Vegetative reproduction: hyacinth and its 'children'

Hyacinth is called the flower of love, happiness and mild sadness. The name of the flower in Greek means "flower of rains", with it is associated the Greek legend about the pet of the god Apollo - a young man named Hyacinth. According to legend, Apollo and Hyacinth participated in the sports competition, and when Apollo metal heavy disk, he accidentally touched nearby standing Hyacinth. In the place where the blood of the deceased youth fell, wonderful red and violet flowers grew.

Let us consider in more detail what kind of flower is hyacinth, and how its reproduction takes place. Hyacinth is from North America, South Europe, Asia. It refers to perennial onion plants of the family of lily plants . The plant can reach 20 cm in height. Flowers with curved blades, bell-shaped, collected in the inflorescence. Interestingly, this plant reproduces. Hyacinth reproduces vegetatively - "babies" are formed near the base of the mother bulb. It happens quite slowly. In an adult bulb a year, an average of 3-4 "babies" are formed. Gardeners complain that the most beautiful and bright varieties formed a little onions for the season.

The question of how to multiply hyacinth, excites many gardeners. There is artificial reproduction - a plant with this method will give more daughter bulbs. Artificial variants include: excision of the abdomen, annular and cruciform incisions, division of the bulbs into parts. There is also a method used in the laboratory - this is a method of tissue culture. Consider the two most common methods.

What do experienced gardeners do to accelerate reproduction? Hyacinth (bulb) is prepared by incision method. This procedure is carried out from the beginning to the middle of July. To do this, take healthy adult bulbs with a diameter of about 6 cm. They are washed in running water and treated for about ten minutes in a solution of manganese (1%) and a weak solution of fufanone, then dried for two days (at a temperature of 23 ° C). A sharp clean knife is made on the bottom of the bulb, the incision is criss-crossed, while the central kidney with the flower arrow must remain untouched on the bottom. Put processed bulbs in one layer (you can use mesh boxes) and sprinkle with chopped charcoal. Boxes are transferred to a dark room, where the air humidity is up to 75%, and the temperature is up to 30 ° C. On hot days bulbs are sprinkled with warm water. By the end of September, mother bulbs form many small "babies." But the hyacinths are just beginning to multiply.

Let us now consider how the process of planting "children" with mother bulbs occurs. This happens in early October. Adult bulbs with "children" are planted up by the Don on the beds with sandy loose soil, the depth of the holes should be about 8 cm. Do not plant the bulbs close to each other. In June of the next year, the "children" are separated from the mother bulbs, disinfected, sorted and planted again with the beginning of autumn. Only after two, and sometimes three years, young hyacinths please their bright colors.

"Surgical intervention" in the bulb, can carry a viral disease, it will reduce the chance to get a beautiful and healthy hyacinth.

How the plant multiplies in a safer way, we will consider in the second variant. It almost does not differ from the first method. The bulbs are also disinfected, then, without any cuts, they are stacked in boxes with the donkey up. Keep them at a temperature of up to 37 degrees. This temperature stimulates the appearance of new bulbs. Periodically they need to be treated with warm water. The bulbs are planted in the same way as in the first method.

Growing in the soil hyacinths need fertilizing. They are carried out with the emergence of shoots, with the formation of buds and after flowering. Bulbs are excavated after the leaves die. It is necessary to carefully separate the baby, disinfect and dry the bulbs. Keep them in the attic or in another dry dark place at a temperature of up to 28 degrees.