Should i lift hyacinth bulbs

I received a potted hyacinth earlier this year, and I kept it in the same place since it has lost its bloom and leaves.

Now it looks like it is starting to bloom, with the bulbs resurfacing and a sprout emerging. 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.

You can propagate tulips and hyacinths by digging up and separating the bulbs when their foliage dies back or frost kills it. But leave bulbs in the ground until then; as long as foliage is green and growing, it's sending the bulbs nutrients and energy for the coming season. While you may see the dying foliage of tulips and hyacinths as an eyesore, allow the foliage to yellow and pull away easily before digging bulbs. Tulips are planted in the fall, so you can wait until then to dig them up and replant or dig as soon as the foliage dies and store the bulbs in cool, dark place until fall.

Hyacinths increase rapidly, so bulbs can be divided as you feel necessary after foliage has died. The bulbs stockpile energy through the leaves and go dormant by late spring, at which point they should be dug up and stored in a temperature-controlled environment to protect the flower over the summer.

Replanting hyacinth bulbs should be carefully timed; they should go back in the ground in early to mid-fall so that they can bloom the following spring. And bloom they should—as long as you follow the correct process. The sooner the flowers turn dormant, the sooner the bulbs can start gathering and storing new energy. Dig up the bulbs with a round-point shovel or spade; dig deep so you don't slice through any bulbs.

Wait until the soil is somewhat dry so it crumbles easily instead of clumping around the bulbs. After loosening the soil, pick through it with your hands to find the bulbs.

Discard any soft, rotting, small or otherwise sickly looking bulbs. Clip off any remaining foliage connected to the bulbs. Carefully separate any bulbs that cling together.