RE: A great trip

Well, I should be able to handle 4th grade.  It may be too late, but I'll
put a sleeve around the pot to see if I can't coax a stem and stretch the
bloom a bit.  

Thanks everyone for your input and ideas on this!

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5) Where the buds on my double record amarylis are
separating today and my Red Lion Amaryllis must have grown 3 more inches
tall.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Kitty
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 1:43 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] A great trip

Sounds like the makings of a fourth grade science project!

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] A great trip


> Well, that should work--in effect limiting the available light to that  
> which is directly overhead. I wonder if the sleeve was lined with shiny  
> aluminum foil if that would magnify the effect.
> 
> On Feb 10, 2006, at 12:52 PM, Kitty wrote:
> 
>> Yeah.  words sometimes fail me ;+)...but never you!
>>
>> Kitty
>> neIN, Zone 5
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer"  
>> <islandjim1@verizon.net>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 12:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] A great trip
>>
>>
>>> Like a sleeve?
>>> On Feb 10, 2006, at 12:02 PM, Kitty wrote:
>>>> I recall reading a trick about wrapping something around the space  
>>>> above the pot to force the hyacinth to stretch.
>>>>
>>>> Kitty
>>>> neIN, Zone 5
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan"  
>>>> <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 10:51 AM
>>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] A great trip
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps that is my problem.  I put the bulb next to the front door  
>>>>> lights so
>>>>> it would get lots of sun.  I'll move them a bit away from the light  
>>>>> to see
>>>>> if it might still stretch a bit.  They are blooming within the  
>>>>> foliage and
>>>>> you are right, it is not a pretty display.  The fragrance is still  
>>>>> nice,
>>>>> though.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks so much for the tip!
>>>>>
>>>>> Blessings,
>>>>> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]  
>>>>> On Behalf
>>>>> Of Betsy Kelson
>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 10:08 AM
>>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] A great trip
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
>>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 7:38 AM
>>>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] A great trip
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Betsy, it really is a boost to have a fragrant bloomer in the  
>>>>>> house.
>>>>>> Two buds on my hyacinth opened at the bottom and started emitting
>>>>>> their
>>>>> perfume
>>>>>> this morning!!!  My outdoor hyacinths are usually fully up before  
>>>>>> any
>>>>>> of
>>>>> the
>>>>>> blooms on the stalk open up.  Do they react differently when grown
>>>>> indoors?
>>>>>> (It's a lovely blue variety.)
>>>>>>
>>>>> *****************************
>>>>>
>>>>> The hyacinths must react differently. Mine started with only a few  
>>>>> flowers
>>>>> open and then within a few days the whole thing was blooming. I have
>>>>> struggled to get hyacinths to bloom nicely. Often times when I have  
>>>>> forced
>>>>> them, the flowers do not come up above the foliage.  NOT a pretty  
>>>>> display.
>>>>> But this year, with a little more darkness to induce stretching,  
>>>>> the flower
>>>>> made it above the foliage. I think it is time to start bring the  
>>>>> tuplips and
>>>>> adaffodils up from the basement and get them going.
>>>>>
>>>>> betsy
>>>>> 3 degrees and 2" of snow  hoo hooo
>>>>>
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