garden and in the vase. An excess is just as damaging as too little. How to skilfully handle this important aspect of the care program, read here.
Water garden tulips moderately
In the fresh soil of the garden, watering tulips is rarely necessary. During the flowering season in spring, the natural rainfall usually covers the demand. The supplemental administration of water is only required when the soil has visibly dried. In summer, the need for additional casting drops. How to do it right:
Flourish the tulips in the pot and balcony box, proceed similarly. Here, the water requirement is covered when the first drops run out of the bottom opening.
In the vase add water instead of exchange
In contrast to their fellow species in the garden, tulips in the vase prove to be extremely thirsty. Within a few days, the water level drops visibly. Although the color is clouding at the same time, experts advise against a perfect exchange of water. The nutrients it contains drive growth so hard that the shelf life of cut flowers is shortened. Please pour fresh water and do not completely change it.
Tips
In the vase, tulips stay fresh for longer, if you regularly cut the stem ends. If the tissue turns brown, remove the flower briefly from the water. Cut with a sharp knife at least 1 cm, a maximum of 5 cm. Bonded pathways are exposed so that water and nutrients can be transported freely to flowering.