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- Tulip bulbs like to spend the summer overground - this is how to store them properly
- Proper storage requires this chronology of preparation
- So tulip bulbs come through the summer healthy
- Tips
Tulip bulbs should be dug out and cleaned for the summer
Tulip bulbs like to spend the summer overground - this is how to store them properly
At the end of their heyday, tulips have completely exhausted themselves. For a well-deserved rest it is much too restless in summer garden soil, because here is incessantly planted, raked, weeded and watered. Better is, your tulip bulbs are summering above ground. Read here how you skilfully store the tubers until autumn.
Proper storage requires this chronology of preparation
So that tulip bulbs do not take their summer camp completely exhausted, they must first fill the empty energy storage units. The required nutrients are within reach of the leaves; Nevertheless, it requires a little patience from the gardener until the energy has been transferred to the onion interior. How to handle the process with expertise:
The tubers are cleaned with a rough-haired brush. Damaged or foul specimens are sorted out as they are not suitable for storage.
So tulip bulbs come through the summer healthy
The summer quarters for tulip bulbs should be cool and airy. Under these circumstances, the enduring organ of a tulip transforms into a restful growth. We have put together the best ideas for an adequate storage space here:
The regeneration in the summer camp runs smoothly when it is dark and dry here. Ideal is a temperature level of 5 to 10 degrees Celsius. Please make sure that the onion skins do not touch. Every 2 weeks, a tour is recommended to sort out moldy flower bulbs.
Tips
Late flowering tulip varieties have not moved their leaves in May. To still make room for the summer planting, dig out the withered tulip bulbs along with the green leaves. In a hidden niche of the garden, put the flower bulbs into the soil again until the foliage can be cut off. Then the tulip bulbs move into their summer camp with bulging energy depots.