Re: Forcing bulbs
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Forcing bulbs
- From: B* W*
- Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 10:04:20 -0600
Mary
I have never heard of this for lilies of the valley, but it sounds pretty
easy and fun. I have never forced bulbs (or anything else) yet, but since
I have more of these than I need, what do I have to lose?! Thanks.
Bob
NE Kansas
At 09:06 PM 11/04/1999 -0600, Mary wrote:
>I've heard that lilies of the valley can also be bought prechilled (don't
>know where) but if you have a stand in your garden it's a lot cheaper and
>very easy to dig your own. Last week I dug my winter's supply, choosing
>only the biggest pips because the smaller ones won't flower. I put them
>in a ziplock bag in the fridge for 12 weeks. Any time after that you can
>pull a handfull out of the bag, put them in soil or on gravel with water
>(again don't drown them) and put in a closet or a fairly warm room with a
>paper bag over them to keep them dark. Remove the bag and put in sunny
>window when the leaves are well up. They bloom about 3 weeks after you
>start them. After flowering yuo can either throw them out or grow them on
>and plant in the garden in spring. It will be a couple of years before
>they flower again.
>
> Hope this helps--
> Mary
> MO zone 6
>
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