Primrose transplant in autumn: caring for a perennial garden flower, when can it be transferred to the ground to a different place than to feed, is it necessary to prune?

Primrose grows in temperate latitudes, you can find this plant in America, in China, in the Himalayas and on the island of Java. She likes to settle near the water, on the banks, as well as on the slopes of the mountains and meadows.

It blooms brightly, inflorescences have various forms, subdivided according to the principle of the distribution of flowers on the peduncle - tiered, umbrella, pillow-shaped and others. Their color is very diverse, from plain to multicolor. Growing primrose involves its primary planting in the ground and transplanting in the future.

Garden perennial care

When and how is it necessary?

Transplanting or planting primrose can be done in the fall. When is it better to transplant or plant a primrose? An open-air transplant is done only in the second year of the plant's life. After flowering, the primrose is considered ready for the transplant process:

To prepare the plant for transplantation, you need to water the soil a day before the event.
The plant is removed along with an earthen lump and carefully transferred to a new hole.
Carefully fill the soil with voids, slightly compact the earth near the plant.
Watered with a small amount of water.

ATTENTION: The young seedling of primrose in the open ground is rooted in the same way.

Main feature

When it comes to autumn transplanting to another place or planting in open ground, it is important to calculate so that there is enough time for the plant to root before low temperatures before planting.

In the fall, primroses require special care.:

The plant’s natural habits encourage it to build up leaf mass after a flowering period, which will be a defense during cold weather. Therefore, it is important to keep the outlet until the very end of autumn.
Watering is done moderate, keeping the soil slightly damp.
Primrose can be frost-resistant and heat-loving. Frost-resistant varieties are sheltered, specially prepared for winter time, and heat-loving varieties are stored in a cool room until spring.

Therefore, a particularly responsible part is the careful study of information about varietal qualities of primrose.

Preparation for winter

In order for the plant to survive the winter safely, it is necessary that it grows in the right soil, optimal for this species and timely fertilizer application.

The soil

Primrose prefers hygroscopic, light and loose soil. It grows best in sandy-clay areas. Mandatory attention is paid to soil drainage. Heavy clay-type soil can be loosened and made easier by enriching with sand, manure and sphagnum with perlite.

How to feed?

Leafy soil, peat and humus have a good effect on the plant. Added during transplant / landing, they give the primrose the nutrition and strength necessary for the upcoming period. They also improve the quality of the soil, making it more comfortable.
Mineral preparations are used from mid-summer to the end of September. Take the same as when caring for the home version of the plant.
Before covering the primrose for the winter, the soil is sprinkled with humus, a very small layer thickness is made, and only then the plant is planted with a shield of spruce paws or flexible branches of shrubs. In addition to the nutritional function, humus also provides an additional heat-conserving and heat-generating factor.

Do I need to trim the leaves?

Pruning foliage is not done in the autumn season. In addition to exposing the plant to a more active influence of the cold, creating a risk of death, it will also suppress the abundance of flowering and reduce the potential of the plant for development and enlargement. Dry leaves are removed only in the spring when snow melts.
If the primrose is not frost-resistant and you have to take it to the house during the winter colds, then the pruning of the leaves is carried out immediately before removing it from the ground, and the root part is sent for storage in sphagnum.

Next, you need to carry out several activities to preserve primroses in the winter:

Cleaning the flower beds. Purification from plant particles, which are potentially harmful for wintering, since under a layer of snow they can shut down and provoke putrefactive phenomena, and be a breeding ground for insect pests. That which lies dry in the fall on the surface of the soil under the snow cap will begin to get wet and rot, creating an unhealthy and potentially dangerous environment.
Loosening the soil is necessary for its aeration, which will reduce the risks of rotting and rotting.
Moderate watering.
Before covering the primrose, they spill the soil well with water.
When creating a protective layer of humus, make it so that the top of the rosette remains visible.
Shelter is covered with lapnik after the temperature drops to -10 degrees.
The cover layer should be seven to ten centimeters thick.
Instead of spruce paws, straw can be used.
It is important that the covering material is thoroughly dried.
If the winters are snowy, then they don’t shelter the lapnik, since this function is successfully performed by a snow blanket. The necessary and optimal cover thickness should be 25-70 cm.
If necessary, if the cover is thin, you can manually sprinkle primrose with snow, throwing it from other places, forming the desired thickness.

Read more about how to prepare a primrose for wintering, we told here.

How can I plant?

Seed sowing

TIP: Some of the species of primroses, for example, Akaulis and Tibetan, successfully propagate by self-sowing. The viability of their seed is extremely high. After the plant sheds seeds, they successfully take root, and in the spring many new seedlings emerge.

They grow so intensively that they can even crowd out other inhabitants from the flowerbed. You can sow such seeds in the fall, having previously prepared the soil according to all the rules so that it is light enough, loose and nutritious.

Soil for seedlings is suitable from loose deciduous soil mixed with sand in a ratio of two to one. Primrose seeds are not buried, but only slightly sprinkled with a soil layer. The second option, it is also more effective, is to wait for spring seedlings from self-sowing and transplant seedlings that have gained strength.

Other species of primrose for breeding from seed material need to be sown in winter, so that by spring seedlings are ready for planting in the ground. This is a more time consuming and time consuming process. Over time, primrose seeds tend to lose germination, so autumn sowing, to some extent, is more optimal, if you do not take into account some varietal characteristics.

Watch a video about growing primrose from seeds:

You will find even more useful information about growing primrose from seeds and its subsequent care here.

Cuttings in the ground (axillary shoot)

If the roots are weak or the outlet is presented in the singular, then this method will be just right:

The leaf is separated with a fragment of the petiole, kidney and part of the shoot.
The leaf plate is cut in half.
Next, rooting in the substrate.

Rooting of primrose cuttings occurs at a temperature of 16-18 degrees. Therefore, you need a mini greenhouse for cold nights and days. If a bud with three or four leaves appears from a kidney, this means that the plant has taken root and has taken root.

Early pinching of the upper kidney will prompt the primrose to activate the vital potential of the lateral kidneys and it will create many cuttings.

In more detail, we discussed the features and timing of planting primrose in a separate article.

When is it better to transplant?

Transplantation is done in spring or autumn, this is the most suitable time when it is better to transplant it. When growing primrose in warm regions, there is not much difference when to do it, but in a colder area it is better to transplant primrose in spring so that there is enough time to adapt the plant and forces to restart in extreme winter conditions.

Possible diseases after the procedure and their treatment

Primrose is very resistant to both infections and pests.. However, she also has her own "Achilles' heel." This vulnerability is especially pronounced in the fragile post-transplant period. This is powdery mildew, anthracnose, rot, rust. The fungus ramularia cercosporella and bacterial spotting also annoy.

Both new and old sheets are affected. From these ailments, fungicide treatment helps well. Also has the effect of spraying with Bordeaux liquid and copper chloride. Phytophthora may occur, it affects mainly young leaflets.

Reducing watering will help here. Primrose aphids, weevils, fleas, ticks, mites, slugs and nematodes harm. Helps insecticides - Spark, Ragor, Intavir.

Conclusion

Planting primrose in autumn is accompanied by some features that must be taken into account to achieve the result in the form of a strong and developed plant. Abundance and longevity of flowering also depend on compliance with the rules of autumn planting in the garden and care.