Who are tulips generally given to, are they toxic indoors, and how do you plant the seeds?
Tulips are also known as foreign lotus, grass musk, tulip fragrance, and Dutch flower, with a blooming period of April-May. They are the national flower of Turkey, the Netherlands, Hungary and other countries.So who are tulips generally given to? Can they be placed indoors? Are they toxic? How do you plant the seeds? According to Liliaceae information, tulips are toxic. The flowers of tulips contain toxic alkaloids, and this toxic alkaloid will not immediately cause any harm to the human body, but if you stay next to tulips for a long time, it will make people feel dizzy, and in severe cases it can lead to poisoning; a very obvious phenomenon of contacting tulips is that it causes hair loss, so do not come into contact with tulips for a long time, or in severe cases it can cause baldness.
Who are tulips generally given to?
The flower language of tulips is confession of love, wealth and good fortune, and sincere affection. Tulips come in many colors, and each color has a different meaning.
Red tulips: confession of love, the voice of a formal courtship, joy, and passionate love.
Yellow tulips: nobility, treasuring, and apology.
Purple tulips: endless love, beloved, and love that will never fade.
Pink tulips: passionate love and happiness.
White tulips: pure affection and purity.
Different colors have different meanings, so they can be given to different people:
1. Giving to a lover or sweetheart
When giving to a lover, you can use the three colors purple, red, and white. Red is a confession of love, expressing I love you; purple represents endless love, expressing loyalty to one's lover; white represents purity, representing pure love. How to grow them, aren't these several colors all full of love? Don't always give roses, try a new variation.
2. Giving to friends
To give tulips to friends, you can give pink and yellow ones. These two color series of tulips both carry the meaning of friendship, and are quite suitable for giving to friends.
3. Also for congratulating happy occasions
If it is on such an occasion, you can give golden tulips, taking the meaning of a golden tulip (jade) happy marriage.
Can tulips generally be placed indoors?
Although tulip flowers are extremely beautiful, shaped like wine glasses, colorful, and also beautiful and elegant in flower form, never plant tulips indoors or in a classroom, because the toxic alkaloids contained in tulip flowers will be released into the air, causing harm to family members or students, resulting in dizziness or hair loss. This is very serious, so be sure to pay attention!
How do you plant tulip seeds?
The seed propagation of tulips is mostly used for cultivating new varieties. The seeds are harvested before the capsules mature and split open, stored in sand until October, and then sown indoors in pots. Keep them moist, and they will only sprout in the spring of the following year. They bloom in about 3-4 years.
1. Do not forget to disinfect the bulbs before planting. Formalin or carbendazim solution will both work. Soak the bulbs in the disinfecting solution for about 30 minutes. In addition, as needed, you can also drip in a few drops of gibberellic acid, which can promote bulb sprouting.
2. Tulip bulbs have a layer of gray-brown skin on the outside. Generally, peeling off the skin before planting can increase the speed of sprouting and rooting, which is good for growth.
3. The substrate soil used for cultivation can be appropriately mixed with some slow-release compound fertilizer as a base fertilizer. If there is no substrate soil, sandy soil will also do. The soil is required to be fertile and to have good water permeability and air permeability.
4. Before planting, first place some base soil in the flowerpot, then put in the bulb. Place the bulb in the center, upright. The planting depth is generally 1.5 times the size of the bulb. Decide how many to plant in one pot according to the size of the flowerpot. Generally, a 20cm pot can plant 3 plants in a triangular arrangement.
5. When filling with soil, press appropriately around the flowerpot with your fingers, which can better fix the bulb. Do not press the center where the bulb is, otherwise it is easy to damage it. After pressing, just fill and level it loosely. Generally, water thoroughly once immediately after planting, and afterward keep the soil moist until sprouting.