How to deal with hyacinth after flowering

Flowering period

Hyacinth blooms in early spring, and its natural flowering period is March to April. It usually blooms for about a month.

Post-flowering care

illumination

After flowering, hyacinths need a lot of sunlight. Try to place them outdoors or in a sunny place, with no less than four to five hours of sunlight per day. If placed indoors without sunlight, it will wither quickly.

temperature

The best temperature for budding and flowering is 15-18℃. In order to make hyacinth bloom longer, it is important to maintain this temperature.

Post-flowering treatment methods

Hydroponic hyacinth

Continue water culture

After the flowers of hydroponic hyacinths fade, continue to keep them in water until the temperature gradually rises in early June, when the leaves of the hyacinths will turn yellow and enter a summer dormancy period.

Cut off leaves

Cut off all the yellow leaves of hyacinth during the summer dormancy period and cut off all the roots.

Refrigerated hyacinth

Place the bulbs in a cool and ventilated place to dry for 1 to 2 days (do not expose them to the sun). After they are completely dry, wrap the bulbs in newspaper and place them in a jar in the refrigerator (not the freezer).

Temperature requirements

The temperature should not exceed 10 degrees during the summer, otherwise the bulbs will rot.

Re-cultivation

When the temperature gradually turns cooler in November and enters late autumn, take out the hyacinth bulbs that have been stored for a summer, place them on the mouth of a suitable container, add water to about 1 cm from the bottom of the bulbs, and then place them in a completely dark and cool place at 5°C to promote rooting. The roots will sprout after about 25 days. When the roots grow to 2CM, you can follow the normal hyacinth care methods to care for it until it blooms.

Generally speaking, hyacinths can be grown for about 3 years in this cycle, and in the 4th year, the original bulbs will basically no longer bloom.

Soil culture hyacinth

Keep the bulbs

Soil culture hyacinth

After the flowers fade, cut off all the leaves, flower stems, etc. and keep the bulbs. Then bury the bulbs in the sand and wait for the summer dormancy period to arrive.

Re-cultivation

Around July 20, dig them out and put them in the refrigerator's cold storage room, keep it at 4℃, and germinate them at low temperature. After the growth points sprout, continue to bury them in the sand, water them once every 15 days, and wait until December to plant them in pots. It does not require very detailed care during this period.