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Hyacinth
Katiev13
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I recently received a hyacinth, in a vase of water, as a gift. It is growing crooked, can I fix this? Also, I live in an apt, what is the best thing for me to do to keep it growing nicely?
I have no green thumb, so I appreciate any help I can get!
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It needs light, so keep it on a cool windowsill.
Is it in flower? Has the weight of the flower caused it to flop over? There's not a lot you can do as it's in water and you can't put in a little stake in the soil as you would if it was in a pot.
You could try something that worked for me once - get a wooden BBQ skewer and cut it so it's about 2cm shorter than the flower stem.
The flower stem is hollow so you can make a tiny slit in the stem near the top of the flower and thread the skewer down inside the stem (point of the skewer pointing down) until it gets to the bulb where you can just poke the point into the centre of the bulb. That helped hold the flower stem erect when I did it and it didn't seem to hurt the flower.
Hope that helps
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it does not need to much heat ,and you will need to put the bulb in the dark until it shoots,also place a bit of charcoal in the vase to keep water clear and they are better to grow if they are a forced bulb but not to much heat is the
thing.
Dovefromabove,
It is in flower, it's about 6in tall right now. It seems to have grown sideways like the light it was getting wasn't directly above it, it may be the weight that caused it to fall but I'm not sure. The petals from the bulb are growing straight up though.
Can I plant this in soil, or is it supposed to remain in a vase?
Flowering Rose,
Should I still put charcoal in it if it's already growing and its roots are a few inches long?
Thanks again for all the help, I really want this to flourish!
Katie, it sounds fine - just a bit quirky
Is the perfume filling your room?
When the flower begins to die off cut the flower stem at the base, leaving the leaves. I would then keep it in the vase until all chance of a frost has passed and then plant it outside in the garden - it will die down over the summer and autumn so mark the spot where it is so it doesn't get dug up by mistake. Next spring you'll notice leaves peeking through and before too long it'll bloom again. Maybe next year it'll grow straight upright - enjoy
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.