With these care tips you can enjoy your spring flower bulbs even longer. With good care you can keep your garden, border or flower pots colorful and cozy all spring long. The better you care for the bulbs, the more they will do their best for you.
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Tips! Caring for spring flower bulbs in pots
There is nothing as cozy and fun as an outdoor table or dining table full of spring flower bulbs in a pot. Like blue grapes or tulips for example. With the care tips below, you can be sure that the bulbs will remain healthy and will continue to bloom long and colorfully.
- Do not give the bulbs extra food. Good quality soil is sufficient. Spring flower bulbs carry everything they need in the bulb.
- Properly caring for spring bulbs so that you enjoy them for a long time also means that you need to water them regularly. Up to twice a week is sufficient. It is important that the soil is neither too dry nor too wet. When you stick your finger in the pot, a little bit of soil may remain on it. The potting soil is then slightly moist.
- Do you want to place the bulbs in pots on the dining table or somewhere else in the house? Then make sure that they are not too close to the fruit bowl. This certainly applies to tulips. Fruit, especially if left for a while, can secrete a type of gas that the flowers of spring bulbs are not very resistant to. Fruit and bulbs do not go together.
- You can also place spring bulbs in pots on the terrace. Make sure that you bring them indoors for a while in extremely cold temperatures or put them in a sheltered place. Light frost down to -2 is no problem. Will the mercury continue to drop? Then bring them in.
- Provide a bright spot that, weather permitting, is visited by the morning or evening sun. The warmth and light stimulate the growth of the spring flower bulbs.
Additional tip! Do you love hyacinths in a pot or in the garden? Then you have to water more often. Hyacinths can be quite thirsty. Check regularly that the soil has not dried out. This can hinder growth. It is also wise to turn flower pots a quarter turn once a week. This prevents the bulb from growing crooked or to one side.
Tips! Caring for flower bulbs when they have finished blooming
- The growth and flowering of spring flower bulbs comes to an end in mid-May. If you want to enjoy colorful pots or a cozy border again next year, it is important to read the care tips below for spring bulbs that have finished blooming.
- When the bulbs have almost finished blooming, it is important to remove the wilted leaves. You want the bulb to store all its energy for next year.
- You can leave the green parts of the plant until they turn yellow. The leaves still contain a lot of energy and nutrients. Spring flower bulbs store these in their bulbs so that they can shine in full glory in your garden next year.
- Remove the spring bulbs from the ground when the entire plant has died. They have then been able to store enough reserves for next year. Remove excess soil and store the spring bulbs in a dry place that does not exceed room temperature. You can also leave spring flower bulbs in the ground if you wish.
Additional tip! Sort the bulbs when you remove them from the ground. For example, by color and type. This way you know exactly which bulbs you want to plant where next year. Would you like to use it next year? lasagna planting? Then sort them by the flowering period.
