Bring spring early - Plant bulbs for indoor forcing - illustrated step by step
I bought this large wooden salad bowl at a church rummage sale for $5. The bowl is cracked across the bottom which will provide drainage for the bulbs. Potting ingredients - left to right - vermiculite, soil-less potting mix, perlite and 60% bark soil-less potting mix Combine all the ingredients of the planting mix Thoroughly moisten the mixture Add a little fertilizer to the water you'll use to water the bulbs in after they are all planted. Use a weak solution of fertilizer with a low first number and a higher middle number. 10-20-10, Quick Start, Daniels, worm castings, etc. all work. The bottom of the bulb has a residual root from when it was growing last year. Press the bottom of the bulb into the moistened planting mix. The growing tip shows at the top of the bulb. I put the sideshoots toward the center of the container when planting. This cracked wooden salad bowl is now full of crocus bulbs Top the bulbs with more soil Wat...