Saving indoor bulbs for next year

MrsAnnie

Hope someone can help.

How do I store/save indoor bulbs that have finished flowering (and are now dying off) so that I can plant them again next winter? They are crocus' and someother kind of bulb.

Many thanks

Golden_Anemone

I don't think you can grow them for indoors again next year but you can plant them out in the garden and let the foliage die back. They will then grow again next year though a bit later than the indoor ones which have been forced. I always do this with hyacinths.

Deestar36

Golden_Anemone wrote: »

I don't think you can grow them for indoors again next year but you can plant them out in the garden and let the foliage die back. They will then grow again next year though a bit later than the indoor ones which have been forced. I always do this with hyacinths.

Great, thanks Golden Anemone. I was wondering this as my two indoor hyacinths are dieing off. I was going to plant them in a pot outside, so will now do this knowing they will grow again next year! :T

picklepick

oh i thought once they'd flowered once that was it.. hyacinths that is. ive just binned mine

Deestar36

picklepick wrote: »

oh i thought once they'd flowered once that was it.. hyacinths that is. ive just binned mine

Oh no, that's a shame - any chance of retrieval? Its sad when they die back, mine smelt lovely everytime I went in the kitchen!

MrsAnnie

Thanks for the advice. Shame I was thinking that maybe I could wrap them in newspaper and store them in the garage for next year . I am pleased I asked for advice first. Right, will go and dig them a home in the garden!

Farway

I always plant mine out in garden, the hyacinths from 2006 are just budding up along with 2007 & 2008

Golden_Anemone

Deestar36 wrote: »

Oh no, that's a shame - any chance of retrieval? Its sad when they die back, mine smelt lovely everytime I went in the kitchen![/quote]

Mine too. I planted the last lot out at the weekend and have another pot just about to flower. Friends have asked me what air freshener I use and I tell them "Nature's own" :rotfl:

exlibris

Hyacinths revert to the original flower in the garden i.e. you lose the tight flowerets as the years pass. I think they are bred as house bulbs and then will end up like wild blue-bells!

Farway

exlibris wrote: »

Hyacinths revert to the original flower in the garden i.e. you lose the tight flowerets as the years pass. I think they are bred as house bulbs and then will end up like wild blue-bells!

Not quite, thye do keep the colour, I have pink, white & blue, agree they loose some of the tight florets, but still attractive at this time of year