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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2015-11-22 11:39 AM, wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Nov 2015 11:18:28 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2015-11-22 9:18 AM, Cheryl wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Currently I have a whole lot of spring bulbs in one of the drawers,
>>>>> must check out the dates written on them and see if any are ready to
>>>>> go
>>>>
>>>> Hi Lucretia, you mean like flower bulbs? My Mom used to do that too.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I have too. I still don't have much luck with bulbs. Something
>>> chows
>>> down on them.
>>>
>>
>> What kind of bulbs are you talking about. There are some that stay in
>> the ground and multiply and there are some that have to be dug up and
>> dried out. Event those that can stay in the ground can be dug up and
>> thinned out or replanted. Tulips, daffodils and hyacinth bulbs should be
>> planted in the fall and will pop up in the spring. Dahlias are planted
>> in the spring and have to be removed before the cold.
>>
>> We used to have tons of tulips, daffodils and narcissus every spring
>> when he had cats. We have not had cats for years, so we have squirrels,
>> and those tree rats dig up the bulbs for food.
>>
>>
> I'm talking about bulbs that I buy in the garden store but that I take
> home and store in a paper bag in the fridge for about 4-6 weeks. They
> can then be used to provide indoor blooms - hyacinth look lovely in
> glasses specially made for the purpose and old bowls with gravel for
> paperwhites and narcissi. The bulbs can be planted out the next
> spring and usually recover and start blooming the year after.
>
> Indoors they still need a cool period which is why they go in the
> fridge. For us up here, having them blooming inside the house long
> before the outside ones will come up, is pretty much divine
>

It's called forcing bulbs. The dark and cold replicates being in the
cold soil for the cold season. We usually just buy them in pots ready
to go because it tends to be cheaper to get the whole works than to buy
the parts.