How daffodils breed

Narcissus belongs to the bulbous representatives that attract attention due to the amazing flowering process, as well as the wonderful bright aroma. If you want to have additional new varieties of daffodils in your flower bed next to other representatives of flower crops, you should not rush to specialized shops with the theme of a garden and a garden in order to purchase a couple of daffodil bulbs. You can personally breed this plant using planting material.

Briefly about daffodils

At the moment, many varieties of this representative of the flower culture are known, which differ in the requirements and preferences for the conditions of further growth, shapes, color palettes and bud sizes. Buds are found both double in texture and ordinary, large or small, directly growing and with the effect of drooping to the soil. The color palette of buds is varied, they can be pinkish, snow-white, greenish, yellowish, rare specimens are black.

They are bred vegetatively, using small planting material, seeds or the method of dividing the bush. With the help of seeds, no one propagates daffodils anymore, except for specialists in the field of selection, they get new varieties of this flower. The breeding process is extremely simple, even a beginner in gardening can apply the knowledge gained. Remember that the land must be well-drained, fertile, the site must have enough sunlight and free from cold and strong winds.

How to choose the right planting material for daffodils?

In the absence of varieties of this plant in your summer cottage or suburban area and the need to buy planting material for daffodils, you should take a careful look at it during the acquisition. If the planting material is soft and it is easy to press on it, thereby pushing the hole, then feel free to put the bulb aside and look further.

Pay attention to the bottom of the planting material, it should be tender, dense and smooth. In no case should you purchase planting material with defects and signs of damage from various parasites and diseases. With the correct selection of planting material, do not worry about disrupting the growth and flowering process.

Gardeners do not recommend buying planting material:

- in the spring.

- bulbs with stems, root systems, inflorescences, at the time of flowering of the daffodil or at its completion.

- bulbs with prominent sprouts.

- bulbs with a huge number of small bulbs located throughout the large planting material.

- following the onset of established frosts and freezing of the earth.

Seed breeding of daffodils

This method is suitable for those who wish to try the independent cultivation of an unusual variety of flower culture, since when breeding using the seed method, from the very beginning the characteristics of this variety have not been preserved. This method is extremely effective, since you will still grow a new plant.

Experienced gardeners say that good seeds are those that have been harvested from day to day. It is advisable to collect this planting material for daffodils in the summer season or from the middle of the autumn season, when the weather is constant for that time.

You need to sow seeds in the soil using any container.The option of sowing in greenhouses and greenhouses is possible. The planting should not be too dense, the space between the plants should be about ten centimeters. With close enough sowing, the growth process will slow down, and after some time the plant will lose its magical appearance.

Having planted the planting material in the ground, the containers with them must be rearranged into a partially shaded, not warm space. During the winter season, care must be taken that the temperature does not drop too low, as the seedlings can easily die.

After a few years, you can check what came of all this, since by that time the bulbs will have time to form, and then plant them on a permanent site in open soil. In the case of the variant in which the planting material does not have enough territory, and it did not have time to form, change the place of its growth, pick up any larger container.

Do not forget that these plants, in the case of using the seed propagation method, need shelter from direct sunlight. For two to three years, when the planting material is formed in the form of a bulb from seeds, make sure that a dry crust does not appear on the soil. Preference should be given to chernozems and loamy lands.

At the moment, gardeners consider the reproduction of these plants by the seed method to be very effective, varieties with small flowers grow in about three years, large ones take more time, about seven years. Summing up, we can say with absolute certainty that this method is extremely simple, but time-consuming and nerve-consuming, but the most important thing is to get a new plant.

Breeding daffodils by dividing the bush

Immediately after the flowering of daffodils, the acquisition of yellow foliage, it is worth starting to breed the plant by dividing the shrub. This breeding method is the main, highly effective and the most popular one according to a survey of gardeners. In comparison with the method of propagation with the help of seeds, this is much faster.

If you want to preserve all the properties of the plant without losing them, then this method is ideal for you. When removing a daffodil shrub, divide it into several different bulbs. Plant the large bulbs immediately in the previously prepared area. Thanks to this method, it is not necessary to dry and clean the planting material. It is necessary to plant in the same way as in a normal planting, do not change the depth. After placing the planting material in the planting holes, cover the root system with garden soil, moisten it and wait for the water to be absorbed. After that, add more earth and tamp it well.

It is advised to moisten the soil in a timely manner before the onset of the rainy season. Remember the weed removal procedure, weeding. In the spring season, when there is no trace of the cold temperature, the daffodil begins the flowering process. The plant can now be left to grow in one place for two to three years.

Breeding daffodils using small planting material

Breeding daffodils using large planting material has been described above, but what to do with small planting material? In fact, you have already planted the plant, however leftover bulbs can also be used. This method is not known and gardeners use it extremely rarely, since it is time consuming and nerve-consuming, but it is simple and effective.

It is worth planting daughter bulbs immediately after you remove them from the soil. When deciding to transport bulbs, for example, to the market, it is advised to arrange preventive maintenance and dry the planting material. You need to plant such bulbs in planting holes or lines, do not be mistaken in the varieties. The space between the plants should be about twenty centimeters.

Moisten the planting holes in advance, place the planting material in them and fill in the garden soil, tamp it. Then moisten the soil again and add garden soil.