How to propagate new bulbs of hyacinth
Last Update :2024.04.19
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If hyacinth wants to propagate new bulbs, it can be propagated by dividing bulbs and sowing seeds. To divide the bulbs, wait until the small bulbs are separated in June. Dig them out from the soil. Cut the bulbs with cross incisions from bottom to top. Spray the incisions with chemicals and expose them to the sun. Prepare fertile and loose sandy soil. Plant the bulbs into the soil. To sow, you must first select good seeds, prepare soil with good drainage, and sow in late autumn.
1. Split-ball propagation
1. Bulb propagation
1. Prepare bulbs: The success rate of hyacinth propagation of new bulbs is not high, and the operation is troublesome and not easy to operate. Around June every year, the bulbs under the hyacinth will branch off into one or two small bulbs. These can be used to propagate new bulbs, and the separated bulbs can be dug out slowly from the soil.
2. Handle the bulbs: Prepare a sharp knife, cut a cross incision on the bulb from bottom to top, spray the incision with chemicals, which can disinfect and sterilize, and then expose it to the sun.
3. Preparation: Prepare fertile and loose The soil, preferably sandy soil, can have good air permeability and drainage, and the temperature should be controlled at about 20 degrees Celsius.
4. Cultivation and propagation: Plant the bulbs in the soil, keep them exposed to sunlight, and wait for the cultivation of new bulbs.
2. Sowing and reproduction
1. Prepare seeds: Select high-quality seeds that look plump, substantial, and not shriveled with diseases or insect pests. Such seeds have a higher survival and germination rate.
2. Prepare the soil: Prepare suitable soil, which can be prepared with leaf humus, plant ash, and river sand. This sandy soil with good drainage can promote germination.
3. Sowing and cultivation: Sow seeds at the end of autumn every year, spray water appropriately to keep them slightly moist, then spread the seeds evenly and wait for the seeds to germinate and grow.
2. Sowing and propagation
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