Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Ahead of my game



Even if I do nothing else for the garden,
I have vowed,
(people always vow, confess and admit
in magazine lifestyle articles don't they?)
that I will do bulbs properly this year.

No sooner had these L'Innocence hyacinths
arrived, than they were tucked into
glass forcing vases and put into a dark place.

They might even flower in time for Christmas
which would be a first.

Next up, the Paperwhite narcissi
but I must find a way of stopping them from flopping.

Edited to add, this from Rachael.


7 comments:

  1. Just before I read 'I must stop them from flopping' I asked, "But how will she stop them from flopping?" I love paperwhites, but their stems just get so long as they reach for the light. I hope your hyacinth do arrive in time for Christmas. Wouldn't that be a gift in itself?

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  2. I found this: http://gardening.about.com/od/forcingandprechilling/qt/PaperWhites_Alc.htm
    and if it doesn't work, well, you know what to do with the leftover alcohol.....

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  3. You look well prepared for the coming months.

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  4. I had never heard of glass forcing vases in my sheltered life. Now I must have some. I have been looking up the technique; is it important, I wonder, to chill the bulbs beforehand?

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  5. You must buy the hyacinths prepared for forcing. They have been chilled for you.

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  6. Drunken Paperwhites? You heard it here first!

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  7. Any alcohol around here will be sipped appreciiatively by me , before I put the Amaryllis in pots in the broom cupboard .
    Good luck with the Paper-Whites !

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