Forcing bulbs into winter bloom was all the rage in the 1800s. Hyacinths were especially popular, since they’re so easy. Here’s everything you need to know to start enjoying this traditional winter-time pleasure yourself. windowsill full of forced bulbs, Henderson catalog, NYC, 1900 ...
If you plant your bulbs in containers, watch the weather for prolonged cold spells that could freeze your pots solid. When this happens, the water in the soil freezes and expands, damaging the bulb. Although the tulip has a protective layer of scales around its core, a long hard freeze wi...
[Also in Group XVII] A receptacle for transporting and for growing bulbs (see also Group XVII), comprises a cup-like cylindrical container 1 having a bottom 3 secured to it so as to be water-holding, two apertured circular discs 7, 14 of the same diameter as the interior wall of the ...
Tip Plant your bulbs in containers prior to chilling them. Place the potted bulbs in the refrigerator at the beginning of the chilling process. Tip If you don’t have a refrigerator to chill the bulbs and live in a cool climate you may store them outside. If storing the potted bulbs for...
There are so many people who really miss out on Spring blooming bulbs! (Those in zone 8 or warmer). Then there are people like me who long for winter to be over
Containers for forcing may be metal, ceramic, plastic, or clay. Almost any container is suitable as long as it has one or more drainage holes and is twice as deep as the bulbs to be planted. The fi rst step in planting ...
The plural culture containers l are put in a row in a tray 4 having an open one side. A group of the trays 4 are sent to a rooting chamber and the bulbs 3 are rooted. After a rooting period is over, the bulbs 3 discharged from the rooting chamber are transplanted together with the...