Planting bulbs... what to do?

Question

First of all I have no gardening experience whatsoever, hence me growing my flowers in the back of the fridge!!!

I have pickwick, remembrance and jeanne d'arc bulbs which I put in the refrigerator in those tiny glass hyacinth vases. They've been in since around October and I have been filling the vases just to the brim with water with the bulbs on top turned on their sides, as directed by the packaging! Typically I lost the packaging :-D and am stuck as to what to do next! They have started to produce roots and shoots. Now for my barrage of questions:

1. When can I take them out of the fridge?
2. Now that they have started to produce roots and shoots, should I turn them to grow down into the vases?
3. When should they be placed in sunlight?
4. Should I plant them in soil?
5. If I should not plant them, and should keep them in their vases, should I keep topping them up with water?

Thanks and apologies again for my thoroughly embarrassing lack of gardening knowledge!!!:-D

Answer 1

Would it be possible for you to go to the place you bought them and look at the same to read what to do or even ask what to do?On hear you do not always get the truth you know.But i am sure somone will know.best of.e

Answer 2

It sounds like these are prepared bulbs meant to be 'forced' indoors..so you have live flowers indoors before they actually would bloom if they were outside. Am I right? If they are bulbs which are about 3" in diameter and fat, coloured white or blue-purple thay are likely Hyacinth bulbs.

To answer your questions:
1. They can come out of the fridge and be put in a bright spot indoors.
2. Turn them to grow down into the vases.
3. Place them in sunlight as soon as possible...or just a window that's bright.
4. They cannot be planted into soil because the root cells are accustomed to water culture, not soil culture...they would likely die or be stunted in soil. Keep them in water.
5. Yes, keep the water topped up to the bottom of the bulb...no higher or they can rot. Once they start really growing you will need to top up the water regularly (daily?).

I am glad to hear you care so much for these soon to be beauties..you willl have a green thumb or at least a green pinkie in no time!

Answer 3

don't ever feel stupid...but I don't know if they are hardy enough to plant outside this time of the year.........I would take them out, put in a good soil mix and place in a sunny south window......only paperwhite and hyacinths really like to grow on top of water....whatever did you put them in the refrigerator in water for? I put my bulbs in the frig in brown paper bags...then bring them out sometime later and plant either inside in a pot or outside.

Answer 4

Plant them out into soil. They need to feed off the nutriants in thesoil. Plants can't live on water alone.

Answer 5

plant them out now

Answer 6

have no idea