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Post by oldmoleskins on Mar 10, 2008 18:51:43 GMT
I found this today, hidden behind a stack of polystyrene insulation sheets, leaning against a wall: the xmas hyacinths:  OM |
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Post by prodigal gardener on Mar 10, 2008 18:54:01 GMT
Bet they were lovely too  |
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Post by Weeterrier on Mar 10, 2008 19:15:33 GMT
Will you plant them out for next year Moley?
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Post by oldmoleskins on Mar 10, 2008 19:25:04 GMT
Will you plant them out for next year Moley? They're the sort of thing I put in the shed or GH and forget WT, so the short answer's 'yes' and the truth less honourable... come to think of it, I don't actually know what you do with hyacinths to keep them/bulk them up/recycle them. Any tips, anyone? OM. |
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Post by Amo on Mar 10, 2008 19:32:00 GMT
I alway just plonk mine in the boarder somewhere. At the moment have several out in the garden from previous 'indoor' buys. The scent wafts past the door and is lovely. Just put them somewhere where they will be a nice surprise next year. They do come out later (nowish) and the heads are not as tight but the scent.....
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Post by Missredhead on Mar 10, 2008 20:01:45 GMT
Yes I've also got some in the garden that were 'indoor' gifts, as soon as they were finished I plonked them in the garden, They have all come up this year.
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Post by Tig on Mar 10, 2008 20:05:46 GMT
I have quite a pleasant garden collection too, yellow, pink, pale and deep blues  and they multiply over time ;D |
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Post by Chuckles on Mar 10, 2008 21:38:37 GMT
 made me realise mine have been in the GH since the flowers went over. What if I don't want to put them in the garden, how should they be kept for having in the house again next year.
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Post by Missredhead on Mar 10, 2008 21:40:02 GMT
I have no idea Chuckles..
I wonder if you can do that.
Somebody else will know, I'm sure
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Post by JennyWrenn on Mar 10, 2008 22:21:03 GMT
I've got lots of this sort of thing in my garage - shameful isnt it - the poor plants  |
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Post by Missredhead on Mar 10, 2008 22:22:49 GMT
Slapped wrists Jenny.
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Post by Plocket on Mar 11, 2008 8:09:14 GMT
I just bung mine in the ground OM and although they come up later in the spring and not quite as plump as when first grown, they still give nice colour and scent to the garden.
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Post by Missredhead on Mar 11, 2008 11:37:34 GMT
I love the smell of hyacinths.....
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Post by Plocket on Mar 11, 2008 11:38:41 GMT
Mmmmmmm me too! One of my BILs loathes the smell - he has to leave the room!!!
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Post by Missredhead on Mar 11, 2008 11:40:45 GMT
Good way to get rid of him I suppose ;D Don't mean it really |
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Post by Plocket on Mar 11, 2008 11:48:25 GMT
I think it did the trick MRH - he lives in New Zealand now! ;D
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Post by Missredhead on Mar 11, 2008 11:49:43 GMT
Oh dear ;D ;D
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Post by Plocket on Mar 11, 2008 11:51:03 GMT
Mmmmmmmm! |
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Post by prodigal gardener on Mar 11, 2008 17:45:49 GMT
My Dad dont like the smell either, but i dont think he'd go that far ! I kept a couple just dry in a pot (by accident :  on the bottom shelf in my greenhouse one year and put them in the garden in the autumn (when I found them all brown and shrivelled up!) They are just getting ready to flower again ! ;D |
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Post by oldmoleskins on Mar 11, 2008 18:01:38 GMT
well, I reckon all told we must have a dozen or so lying around 'spent' or going that way... so, a sheltered spot outside it is then...
OM.
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Post by Shrubrose on Mar 11, 2008 18:06:44 GMT
I was wondering that too OM. I'm waiting for the leaves to go over and then was going to store them in the potting shed in a basket and pot 'em up again for Christmas this year.
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Post by oldmoleskins on Mar 11, 2008 18:15:37 GMT
I was wondering that too OM. I'm waiting for the leaves to go over and then was going to store them in the potting shed in a basket and pot 'em up again for Christmas this year. Maybe you could plunge them in soil to plump them up outside and then bring them in a few weeks before, a sort of 'forcing'? Using the 'don't cut the leaves off a daff' thing, they won't have much time or opportunity to restore flowering vigour if they go straight from pot to shed, even if the leaves have gone over, will they? Dunno, really - I'm a serial xmas hyacinth killer. OM. |
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Post by Shrubrose on Mar 11, 2008 18:19:47 GMT
Hm interesting OM. I thought that letting the leaves 'go over' might be enough to restore any nutrients? A pound to a penny if I stick 'em in the ground I'll forget where I put 'em ;D Wonder if I put 'em in fresh compost they'd bulk up. What do you reckon you XH killer? ;D
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Post by oldmoleskins on Mar 11, 2008 18:29:20 GMT
What about planting them in soil, in a pot, and plunging that in the ground? That way they stand a chance of 'naturalising' as if they would flower in the spring, but you can force them (maybe) by lifting the pot a few weeks before xmas and bringing it into a warm environment?
OM.
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Post by Shrubrose on Mar 11, 2008 18:32:28 GMT
Now there's an idea! Might just do that OM, thankyou! |
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Post by Amo on Mar 11, 2008 20:41:34 GMT
I think, but don't yell at me about this, that to get the early forcing bulbs for Christmas they do something drastic with cold for a few weeks. I suppose it's kidding them into thinking they've had winter and need to flower.
I'll try and take a photo of my ones just plonked from the past couple of years. Believe me, they've been abused too!
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Post by Amo on Mar 12, 2008 10:20:29 GMT
Right... Four pink, three white and a pale yellow.  A pink with brugmansia and poly.  And a group in a beautiful blue. I was surprised when these came up. I'd forgotten all about them when OH built the planter behind them!!   All Christmas' 2005 and 2006. 2007 are planted but just the leaves are left now. You can see the heads are nowhere near as tight as when they are fresh and forced but the scent is still lovely and wafts around. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 12, 2008 10:27:12 GMT
Amo's post brought this back to me.
My neighbour hardly knows a Crocus from a daffodil - bit exaggerated...not much though. Anyway he decided to put some crocuses in the freezer to see if he could get them to flower at the wrong time - well it worked.
Obviously the cold plays an important part.
RF
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Post by Missredhead on Mar 12, 2008 11:08:02 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 12, 2008 11:20:40 GMT
Especially Narcissus bulbs - there could be people having rather bad nightmares - if not worse.
RF
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and they multiply over time ;D
made me realise mine have been in the GH since the flowers went over. What if I don't want to put them in the garden, how should they be kept for having in the house again next year.
on the bottom shelf in my greenhouse one year and put them in the garden in the autumn (when I found them all brown and shrivelled up!) They are just getting ready to flower again ! ;D
