Re: Forcing bulbs/living another year
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Forcing bulbs/living another year
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 14:53:11 EDT
In a message dated 10/24/00 2:14:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
SSaxton@schwabe.com writes:
<< I pulled out some of my pots to force bulbs in (on top of rocks), fully
prepared to toss the old bulbs who have had no water all summer and some of
them have green coming up!
Will they actually FLOWER or just make greens??? They are daffodils and
hyacinth. >>
Hard to say. You might get some of both. Generally, forced bulbs are
exhausted after the forcing process and need a year in the ground to regain
their strength. But bulbs, daffodils in particular, are so tough and
resilient, I wouldn't want to predict what will happen. I have planted bulbs
of Tete-a-Tete that had been forced and have seen bloom the next year. Left
in the pots on top of rocks, I don't know whether you'll see the same thing
but it is surely worth a try.
Bill Lee
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