On Oct 24, 10:10*pm, Pam Moore wrote:
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:18:03 +0100, "Donna UK"

wrote:
Hi there

My boyfriends mum has given me some hyacinths that she brought and does not
need. *Only thing is she has mixed the forced and bedding together. *If I
put them all indoors will the forced just come up sooner than the bedding?
I know it sounds a silly question...

Donna

No it's not a silly question. If you want them indoors, a good idea is
to plant them individually in small pots, bring them on somewhere cool
and dark, and when the flower buds begin to show plant the ones at
similar stages of growth into bulb bowls of 3 o 5 or however you want
them. *That way you will have a succession of flowers.
If you have a lot you could plant some outside as well.

Pam in Bristol

By now, the effects of heat treatment on 'prepared' Hyacinth bulbs
will be completely dissipated and they'll be no different to similar
grade, non-prepared bulbs. They need to be bought and planted as soon
as they become available in August - mid September if they are to
flower early, I was in a local garden centre on Thursday buying
perlite and had to bite my tongue as an unwary customer at the head of
the queue was treated to a load of guff about the 'prepared' bulbs she
was buying compared with 1st grade bedding types of the same
variety.

I dare say that garden centre will still be selling their 'prepared'
bulbs for some weeks yet - they certainly had a lot that were unsold.
When I used to sell them, we bought carefully and by the 3rd week in
September at the very latest, any left-overs were added to the the non-
prepared stock. At the time it was normal practice for garden centres
and nurseries alike, but judging by what I've seen over the past few
years that seems to have gone by the wayside.