Almost every year I buy some hyacinths for indoor forcing in the little fridge. Despite having a fridge dedicated for this purpose my results have always been subpar with at least half the blooming producing short subpar flowers or the larger ones stretching for light and falling over.
This year I got a free package of muscari in the fall with another bulb purchase and I decided to give shot at forcing them. To my surprise they seem so much less finicky than hyacinths and are ready so much sooner. I potted them in soil this year but next year I will try to get a tiny bulb vase that fits them.
This is all I did:
- Place in a mini fridge or fridge without any fruit, in my case my mini fridge is set to about 5 celsius.
- Check periodically to see if soil is completely dry and add water.
- When they start to sprout take them out and put them somewhere sunny or under lights. You could try to put them anywhere but in my case I have lights so I let them start growing there.
- When the first buds appear bring them to water room you want to display them.
I brought mine to my dining table after the buds had formed and despite being nowhere near a window they haven’t stretched at all. They are still blooming and look great even two weeks later. I will have to update later with total bloom time.
Update: February 21st and I am officially considering these muscari ready for the compost heap. Most of the blooms have turned to seed and overall the plant is started to look at little sad. All in all the lasted for almost a full month on my dining room table nowhere near the light. I’m very happy with this. I brought these downstairs on January 28th and they looked good until late February.
