Bulbs For Indoor Forcing

Home and Garden - Gardening

By: Joshin     17-Feb-2011

Introduction:

Few plants bloom during the winter, but you can lift the winter blahs by planting some bulbs for forcing indoors. Forcing encourages bulb flowers to grow and flower outside of their regular season, which provides your home with colorful flowers when little else is stirring in nature.

Amaryllis

Amaryllis is often called the Christmas flower. Force the bulbs in a pot of soil in October and enjoy the red, pink or white blooms around the winter holidays. You can stop watering and feeding the plants in late summer so they go dormant and are ready to force again in the fall.

Paperwhite Narcissus

Paperwhite narcissus are a tender member of the daffodil family that doesn't require a dormancy period but can't tolerate cold. They quickly begin growing and start blooming once you begin watering them - often as soon as four weeks after planting. Plant the bulbs in a pebble-filled tray a month before you want flowers. Add just enough water so it touches the bottom of the bulbs. No soil or fertilizer necessary.

Tulips

Force tulip bulbs in pots or in trays of pebbles and water in late winter. If you grow them in pebbles, you can't replant the bulbs in the garden. Tulips begin flowering within two months of forcing, providing a several weeks of consistent blooms.

Hyacinths

Like tulips, you can force hyacinths in water or soil. Special hyacinth vases, which resemble the shape of an hourglass, support the bulb at the top while the bottom is filled with water. Hyacinth provide long-lasting flowers when they are forced as indoor plants in late winter or early spring.

Daffodils

You can force any daffodil variety for late winter blooms. Plant the bulbs in a soil-filled pot so they are nearly touching each other. Most varieties begin blooming within six weeks of planting. Once they are done flowering you can transplant them to the garden bed if you like.




Final Thoughts

If you don't plan to rebloom your bulbs, all you need to do is provide them water during the flowering period. Bulbs for indoor forcing that you plant to save and rebloom will need fertilization and plenty of sunlight after flowering so they can replenish their nutrient stores for the next flowering cycle.


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