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Bulbous maintenance:
Bulbous plants, which have storage organs such as bulbs, tubers, corms or rhizomes, are easy to grow; in order to always obtain luxuriant plants and abundant blooms it is necessary to allow these plants to develop at their best. After flowering, bulbous plants develop for a few more weeks, in which in the flower-bed we will have only foliage, and few or no flowers; It is very important that in this period we continue with the supply of fertilizers, avoiding cutting the foliage when it is still lush. The photosynthesis practiced in this period by the leaves in fact leads to the storage of nutrients that will allow the plant to flower the next anus; then we cut the leaves of the bulbous plants only when they naturally begin to dry up. In this period we can also eradicate bulbous plants from the soil, to dry them and put them in the dark, so that they can then be repositioned in the garden or in the pot the following year.
Bulbous plants, grown in the ground or in pots, tend to produce small lateral bulbs from year to year; with the passage of time in the ground we will have an excessive number of plants, which, if they do not have enough space available, will tend to develop in a stunted way or to stop flowering. If we eradicate the bulbous plants and reposition them the following year, we will normally already make a selection, throwing the small cloves and keeping only the bulbs well healthy and developed. Even in flowerbeds or pots where bulbous plants are left to run wild, it is essential to work, at least every 2-3 years, so as to eradicate all bulbous plants, sizing them and developing them; and then reposition them in a more spaced way, so that they can develop ideally the following year.
