Comments on: Forcing Bulbs http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2009/02/17/forcing-bulbs/ Written and photographed by Jessica Monte Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:49:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Indoor Bulbs http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2009/02/17/forcing-bulbs/comment-page-1/#comment-1786 Indoor Bulbs Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:00:17 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=1826#comment-1786 [...] peoples medicine chest is also a nice resource.website I found some cool stuff here: website!Green Mamma Blog Archive Forcing Bulbs Green Mamma Blog Archive Forcing Bulbs is also a nice resource.Creative With [...] [...] peoples medicine chest is also a nice resource.website I found some cool stuff here: website!Green Mamma Blog Archive Forcing Bulbs Green Mamma Blog Archive Forcing Bulbs is also a nice resource.Creative With [...]

]]> By: Green Mamma http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2009/02/17/forcing-bulbs/comment-page-1/#comment-1436 Green Mamma Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:33:48 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=1826#comment-1436 Ruth, I was hoping to leave the science aspect of forcing bulbs to Abbie, being that she's the biologist. So, Abbie, any thoughts? Also, thanks for the linkage to your post on early blooming. I just check it out and left a comment. I will definitely give it a whirl sometime next week or the first week of March. Ruth, I was hoping to leave the science aspect of forcing bulbs to Abbie, being that she’s the biologist. So, Abbie, any thoughts?

Also, thanks for the linkage to your post on early blooming. I just check it out and left a comment. I will definitely give it a whirl sometime next week or the first week of March.

]]> By: abbie http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2009/02/17/forcing-bulbs/comment-page-1/#comment-1435 abbie Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:14:56 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=1826#comment-1435 Forsythia is really easy... just cut the branches and put them in water. I've tried it with other flowering trees/shrubs, like peach and apple blossoms, but forsythia works best for me. I wrote a post about it last spring: http://farmersdaughterct.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/early-bloomer/ Forsythia is really easy… just cut the branches and put them in water. I’ve tried it with other flowering trees/shrubs, like peach and apple blossoms, but forsythia works best for me. I wrote a post about it last spring: http://farmersdaughterct.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/early-bloomer/

]]> By: Ruth http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2009/02/17/forcing-bulbs/comment-page-1/#comment-1434 Ruth Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:57:24 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=1826#comment-1434 Jessica, Looks like you've got a great start with your bulbs! I never did transfer mine to soil, just left them in water as they blossomed to beautiful flowers in a couple of weeks! I do want to check to see if I can still plant the bulbs in the ground, after they have gone dormant again. I'm leaving the "Science" on this one to you and Abbie! Jessica,

Looks like you’ve got a great start with your bulbs! I never did transfer mine to soil, just left them in water as they blossomed to beautiful flowers in a couple of weeks!

I do want to check to see if I can still plant the bulbs in the ground, after they have gone dormant again. I’m leaving the “Science” on this one to you and Abbie!

]]> By: Green Mamma http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2009/02/17/forcing-bulbs/comment-page-1/#comment-1432 Green Mamma Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:00:47 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=1826#comment-1432 Abbie, I am not certain but I read, at one of the sources listed in this post, that once the bulbs bloom, you should place the bulbs aside until next season when you can either plant or force them again. However, if the weather is warm enough outside, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to plant them in shallow dirt. Honestly, though, I was hoping another gardener with experience with forcing bulbs might be able to give greater insight to this practice. Second, how do you force forsythia branches before placing them in water? Is there another technique besides placing a branch or bulb in water that causes the buds to open? Abbie, I am not certain but I read, at one of the sources listed in this post, that once the bulbs bloom, you should place the bulbs aside until next season when you can either plant or force them again. However, if the weather is warm enough outside, I don’t see why you wouldn’t be able to plant them in shallow dirt. Honestly, though, I was hoping another gardener with experience with forcing bulbs might be able to give greater insight to this practice.

Second, how do you force forsythia branches before placing them in water? Is there another technique besides placing a branch or bulb in water that causes the buds to open?

]]> By: abbie http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2009/02/17/forcing-bulbs/comment-page-1/#comment-1430 abbie Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:17:59 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=1826#comment-1430 Oh, and I'm trying to force forsythia branches now. Once the buds develop, you can pick the branches, put them in water and they'll open. Oh, and I’m trying to force forsythia branches now. Once the buds develop, you can pick the branches, put them in water and they’ll open.

]]> By: abbie http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2009/02/17/forcing-bulbs/comment-page-1/#comment-1429 abbie Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:17:04 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=1826#comment-1429 Cool! I have some lily bulbs from my grandmother that I never got into the ground. Maybe I'll try forcing them. Do you know if you can plant them outside for the future after you force them? Or are they pretty much done then? Cool! I have some lily bulbs from my grandmother that I never got into the ground. Maybe I’ll try forcing them.

Do you know if you can plant them outside for the future after you force them? Or are they pretty much done then?

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