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Indoor Hyacinth
We have some lovely large scented hyacinths, but the will not stay
upright in the bowl. Apart from constructing a frame to support them, does anyone have any tips on keeping them upright as they grow? -- Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales |
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On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:22:43 -0000, Roger Tonkin
wrote: We have some lovely large scented hyacinths, but the will not stay upright in the bowl. Apart from constructing a frame to support them, does anyone have any tips on keeping them upright as they grow? There are three main possibilities - you need to deal with whichever one(s) apply 1) You've watered too much (especially if there are no drainage holes in the bowl). Let the compost dry out and water only when you can stick a finger in to the second joint without feeling any damp. If in bulb fibre feel for damp at the first finger joint. 2)They're the wrong depth or too close together. There should be about an inch between the bulbs and at least 2 inches below them to allow for root growth. A common mistake is to bury the bulbs too deeply - they should only be buried to about half way. 3) They're too warm. If they're on a window sill above a radiator you need to move them somewhere cooler. Too much warmth is the usual cause of premature droop. Of course, the other possibility is that you're feeding them too much Penderyn - they only need a drop or two every few months. Anything more is bound to induce droop of the brewers' variety :-) HTH Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling happily from the dryer end of Swansea Bay where the four seasons are salt,pepper,mustard and vinegar. |
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"Roger Tonkin" wrote in message ... We have some lovely large scented hyacinths, but the will not stay upright in the bowl. Apart from constructing a frame to support them, does anyone have any tips on keeping them upright as they grow? -- Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales The Dutch in their mass displays outdoors use wire rods pushed down through the stem and bulb, not sure I could bring myself to do that. -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
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On Jan 30, 9:47*am, Martin wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:14:17 -0000, "Charlie Pridham" wrote: "Roger Tonkin" wrote in message ... We have some lovely large scented hyacinths, but the will not stay upright in the bowl. Apart from constructing a frame to support them, does anyone have any tips on keeping them upright as they grow? -- Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales The Dutch in their mass displays outdoors use wire rods pushed down through the stem and bulb, not sure I could bring myself to do that. I didn't know that. I'll take a closer look when I go to the Keukenhof this year. -- Martin- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I think that most of your problem is lack of good light. |
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In article , Nospam@invalid
says... On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:22:43 -0000, Roger Tonkin wrote: We have some lovely large scented hyacinths, but the will not stay upright in the bowl. Apart from constructing a frame to support them, does anyone have any tips on keeping them upright as they grow? There are three main possibilities - you need to deal with whichever one(s) apply 1) You've watered too much (especially if there are no drainage holes in the bowl). Let the compost dry out and water only when you can stick a finger in to the second joint without feeling any damp. If in bulb fibre feel for damp at the first finger joint. 2)They're the wrong depth or too close together. There should be about an inch between the bulbs and at least 2 inches below them to allow for root growth. A common mistake is to bury the bulbs too deeply - they should only be buried to about half way. 3) They're too warm. If they're on a window sill above a radiator you need to move them somewhere cooler. Too much warmth is the usual cause of premature droop. Of course, the other possibility is that you're feeding them too much Penderyn - they only need a drop or two every few months. Anything more is bound to induce droop of the brewers' variety :-) HTH Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling happily from the dryer end of Swansea Bay where the four seasons are salt,pepper,mustard and vinegar. Thanks Jake, Some interesting points to consider. I must say that I would never feed Penderyn to anyone or anything except ME! Certainly, planting may have been a problem, I've always planted with just the tip of the bulb showing above the fibre, as my mother taught me. This year the roots do seem to have surfaced round the edge of the bowl, which I've never had before, even though I've used the same bowl. In one single bulb pot, the flower is still small and growing, but horizontally! I don't think over warmth is a problem, they live in the garage (integral to the house and frost free) in the dark until flower head is visible, then they green up in the garage window before moving to an unheated bedroom window. Eventually when the flower colour shows and is getting large, they move to the lounge, where they reside on a shelf (actually a fireplace - but no fire!) Heating is off peak electric storeage rads, so temperature is fairly constant. Will try harder next year! -- Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales |
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On Jan 29, 9:22*pm, Roger Tonkin wrote:
We have some lovely large scented hyacinths, but the will not stay upright in the bowl. Apart from constructing a frame to support them, does anyone have any tips on keeping them upright as they grow? -- Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales I had this problem when a major part of my job was supplying large numbers of flowering pot plants to decorate a large dark overheated country house. I used those split bamboo sticks sharpened to a fine point stuck well into the bulb (inside the foliage but not too close to the flower stem otherwise if that gets damaged all is lost) then discrete ties lost amongs the foliage. Usually the pot is mainly going to be viewed from one side so put the sticks on the 'back' side. Rod |
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