Lilies in winter

Species and varieties of lilies, differing in biological properties, with forcing in the greenhouse blossom at different times. In accordance with this distinguish lilies suitable for early forcing( in November and January) - Daurian, umbrella, Vilmotti, coral, Slender, Thunberg, Ruby, Inchantment, Destin, Joan Evans and for the late( April-May)Other tubular lilies, close in quality to this species.

Some lilies( long-flowered, molded, Filipino) are able to give flowering plants throughout the year.

Soil mixture for forcing lilies is prepared from good turf ground with an admixture of leaf and greenhouse humus and coarse sand. At the bottom put drainage from broken shards or pieces of bricks. The bulbs are placed in the middle of the. green and covered with earth. During the rooting of the bulbs, they are kept for two to three months at a temperature of 4-6 ° and moderately watered. When the shoots appear above the ground, the temperature is gradually increased to 18-20 ° and intensifies watering. From the beginning of the forcing, that is, entering the warm room, before the beginning of flowering, depending on the type of lily, runs from 45 to 180 days. Usually, lilies blossoming early in the open ground( Dahurian, umbrella, hybrids of Fialkova, Vilmotti, etc.), earlier blossom and in the conditions of a greenhouse. Flowers can be obtained by the new year. Pots with bulbs planted in September are brought into the greenhouse at the end of October. In January they blossom. For March flowering is started in January.

White tubular lilies( regales and its hybrids) bloom in greenhouse conditions only in April-May, since from the beginning of distillation to flowering there passes 100- L20 days.

To receive flowering regalia lilies in November-December, use the so-called "delayed" pasture;Bulbs stored at a reduced temperature( about 0 °), in late July - early August, planted in jars, boxes or the soil of a greenhouse. Using additional electrodeposition, flowering lilies are obtained in late autumn or early winter.

One of the most spectacular and long-lasting blossoms in the forcing is the long-flowered lily, which has pure-white fragrant flowers and is very abundantly blooming.

Flowering plants of lilies in autumn and winter can be obtained and at home, following the above-described temperature regimes. For distillation use the lightest windows,

In the greenhouse, in addition to growing and distilling perennial floral plants in winter or early spring, you can get blooming annuals and biennials: sweet peas, marigolds( tagetes), asters, clove Shabo, viola, Turkish carnations.

So, flowering plants of annual asters can be obtained at different times depending on the sowing period. Usually from sowing to flowering passes 115-150 days. When October sowing flowering begins in late February - early March. Sowing in mid-December gives flowering plants by mid-April. To have blooming aster to the new year, the crop is produced in August.

During the germination of seeds in the greenhouse, the temperature is maintained at 15-20 °, during the period of growth and flowering - 15-17 °.Short-term temperature drops are not dangerous, and long-term ones significantly delay the flowering period.

Sweet peas and marigolds during the sowing of seeds in January bloom in March.

Carnation Shabo, introduced in the conservatory in autumn with buds, continues flowering until December, then, after the winter break, again blooms in March.

Seedlings, dug up and planted in a greenhouse in late autumn, gives flowering plants in February-March. Flowering is abundant and occurs earlier under condition of artificial illumination.

Not only annuals, but also ordinary ground perennials - peonies, phloxes, delphiniums, irises and others - can be used for distillation in greenhouses. For this purpose, perennial bushes are excavated from the soil in late autumn with a clod of earth and are introduced into a cold conservatory or cellar, where they keep until January. In January, they make a warm greenhouse and begin to run out. Flowering occurs in March - April.

Blooming peonies can be obtained in winter from January. In the success of this case, it is important to carry the plants from the ground to the greenhouse - not before November 15.Under additional illumination peonies bloom after 60-70 days.