How to care for narcissus after blooming
Let me share some experience about the bulbous flower narcissus. How to care for narcissus after blooming? Let's discuss this in detail.
Narcissus is a relatively traditional Spring Festival flower. The cultivation methods of narcissus are mostly hydroponic, and some flower enthusiasts grow them in soil. How to care for narcissus after blooming in hydroponics? There is actually a misunderstanding here. This article will briefly analyze it. Firstly, for hydroponic flowers, if non-proficient flower enthusiasts do not want to advance to experimental levels, there is no need to continue growing them. Whether it's Zhangzhou narcissus, hyacinth, or foreign narcissus, they are mostly grown for one season, bloom, and then if you want to continue watching the leaves, you can keep them. If you don't want to grow them anymore, throw them away.
However, the above is the author's own idea. Some flower enthusiasts insist on continuing to care for narcissus after blooming. Narcissus is a perennial plant that propagates through bulbs. If bulbs that have bloomed are buried in the soil, they can continue to grow and reproduce. Choose a sunny, windward garden plot or nursery with deep soil layers, dig into ridges after deep plowing and leveling, make ditches on the ridges, and bury the bulbs that have bloomed, leaving the leaves naturally. After a month, when the leaves wither and enter dormancy, dig up the bulbs, cut off the fibrous roots, and trim the withered leaves at the base, then rebury the bulbs at a depth of 10 centimeters, applying decomposed cake fertilizer or human waste urine, then level the soil. Do not take shortcuts by simply burying them in a flowerpot, as the bulbs have to spend the long spring, summer, and autumn seasons in the soil. Especially in summer and autumn, with high temperatures and heat, if the bulbs are buried without leaves and forgotten to be watered and fertilized, they may die from drought.
After handling the bulbs, the subsequent work is the daily maintenance. Usually, just pay attention to providing the garden with sufficient nutrients while keeping the soil moist but not waterlogged, and the bulbs will grow naturally. By November or December, dig up the bulbs again, and you will find that the old bulbs have rotted and become empty, but many bulbs of various sizes have propagated around them. Select the bulbs with many large buds, wash off the soil, remove the brown outer skin, then expose them to the sun for a few hours. Make a "十字" (cross) shaped incision on the top of the bulb without damaging the inner bud eyes to promote the growth of buds and leaves. Soak them in clean water for 24 hours to wash off the sticky liquid flowing from the incision, and then proceed with normal hydroponics. Generally, within three days, white fibrous roots will grow from the bottom of the bulb, and the bud eyes on top will gradually sprout leaves. For smaller bulbs that will not bloom this year, let them grow in the soil for another year. After they become strong the following year, dig them up for hydroponics.
Note: Often, even if moved to the soil, it is not easy for them to bloom the second year because bulbous flowers mainly rely on the nutrients in the bulbs, which will shrink. After all, flower enthusiasts are not professionals. However, this does not mean it cannot be successful.新手 (novice) flower enthusiasts can simply throw them away if they find it troublesome and buy new ones for a few dollars next year. If you want to advance, you can try it. The joy of growing flowers lies in the process.
The above is a comprehensive explanation of how to care for narcissus after blooming. I hope it helps you.