Hyacinth plant?

Question

I have a hyacinth plant and the flowers have started to wither and shrink should I pull them off or just leave them alone? and also how much am I supposed to be watering it?

Answer 1

Bulbs that have been forced to bloom early tend to be weakened by the process, it may not bloom again for you. Then again...Let the flower stalk finish blooming and begin to die back. Cut the flower stalk off at top of bulb but leave the leaves alone. You want the leaves to die back as much as possible. You remove the flower stalk because it will continue to draw nutrients from the bulb. The leaves, as they die back will return some nutrients to the bulb or at least give the bulb the signal to go dormant. Once the leaves have died back you can store the bulb in a dark but dry and cool place or can plant it in your garden with some bulb food/ bone meal and a hand full of sand. The fertilizer is for returning nutrients to the bulb and the sand is for drainage so the bulb won't rot. Some people leave the potted bulbs alone and put the whole thing in a sheltered dry place until October and begin watering again to have blooms in time for Dec. or Jan. Don't take it personally if none of this works, like I said, the forced bulbs are not terribly hardy. If you do plant them in the ground they should re align them selves and show blooms next year in the spring but they may not be very showy. Good luck.

Answer 2

I guess this is a potted plant, forced into bloom for winter display. Basically you may cut the dead flower stem off about an inch above where it emerged from the bulb or the soil. Keep the plant watered through spring, but don't let it sit in water. You can set this plant on the patio through the spring, and it will go dormant on its own.

Answer 3

i assume that's a potted plant, forced into bloom for iciness exhibit. basically you're able to decrease the lifeless flower stem off approximately an inch above the place it emerged from the bulb or the soil. save the plant watered via spring, yet do no longer enable it sit down in water. you may set this plant on the patio in the direction of the spring, and it will bypass dormant by using itself.

Answer 4

Just let them be till they look completely dead. That way the bulb can store up all the nutrient in the leaves, for great blooms the following year.

Answer 5

Mindshift is right, but let the leaves die on their own. The process feeds the tuber for next years blooms. Only water a little. You want to encourage rot.