To do this, you need to force the blooms. To my knowledge, this
involves a cold period of around 6 weeks in a dark area such as a
closet or garage. I belive we are talking a temp of around 30 F.
Once a bulb has been forced, most do not ever bloom again, so you
would have be replacing the bulbs constantly.

Others may know more, this is just my understanding of the issue.


On 21 Apr 2004 16:19:33 -0700, (Amir Farnood) wrote:

Hello all,

I am looking for information so that I can grow Hyacinths throughout
the year indoors, if it is possible. I just called around a few
nursuries and they all told me they are all out of bubls now and it
won't be until September or October before they get bulbs again.

As you can tell I am compeltely novice at this. I have these
questions:

- When Hyacinth bulbs are available again, can I just buy a whole lot
of them enough to have sufficient supply for the whole year so that I
can grow hyacinths throughout the year? Why are these bulbs not
available all year?

- I understand the Hyacinth is a Spring flower, but I am sure the
bulbs don't know anything about calendar systems, so with right
temperature, etc., they should come out and blossom. Why is it that I
only see Hyacinths in stores in early Spring time?

- I live in a sunny apartment with a small balcony. Can I grow
Hyacinth in my apartment or the balcony? Any time of the year?

- I would be grateful if you can either write instructions or point me
to an information source which shows me how to grow Hyacinths. I
couldn't find any useful web sites in this regard myself.


Thank you all in advance.

-Amir.