This beautiful flower is a frequent guest in many private gardens.
But only with proper care beautiful lily can be a real decoration of the flower garden.
Features of spring care
As soon as there is snow in the flowerbeds, it is necessary to start bringing order to it.
But to do this in the area where lilies grow, you need to be very careful.
The first warm days, warming the soil even by a few centimeters, wake up lily sprouts.
Perhaps they have already made their way to the surface, and you can accidentally damage them.
If the lilies were sheltered for the winter, you need to remove the shelter from them as soon as possible.
Depending on the variety, they begin to germinate from the beginning of April. Even under cover, the first shoots sometimes break through. Therefore, the site should be urgently released from the shelter to the soil warmed up faster.
IMPORTANT! If you do not take shelter in time, the sprouts under it will be too pampered and pale, and subsequently they will be burned by the bright spring sun.The sprout may even burn completely, and you will not get a flower out of it this season.
If a take off the shelter on time you did not have time and under it sprouts appeared, leave a small layer of leaves or straw on them. Such reception will allow sprouts get used to the bright rays, and they will not burn.
After taking shelter the land around the lilies is desirable to slightly burst. The bulbs will get enough moisture and air. Loosening is carried out with small rake and very shallow, so as not to touch the tender shoots.
IMPORTANT! Loosening is best done when all the shoots appear.If you carelessly break off the escape of a lily, it will not grow.
Be careful when removing weeds in the area with lilies. They most often appear earlier than flower sprouts, and their removal too vigorously can damage the shoots of lilies. And if at the same time to touch the bulb, then it will remain in a dormant state, or start the formation of children. Then this season the flower on the bulbs will not.
Spring dressing
Without it, can not do.
Lily - one of the most demanding on nutrient colors.
Only in case sufficient the number of trace elements in the soil of its flowers will be bright, and most importantly large and numerous.
The development of the bulb in the spring-summer season occurs very quickly.
In a short time, lilies need to grow foliage and form buds.
It is unlikely that she has enough strength for this without additional power.
Therefore, the first feeding of the plant is carried out in early spring.
But only this should be done when the roots are able to absorb the microelements.
It is necessary to wait for the soil to warm up by no less than 7-8 degrees. This usually happens in late April - early May. The exact time is determined by the height of the shoots, they should be at least 10 cm in length. If you conduct the dressing earlier, the onion will not receive nutrition. All substances go nowhere with melt water.
IMPORTANT! Do not overfeed lily bulbs.If the soil in which they are grown fresh, there is enough humus in it, then it is better not to carry out spring dressing, as it can have a depressant effect on the plant.
Feed composition
How to feed the lilies in the spring so that they grow well? First fertilizing it is advisable to make ammonium nitrate, since the purpose of feeding in this period is the rapid growth of green mass. Nitrogen just helps the plant in this. On one square meter of landings is brought 15-20 grams.
In addition to saltpeter for feeding will fit nitroammofosk or solution of mullein (1:10). Good effect on the health of lilies watering a solution of ash - a glass of 10 liters. You can sprinkle the area well rotted humus.
Biohumus is useful for the growth of lilies, which can be purchased in retail chains. This product of the vital activity of Californian worms is introduced into the soil at the rate of one to four, with a focus on the volume of the soil.
ATTENTION! Do not use fresh manure for dressing, the bulbs will rot in this case.
When the sprouts grow to 25 cm, calcium nitrate is supplemented. Substances contained in it will strengthen the stems, and the lilies will be stable and not bent from the wind and rain.
Spring planting rules
Lily is quite possible plant out in the ground not in autumn, but in spring.
The advantage of spring planting is that during the winter the flowers will surely stay alive and not freeze.
Planting lilies in the spring in the ground creates favorable conditions for the formation of roots and rooting.
Spring planting is recommended especially for late flowering varieties.
Disadvantage Spring planting is the rapid growth of the bulbs even before planting. Planting such specimens should be done as quickly as possible, until the shoots on the bulbs have stretched. If you bought the bulbs, and the length of the sprouts has already reached 15 cm, they should be planted slightly tilted so that only the tip protrudes from the ground. The stalk will then straighten itself.
ATTENTION! Spring planting is not recommended for Snow White, Canadian, Shovitz, Kudrevataya lilies. These varieties do not take root well in the spring, so an autumn planting is recommended for them.
Before planting, hold the bulbs for 30 minutes in a weak solution of potassium permanganate or any special preparation.
A place for lilies, you need to choose such that their stem was in the sun, and the roots shaded. Planting depth is three onion diameters, but must be at least 8 cm.
How to plant lilies in spring with bulbs is shown in the video below:
Bulb Transplant Rules
Now consider how to transplant lilies in the spring. If the bulbs acquired or dug out in the fall began to lose elasticity or sprouts appeared on them and the landing time did not come, you need to land them in a container.
This way you save the quality of the bulb.
Fill the container or any container a mixture of peat and garden land and plant an onion in it.
It is advisable to use such dishes, which can be cut when planting bulbs.
TIP! Peat pots can be used for seedlings.So you do not damage the bulb when landing it in the ground.
Also convenient are dairy products boxes, which are easily cut, and at the same time lumps of earth are saved.
Before removing the bulb from the container, the soil in it must be slightly moistened. Lilia is carefully removed along with a clod of earth and placed in open ground. This should be done with the utmost care not to damage the roots.
IMPORTANT! If during the transplanting lilies in the spring to damage the roots of the bulb, the flower may not settle down and die.
If during planting you need to deepen the lower part of the leaves, then they must be removed from the stem, so that they do not start to rot.
The process of caring for lilies in the spring - responsible moment. Conducting it according to the rules will contribute to the active growth and lush blooming of beautiful lilies on your site.
