RE: Forcing bulbs
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: Forcing bulbs
- From: S* S*
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 09:24:01 -0800
Mary, thank you so much -- and all of you who responded. I am armed and
ready to go this weekend. Unfortunately, the weather isn't supposed to
cooperate. Not for the next 9 months at least ;-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary R Wills [m*@juno.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 7:06 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Forcing bulbs
>
>
> Hi Susan,
> I've done hyacinths and lilies of the valley in water as well as the
> paperwhite narcissus. (yeah, lilies of the valley aren't
> bulbs, but....)
> I've only used hyacinths I've bought that are specifically
> for forcing in
> a hyacinth glass (I think they are prechilled, but I'm not
> sure.) At any
> rate they seem to need less cold for root development than
> the ones I've
> forced in soil, but you do need a cool dark place until the
> leaves are up
> and the flower stalk starts to color. Then you can move them to a very
> cool, sunny window for flowering. Doubtless you can use them on gravel
> also-- the big thing with bulbs in water is that you don't
> want the water
> actually touching the bulb, only the roots, or they'll rot-- keep the
> bulb on top of the gravel and the water level just below the bottom of
> the bulb.
>
> 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
>
> >>
> > I have experimented somewhat with forcing bulbs. Can
> anyone tell me
> > which
> > bulbs can take the SOILESS method -- on the gravel. Narcissus only
> > or other
> > bulbs as well?
> >
> >
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