Bulbs
"Try scaling lilies and fritillaries, you will be suprised how easy it is and the results are usually excellent"
Bulbs, have many different propagation methods, all of which are suited to different types. But don't worry too much, here, about which propagation method is the best.
Remember that full propagation details are given in the individual plant propagation pages of this website.
They naturally reproduce by division and it is the only propagation method for some types, which are detailed below.
Bulbets are small offsets that grow from the parent below ground. These can simply be carefully pulled off and grown on. A quite simple method of increasing your garden ( yard ) plant stock for free!
You can propagate Hyacinth, Iris and lilies using this method.
Bulbils are very similar to bulbets, except that they grow above ground in the leaf axis or at the top of a flower stem, depending on the type of plant.
They can be carefully pulled off and grown on.
Try propagating Allium and lilies with this easy method.
Scaling is best suited to fresh bulbs which are normally available in October.
All you have to do is simply remove the scales, place them in a plastic bag mixed with vermiculite and some fungicide to prevent fungal attack, and leave in a warm place. After about twelve to fourteen weeks bulbets will start to grow from the scales.
Try scaling lilies and fritillaries, you will be suprised how easy it is and the results are usually excellent.
Chipping, no, it's nothing to do with the local chippie, is similar to scaling.
Suitable bulbs are carefully cut into sections, soaked in a fungicide to prevent fungal attack and placed into a plastic bag with vermiculite. Left in a warm place bulbets will have formed after about twelve to fourteen weeks.
The chipping method of propagation is ideally suited to Allium, Daffodil and Galanthus, so why not give it a try?
Scooping is a propagation method ideally suited to hyacinth.
This method is best tried after you have had some experience of propagating.
Although not really difficult it can be a bit tricky to get it right the first time.
The trick is to cut away the whole of the bulb base plate. Do this in autumn. Sharpen the edge of a teaspoon and use this to cut away the base plate.
After scooping place the cut away bases in trays of coarse horticultural grade sand, base plate uppermost, and leave in a warm dark place. After about three months, bulbets will have grown on the scooped out base plate. Simply grow on the bulbets when they are large enough to handle.
Scoring is a another propagating method ideally suited to hyacinth where two or three deep cuts across the bulb base plate are made. They are then placed in a pot with compost and coarse horticultural grade sand.
After about a year, yes it doe's take that long, bulbets will have appeared along the cuts made in the bulb base plate. When these bulbets are large enough to handle carefully remove and grow on.
So now you know how to propagate bulbs your plant propagating methods have increased yet again, giving you more plants free for life!
Think of all the garden plants you can propagate and all those lovely flowers you can enjoy.
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