How to Grow Ranunculus from Corms - Cut Flower Gardening

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Ranunculus flowers are wondeful cut flowers. Growing ranunculus can be difficult though. Growing ranunculus corms is cost effective. I hope this video helps!

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If you live in one of those climates with awesome weather that’s totally conducive to growing ranunculus, this post probably isn’t for you – but, please do feel free to stick around and enjoy the pictures. Seriously, there’s going to be a lot of pictures. If you live somewhere like me, with a climate that gets fairly cold in the winter and heats up fast in the spring – I hope this helps!

I’ll be the first to admit that before I started growing flowers, I’d never even heard of most of them – ranunculus included. However, for ranunculus and I, it was love at first sight! I knew I had to grow them!

“The first year that I grew a small cutting patch, I knew that ranunculus had to be a part of the garden. Taking heed of everything I had read, I started my corms indoors and planted them out as soon as my soil could be worked. By June, my tiny plants were blooming. However, not only was it HOT, the plants also didn’t have sufficient growth time. This resulted in teeny tiny blooms that were only about an inch across. It was a success, but also a total bummer.” (This is from my previous post, still relevant).

“As soon as I get my corms, I soak them for around 4 hours in water. I’ve seen sites suggest 24 hours, but honestly, I think that may be only for folks who like to live dangerously. I read in a forum long ago somewhere, that aerating the water whilst soaking will help “wake up” your corms. I really don’t know if this is true or not, but since I have my compost tea bubbler laying around, I always do it. (update: I didn’t do it last year, and it didn’t seem to make a difference). Soaking for too long will result in a rotten mushy mess, so I always make sure not to forget about them! When re-hydrated, they’re ready for the dirt. I pop each of the little “octopus” corms into their own cubbie hole in my plant trays, water them lightly, and then put them outside. Mostly likely, I could plant directly into the ground, but I do like the amount of control that the trays give me. Corms seem to sprout best when the day time temperature is between 60-70F and the night time temperatures are around 40-50F. For me, that happens around the first week of October. As long as trays aren’t too wet, I usually don’t run into much of an issue with rot.” (Also still applicable, lol). Did I mention to plant with the “tentacles” pointing down?

“Once the corms have sprouted, I don’t leave them in the tray for long. As you can imagine of something that tolerates freezing cold soil, the roots of this plant are extremely robust. The plants are put into weed barrier fabric in the hoophouse and continue growing until the really cold weather hits. It isn’t until the temperatures drop into the 20s or so, that I close the hoophouse and break out the frost blankets. Even on cold days, the hoophouse can warm substantially, and you may or may not occasionally find me just sitting in there in a chair soaking up some much needed sunshine.” (Still true!)