Allium Bulbs Care

Keep reading to learn more about how to care for alliums after blooming.Allium plants produce big, round, softball sized flowers in shades of purple. The leaves may look a little straggly, so it's a good idea to plant alliums in a bed with later blooming...

Cover with the amended soil and pat down gently.The best time for planting is early spring, but in mild areas you can plant in fall.The most important detail of prairie onion care is division.

Some become weeds that are nearly impossible to get rid of, especially in mild climates. Oregon State University says to expect the process to take a minimum of three or four years, and maybe even more.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...

This is especially true for the large drumstick types. Several have quite fragrant flowers and many are great cut-flowers. Diseases and pests are few and they are even deer resistant.

Stay tuned for part 2, the spring-blooming ornamental onions, a far more popular group, several which are indeed large and imposing plants for the spring landscape. The focus of part 1 in this 2 part series, will be the summer flowering ornamental onions.

If these conditions aren't met, the bulbs only produce leaves or any flower stalks grow weak and topple once the flower head forms.Long stems and larger flower heads make Allium species prized for forcing.Fill containers with a fertile but fast-draining...

Even the northern gardener can force tender semi-tropical flowers indoors for outside enjoyment in the warm season. This keeps the bulbs warm enough but allows the flow of air over them to help prevent rot.

These bulbs don't mind spending the winter in the ground either.Now that you're a little more familiar with bulbs, here's a little planting advice that all bulbs will appreciate regardless of which season they're planted.Before planting, close your eyes...

The older corms will eventually shrivel and compost into the soil.Growing corms is an easy way to provide a landscape full of beauty. The storage organ may look like a bulb, but it has no layers like a true bulb.

Continue dividing until you have eight portions. The chips should be covered with the medium. Soak each of these chips in a fungicide solution for fifteen minutes. The large bulb is perfect for bulb chipping.

Place the bulbs in peat moss and refrigerate them for three months, then bring them out and gradually let the bulbs warm for a couple of days before planting them. Few things give back as much as flowering bulbs.

Will forced bulbs rebloom in pots? During the pre-chilling period, the bulbs do not need light.Bulb care after forcing is similar to any plant that has not been forced. Potted bulbs need special soil, temperatures and siting to bloom early.

Growing flowering bulbs from seeds takes quite a bit of time and some know how, but it is cheaper than purchasing bulbs and allows you to save uncommon specimens. You can move the containers outdoors during the spring and summer months and grow on as...

So how long can you keep flower bulbs and how do you know if they're still good? Do not store bulbs in an area where you are storing fruit, as the ethylene gas given off by the ripening fruit is fatal to bulbs.Most bulbs, if stored correctly, can be kept...

Other plants that are more comfortable with freezes, such asfreestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });Storing flower bulbs is a matter of allowing the dormant bulb to be safe until it can grow roots and continue...

This works well as a forced flower plant support for tall specimens, such as, because the walls of the vase will form a prop for the growing leaves and stems. This is to prevent growth spurts that result in stems that are too slender to support the weight...

If you are storing spring blooming bulbs, the garage is also a good.– If you are not storing spring blooming bulbs in the garage, consider storing bulbs for the winter in your refrigerator.

Dormant bulb watering is a necessary part of after bloom care and can help the plant save up energy for the next year. You wouldn't stop watering yourafter it had flowered, would you?

Keep reading to learn more about how to divide flower bulbs.How often should I divide bulbs? As a rule, however, bulbs should be divided when they get so overcrowded that it's noticeable.As bulbs grow, they'll put out little offshoot bulbs that cluster...

This papery cover protects the interior scales where the food sources are stored. Plants propagate from many sources. Each of these is also filled with carbohydrate sugars to fuel plant growth and development.– Corms are similar in appearance to bulbs...

If your winters are warm, you'll have to put them in the fridge. Or 1 to 4 C.), you can leave your containers outdoors until spring, as long as they're not made of ceramics or thin plastic, which can crack in the cold.If your winters are colder than that,...

Chilling flower bulbs breaks a cycle that allows the plant to begin growth. Spring bloomers, such as, require a chilling period of 12 to 16 weeks. However, the following bulbs will all need a chilling period for outdoor growth in warm locations or to...

This is the most effective means of spring bulb frost protection, but does not preserve blooms in the garden.Now that you've learned a little about spring bulb frost protection, apply these tips when they are applicable to your garden.

If you plan to replant these forced bulbs outdoors, sprinkle a small amount of bulb boosting fertilizer on top of the soil, as most will not flower well again without some help. It could also take a year or two before they return to their blooming normal...

The pointy tops of the bulbs should be out of the soil. Make sure to keep your forced bulbs watered. This will help it to form a more compact flower stem, which is less likely to fall over.

Extra watering and feeding should be scheduled on a monthly basis. Tree roots are often very hungry for moisture and nutrients and can take most of this away from smaller bulbs in the area.

Clean the dirt from their surface with a glove, but don't get them wet. Replant the rest of the bulb when you have removed enough scales.Dip the cut end of each scale in anti-fungal powder and thenin a plastic bag and place the bag in a warm, dark place...