{"id":529,"date":"2021-04-04T21:35:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T21:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/?p=529"},"modified":"2021-04-04T21:35:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T21:35:51","slug":"successful-cultivation-of-sternbergias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/gardening\/flowers\/successful-cultivation-of-sternbergias\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful cultivation of sternbergias"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sternbergias are rather easy to maintain once in place, provided you follow the rules of its planting.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exposure: the sun in full face<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These bulbous plants are in the nature of plants of full light which fear neither heat nor drought in summer.&nbsp;Unlike crocuses which like the coolness, sternbergias, on the other hand, need a&nbsp;very sunny exposure&nbsp;.<br>In winter, their foliage must therefore be well lit away from the shade cast by other plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/sternbergia--768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-533\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The rule of 5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The natural growth of tufts, after many years, leads to the multiplication of bulbs, which are more numerous, but smaller and therefore less flowering.<br>Every 5 years, in summer, dig up the sternbergias, divide the root ball, immediately replant the chips in groups of 5, every 10 cm, at the same depth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The earth passed by worms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sternbergias appreciate rich, somewhat humus-bearing soil, but hate manure, even partially decomposed, or compost that is not ripe enough.<br>To encourage them, add 250 g \/ m\u00b2 of&nbsp;vermicompost or&nbsp;a composted amendment of the Brown Gold type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/sternbergia__.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-534\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The decimeter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Determine the planting depth of the sternbergias based on the soil texture.&nbsp;The base of the bulb should be 7 or 8 cm underground in clay soil (even stony) and between 10 and 12 cm in sandy soil.&nbsp;Too buried, the plant flowers poorly.<br>Also avoid&nbsp;mulching it&nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trust<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once they have found their place, sternbergias are easy-going plants, but they need time to take hold.&nbsp;Not seeing them flower for 2 years after planting is not abnormal, as long as the foliage remains healthy and abundant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sternbergias are rather easy to maintain once in place, provided you follow the rules of its planting. Exposure: the sun in full face These bulbous plants are in the nature of plants of full light which fear neither heat nor drought in summer.&nbsp;Unlike crocuses which like the coolness, sternbergias, on the other hand, need a&nbsp;very [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}