Should i repot my hyacinth

Should I water it, or leave it be? Also should I open my shade in the window to let it get light or keep the shade down? I live in New England so it gets cold, but can be quite sunny in that window in the afternoon. Water it, give it light, and see what happens. Potted bulbs are usually forced to bloom for the spring holidays and enthusiasms, so this may be its last hurrah. Hi, I received a potted hyacinth on Thursday May 28, When I received them two bulbs were already dropping they were laying on the table.

Now Sunday May 31, all the bulbs are laying on the table. What does this meaning? What do I do now? I watered them on Thursday and then again last night. How do I take care of the Hyacinth? Purchased potted bulbs say that three times fast are almost always forced. We can only guess that perhaps they were weak or even spent just before you received them.

Or, and this is just a wild hunch, if the person who gave them to you transplanted blooming bulbs into the pot as a gift, they did not survive the uprooting and resetting, so flopped over, confused about what to do and weary from the experience.

I have some great Hyacinth bulbs and am planning on them returning for years to come Columbus, Ohio. I would like to move my spent bulbs to a secondary holding bed so that I can plant some annuals in that prime real estate in my garden beds. Is this something that I can expect any success with?

I was planning on digging up the bulbs with their leaf-stalks and just moving them to another bed until Fall when I would bring back the bulbs to be planted again for next Spring. What are my chances at success here? Any tips I should be thinking of?

Thanks in advance! The first thing to think about is Plan B: how will you feel, and what will you do, if the bulbs do not survive the transitions? In short, the rule of thumb is to leave them alone. Lifting them and resetting them would be jarring think about it: the plant just put on a show and is resting, catching up on spent energy and gets this shock to its system! IF , capital letters, you can dig deep enough to take the soil that the bulbs are in, plus a few inches of soil under and around the bulbs, and move the whole thing without disturbing the bulbs, it might, might work.

At least, on a few of the bulbs. I just received a hyacinth as a gift for Mother's Day. It has three beautiful blooms right now and is in just the small pot from a garden center purchase. Can this be replanted right now and if so, where is best--a pot or the ground? I live in Southeast Louisiana. Thank you! All my hyacinth plants are blooming before they fully emerge from the ground. What is my problem? Could you have planted them too deep?

Hyacinths should be planted only inches into the soil. Leave it in the pot, Richard. Give it balanced not strong light keep the water to the lower middle of the bulb until after it blooms add no more water then , and let the foliage fade away. There is no guarantee that it will bloom again, but you can cut off the dead foliage and plant the bulb about 6 inches deep and see what, if anything, happens next spring.

I f you do not live in an area that experiences winter, nothing will happen; hyacinths need a cold spell to bloom. Chilling Hyacinth bulbs in mid September for 2 months Planting in mid November, in the containers, in shade with indirect sunlight Watering gently for 2 months.

When the shoots grow few inches tall, bring the containers to the direct sunlight place. Blooming now in late January. Whenever you ask or share the information, please write the hardiness zone where you are, so other people can learn and apply.

Happy gardening to Almanac and guests! My Tulip, Hyacinth, Daffodil bulbs have been chilled from September 15, some are chilled from Oct and November, until now in refrigerator.

Please let me know when I can plant them. Can I plant them now or I need to wait until Jan ? Thank you so much for your advise. I bought a bulb in a see through vase with long roots.

It has already bloomed. It has long tall leaves. Can I plant it in a pot and not in the ground? I live in California. I planted 14 bulbs outdoor in late fall zone 6A and now beginning of March they all started shooting up inches through mulch. There will be some freezing days ahead so my concern is that will they die? If you have several inches of mulch, then the bulbs themselves should be fine. To protect the leaves and buds that have emerged, then you may want to provide frost protection the afternoon before a frost is predicted overnight.

You can use row covers, sheets, etc. Another alternative is to cover each bulb individually with something like a plastic jug or inverted flower pot. Remove the fabric or other protection in the morning just after temperatures rise above freezing. They often need some kind of support, such as being tied to a stake. Tie the stakes to the stems if your hyacinths start to droop. Terje Zwinkels Professional. Why are my hyacinths falling over? Reasons for Hyacinth Plant Flopping.

Lakeisha Muedra Explainer. What to do with bulbs in pots after flowering? You may keep the bulbs in pots after flowering , but it is a good idea to introduce some new soil with all its nutrients and fertilize again. You may also remove the bulbs , let them air dry and put them in a paper bag in a location with the proper chilling requirements until you are ready to force them again.

Aouatif Atazhakhov Explainer. How often should I water my hyacinth? Regular watering. Silene Martinie Explainer. How long do hyacinths last? Sanyaia Starkman Pundit. How do you reuse hyacinth bulbs? Transplanting to Your Garden. Fertilize your potted hyacinth once during the bloom, and once after the flowers have faded. Water regularly until the foliage turns yellow, and then let the pot go dry.

Allow the foliage to die back naturally, but cut back the wilted flowers with scissors to support bulb vigor. Loma Trif Pundit.

What do you do with hyacinth bulbs in water? Make sure that your bulb is sitting just above the water , but that no water is actually touching it. Its roots will slowly grow into water in the base of the vase, and the hyacinth will slowly begin to bloom.

If you would like to grow your bulb and use it again next year, plant it in a potting mix instead of water.

Azouz Tursky Pundit. How do you multiply hyacinth bulbs? Yes, they produce offshoots that can be removed during the dormant season.

The dormant season for hyacinths is summer. The best way is to dig up your hyacinths and remove the offshoots and place the parent bulb right back into the ground. Trimming off the dead flowers and providing the remaining leaves with all-day sun helps them replenish their energy so they can survive transplanting. Continue to water the plants so the soil stays evenly moist until the leaves die back. Hyacinths require a certain period of cold before they will send up new leaves and flowers.

So after the leaves die, trim them back to the top of the bulb. Although you can transplant the hyacinths right after the last frost date in spring, the bulbs will perform better when replanted in fall.

Store hyacinth bulbs in a mesh bag in a cool, dry and dark place, such as in an unheated garage. Check the bulbs monthly and discard any that begin to shrivel or soften with rot, Colorado State University Extension says. In mild climates that don't experience at least 10 weeks of winter temperatures below 45 degrees Fahrenheit, store the bulbs in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for 10 weeks from late fall through early winter before transplanting them outdoors.