Content
- How to cut the ornamental tube correctly!
- Do not remove yellowing foliage too soon!
- The onion needs the nutrients
- Covering the ugly leaves with ground cover
- Cut off the inflorescences or not
- Tips
Ornamental is ideal as a cut flower in the vase
How to cut the ornamental tube correctly!
Ornamental onion is not the same as ornamental onion - this becomes clear when you look at the many different varieties. They all have one thing in common and indeed they have very similar demands and tolerances in terms of cutting.
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When the flowering period begins and the ornamental gourd needs a lot of energy and nutrients for its flowers, its leaves gradually turn yellow. Of course this does not look very nice. Quickly you reach for the scissors and cuts off the leaves. But beware! You should not make that mistake!
The onion needs the nutrients
Anyone who simply removes the yellowing leaves risks the ornamental lilies from blooming the following year. The reason is that this plant needs the nutrients from the leaves for their onion in the soil. The nutrients slowly migrate from the leaves and into the onion at the beginning of flowering.
Only when the leaves are completely yellow - at best properly dried up and lying on the ground - can they be removed carelessly. They do not necessarily have to be cut off but can also be pulled out.
Covering the ugly leaves with ground cover
If you are disturbed by the ever more yellowish-staining leaves of the plant, you should plant them in autumn or spring with ground cover. It is ideal to do this right when planting the ornamental onion. The following ground covers are suitable for example:
Cut off the inflorescences or not
A cut does not necessarily have to be due. When the flowers wither, you have the choice of cutting off old inflorescences or leaving them on the plant. If you choose the first one to prevent the ornamental on the seedling, you can simply cut off the flower stem at the bottom.
The inflorescences to leave after the flowering time is also good, since they are dried until late in the fall extremely decorative. On the other hand, the ornamental onion can thus propagate via self-sowing or you can reap the seeds.
Tips
Most shrimp varieties are perfect as cut flowers. They also do a lot in dry bouquets.