I have several clumps in the garden - each started as three or five bulbs that had flowered in the house. They seem to just multiply ad infinitum. I do feed them with tomato feed after they've finished flowering though, to promote the following year's flowers. They are an absolute magnet for snails though, as they die down! You may also want to mark where they are to save digging them up inadvertently when you are planting things out later in the year.
Fraid I' m usually late. (What's new). Would love to have them for Christmas. Incidentally the blue ones smell a bit to strongly and not too pleasantly when they are going over.
Well it won't be boring me....I need all the help I can get. I know how well my Begonias have done following step by step advice from on here so am hoping for similar results
Sometime over the weekend or early next week then, OL
Thanks....pots were quite nice (well they were a prezzie) and made from real wood. Having said that they were quite inexpensive...from Home Bargains, a local cheapo outlet.
Okay....I'll just do the indoor ones, if that's alright.
Be sure to buy 'prepared' bulbs for indoor growing. These are a tad more expensive as they have been kept in cold storage over the summer...when they are planted in the autumn, their body clocks tell them it's spring - hence prepared.
You will ask at some stage, 'can I plant them in the garden after they have finished flowering indoors'..truth is, it takes another year for their clocks to be put right.
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I have several clumps in the garden - each started as three or five bulbs that had flowered in the house. They seem to just multiply ad infinitum. I do feed them with tomato feed after they've finished flowering though, to promote the following year's flowers. They are an absolute magnet for snails though, as they die down! You may also want to mark where they are to save digging them up inadvertently when you are planting things out later in the year.
I like to get my indoor ones planted at end August to get them into flower for Christmas. I love the perfume of them, too.
I wonder when others get them started? Mags
Fraid I' m usually late. (What's new). Would love to have them for Christmas. Incidentally the blue ones smell a bit to strongly and not too pleasantly when they are going over.
I plant mine mid-Sept/early-Oct....... getting the timing right is important to having them in flower for the big day.
So what is the optimum planting time for Christmas flowering? I think I might stagger them and see, then I'll know for next year
Thanks everyone
OL, I did step-by-step of this for the BBC boards a few years ago, I could do the same again here if it wasn't boring peeps.
Well it won't be boring me....I need all the help I can get. I know how well my Begonias have done following step by step advice from on here so am hoping for similar results
I love your pots by the way
Sometime over the weekend or early next week then, OL
Thanks....pots were quite nice (well they were a prezzie) and made from real wood. Having said that they were quite inexpensive...from Home Bargains, a local cheapo outlet.
Thanks David, I'll try and get some Hyacinths ready over the weekend and will follow your instructions
The outdoor ones I think I'm going to put in pots so I can have them by the back door
Okay....I'll just do the indoor ones, if that's alright.
Be sure to buy 'prepared' bulbs for indoor growing. These are a tad more expensive as they have been kept in cold storage over the summer...when they are planted in the autumn, their body clocks tell them it's spring - hence prepared.
You will ask at some stage, 'can I plant them in the garden after they have finished flowering indoors'..truth is, it takes another year for their clocks to be put right.
Hope that makes sense.