How to care for hyacinth

Layfhaker figured out how to keep the bulb and what to do to the plant bloomed again.

How to care for during flowering hyacinth

Pot with a plant whose flowers have opened or are just going to, put in a sunny place. Early in the spring for this is well suited south, southeast or southwest window. If the light is a little spike begins to slope, and may break.

Protect hyacinth from drafts and heat batteries.

For irrigation use 1-2 days the supernatant water at room temperature. Fill her tray. When watering from the top of the pot, try not to fall on the bulb, leaves and flowers. Do not overdo it: in the tank formed a swamp, hyacinth may rot. Spray is not necessary.

While the leaves are still green, flower fertilize every 10 days fertilizer for flowering plants.

How to care for hyacinth after flowering

Once all the flowers fade, remove them or the whole peduncle - the stalk, where they grew up. Without this plant will give strength to the seed formation.

Leave hyacinth in the same place. watering less often, With an interval of 7-8 days.

After 1.5-2 months the leaves turn yellow - so the plant is preparing to rest. From this point watering stop.

After 1-2 weeks the aerial part dries. After that, remove the bulb from the pot.

Carefully remove the roots and scales that are easily peeled off. Cut the dried leaves are almost at the very base.

After packed in a small cardboard box and leave it for 2-3 months. Do not use plastic containers and packages: they rot the bulb.

Optimal storage temperature - 24-26 ° C, so hyacinth can be left in the apartment. Just make sure that in the container with the bulb is not exposed to direct sunlight.

How to create the conditions for wintering hyacinth

After 3-4 months of dry storage plant bulbs in a pot with soil. Use stop shop primer. A place on the bottom of expanded clay drainage layer of 1-2 cm.

Take pot size of 1-2 cm diameter larger bulbs. If you want to plant a few hyacinths in a container, make sure that they do not touch the bulbs.

Deepen plant in the ground about a third. After planting, gently pour.

To rooting is successful, leave the pot of hyacinth in a dark cool place. Optimum temperature - from +7 to +9 ° C. If you can not provide such conditions, wrap the container with a flower in a bag and place in the vegetable compartment in the refrigerator.

The formation of new roots usually takes at least three months. During this time, the plant regularly check and make sure that the land is not dried up completely.

How to wake hyacinth

Over time, there will be new to hyacinth green sprouts. When they are height 2.3 cm, insert the plant in dim light in a cool place where the temperature does not rise above +15 ° C.

During this period, resume feeding in the former regime.

After 7-10 days, put the pot in a well lighted place. Special care in preparation for the next flowering is not required. Just water the plant every few days and continue to make fertilizer. After about a month hyacinth blossom.