Content
- Using 2 methods to increase the ornamental
- Brutzwiebeln: Hidden in the ground and waiting to be planted
- Plant to a new location
- Seed the seeds for sowing
- Disadvantages of this method
- Procedure for sowing
- Self-sowing: Just leave the flowers behind
- Tips
Ornamental Lily is the easiest way to multiply with the help of bulbous onions
Using 2 methods to increase the ornamental
Those who are afraid of buying new onions or constantly buying new seed packs can simply multiply them with their own hands and do so without buying anything - except perhaps seed sowing. How to do that, read below!
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The ornamental onion forms like many other leeks Brutzwiebeln. With the help of this, the plant can be specifically increased. The Brutzwiebeln are usually in the ground and immediately next to the mother onion. Some species also form their bulbs on the surface.
First you have to get the Brutzwiebeln from the ground. This is best done in the fall, if you have previously cut down the plant. Using a spade, pry the onion out of the ground.
The bulbs usually adhere to the onion. They developed during the summer. For propagation, it is important that these bulbs are firm, white and firm. Simply separate the bulb onions from the onion.
Plant to a new location
Now the bulbs are planted at another location. Please note the following:
Seed the seeds for sowing
The seeds of the ornamental onion are small, black, smooth, slightly shiny and unevenly shaped. They look like the seeds of normal onions. The sowing is generally not very common, because it is much more complicated than the propagation by means of the bulbous bulbs.
Disadvantages of this method
The disadvantage of this method is that it takes a long time for the seeds to develop into large plants with strong onions. In addition, it takes more than 3 months for the seeds to germinate with pitch. They are cold germs. Furthermore, it takes 2 to 3 years until the first flowering.
Procedure for sowing
First, the seeds need a warm and moist period. For this you can z. B. harvest in late summer and wrapped in a damp kitchen paper wrapped in a glass bowl. After about 4 weeks, the seeds and the kitchen paper are put in the fridge. After 6 to 8 weeks of waiting, the seeds are sown normally in seed soil.
Self-sowing: Just leave the flowers behind
Not infrequently, the winter hardy ornamental coral sows by itself without action. For this you should leave the flowered flower stems in the summer. The seeds overwinter on the ground and germinate in spring.
Tips
The seeds would not have to be sown immediately if you collected them. They can also be stored in the fridge until next spring. There they keep their germination well.