Lilies are one of the most spectacular flowers grown in summer cottages. Despite their external "tenderness", these plants are quite hardy and not too whimsical to care for. Growing them is not at all difficult even for a novice gardener. So how to plant lilies?
Bulbs can be pre-germinated, but you can do without it. Lilies are planted both in spring and autumn. Both of these methods have their advantages and disadvantages. Lilies planted in spring bloom faster and give more shoots. However, during this period of time, the roots of the onions are thin and tender. Therefore, it is practically impossible to transport and land planting material in the garden without damaging it. And in this case, the plant may not bloom at all.
Autumn planting of lilies lacks this flaw. The plant tolerates frosts quite easily. Planting lilies can begin in the second decade of August or in September. The depth of the fossa depends on the size of the bulb. In order to determine it, it is necessary to multiply the diameter of the planting material by three. Usually it is 10 - 15 cm. As an unpretentious plant, lily is not too demanding on the composition of the soil. However, it is better to add sand to the bed: on loose soils, you can get more abundant flowering.
How to plant lilies - in the shade or in the sun - largely depends on the desire of the owner and the availability of free space. Flowers will grow well in both cases.
However, in sunny places, the buds are larger. In addition, when grown with sufficient lighting, the flowers seem to collect mother of pearl and look more spectacular.
Delicate sprouts of lilies need protection from the sun, as they can burn out. Therefore, during spring planting, it is better to choose more shady places. In addition, you can simply lay the overgrown stem horizontally and dig it into the ground. True, flowering in the same year is unlikely to be achieved, but the next lily will give a lot of buds.
Some owners of summer cottages are interested in how to plant lilies to get a thick “bump” from short plants. To do this, when planting the bulb just need to be put on its side. In this case, the escape will not go up, but to the side.
If you want to grow tall flowers with large buds, planting is carried out in the usual way, that is, the bottom of the bulb is pressed into the next layer of soil.
These flowers are very well tolerated. However, from time to time it is still necessary to thin out the bed. Lilies, a transplant in the fall of which is also considered desirable, are gently dug up and, having cut the stem to a height of about 4-5 cm, they are transferred to a new place. In this case, the hole is made of the same depth as usual, that is, 10-15 cm. After planting or transplanting, the plant requires abundant watering. Excess moisture lilies do not tolerate. Therefore, in the future they need to be watered only in dry periods.
Lily weeds are not too afraid. The only problem may arise with the so-called birch (field bindweed). Plucking it from thick, well-leafy stems is quite difficult. Experienced gardeners recommend blooming lilies to cut not too close to the ground. If you leave a rather long stem on the bulb, it will grow larger.
So, how to plant lilies, you now know, and growing them on your site is not difficult for you. These chic plants can become a real decoration of the yard, garden or vegetable garden.