Flower Bulbs

• Flower Bulbs karin Posted : 3/4/2006 10:07:50 PM I recieved a potted hyacinth recently. After the flower dies I would like to save the bulb and plant it outside next fall, so it will bloom again each spring. After the flower dies, should I cut the stem off, or put the plant somewhere cool and let the stem shrink and dry, before removing it? LIKE 7 REPLIES 476 VIEWS LAST POST KARIN Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• magilacudy Posted : 3/5/2006 7:14:00 AM Let it dry out first.[] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• karin Posted : 3/5/2006 9:18:49 AM Thanks Sara! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• magilacudy Posted : 3/5/2006 9:19:58 AM No problem. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• spiritdogs Posted : 3/5/2006 10:41:39 AM Be careful - I don't know about hyacinths, but if your dog is a digger, some bulb type plants are poisonous.  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• danehaven Posted : 3/5/2006 10:57:21 AM Most bulbs that are sold as already flowering plants are usually forced. They won't always flower again. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• magilacudy Posted : 3/5/2006 11:23:32 AM I looked in my plant book on Hyacinth. Heres what it says:   Hyacinths are ideal for planting indoors. Plant in a shallow insulated pot in fall, leave outside for ten weeks, and bring inside for winter bloom.   For Fall: Buy and plant bulbs. If your area experiences cold winters, plant early in the season so the bulbs have a chance to grow roots. the hotter the climate that later you plant, so in warm areas, store bulbs in a cold place until you want to plant in late fall.   For spring: Fertilize with a lquid plant food just before they bloom to encourage the largest flowers next year.   late spring: remove spent flower spikes before they wilt and continue watering yellowing foliage. Do not cut ripening foliage orbulb may not flower the following year.   Hope this helps 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• karin Posted : 3/5/2006 3:04:52 PM I was kinda wondering about the ability of the bulb to flower again, since it was initially forced. I guess that I will just let the plant wilt, then throw the bulb in the ground next fall, and see what happens. It would be really pretty if it DID flower again, because it's such a large, pretty flower.   Anne, good thought. I will put it in the flower bed in the front yard, so the dogs do not have access to it. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login