hyacinth with no flower?

[bikermike]

I had some hyacinths that I got over the summer from aa shop. I put them in a dark garage in September so they'd take the hint and go to sleep for next year. Instead, they have re-sprouted, but there is a hole in the midle where I'd expect the flower to sprout. has anyone else had this?

[veggiechicken]

Is the bulb soft and squidgy?

[Jungle Jane]

If they’ve resprouted they sound ok. The leaves come first,the flower appears a little later,do you have a photo? How tall is the green,if they’re little cover them up again,if they’re a couple of inches you could bring them in the house out of direct sunlight but in the light,mine go on the kitchen floor. I haven’t had a chance to grow any indoors this year,the scent will be lovely off them.

[bikermike]

not obviously...

the plants look nice and healthy otherwise...

[mcdood]

Stick em in a pot, you've forced them for Christmas

[bikermike]

they are in a pot, but I suspect the domestic expectation is for floral display, not greenery.

[bikermike]

lets see if this pic works. waitrose coffee cup for scale

[mcdood]

the domestic expectation i

lol.

Put them on a warm sunny window sill and they may flower in a couple of weeks or so. I did some last year for Christmas and the domestic expectation was that they would smell lovely. The domestic reality was that the scent made us both feel a little sick

[bikermike]

one more try with the pic

[mcdood]

One on the left looks good to me , on the right a bit leggy maybe, see how they go.

[veggiechicken]

If they flowered last year, you may be expecting too much from them unless you fed them after flowering.
Once mine have flowered, I plant them in the garden and let them naturalise.

[Jungle Jane]

The flowers should eventually shoot out from the centre of the bulb at the bottom between the leaves,the flowers will be smaller in their second year. If they’ve been forced before I usually plant them in the border & hope for flowers,it’s a lot of work for the bulb when it’s been forced.

[bikermike]

oh well, fingers crossed. is a glug of baby bio likely to improve matters?

[Jungle Jane]

High potassium fertilisers good for flowers,at the recommended dose

[bikermike]

is baby bio high in potassium?

what happens if I put too much in, I don't want triffids walking round the house...