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hydroponic daffodils?

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Just for the heck of it, I put three small, dry mystery daffodil bulbs into a small styrofoam coffee cup, added water to about the half way point, put the cup on our kitchen sink, and ignored it for most of October.

Today, one of the bulbs has sprouted some short roots and a thin green 1/2″ stem!  The two other bulbs just look wet.
I’ve replenished the water, but now what?
FYI, our kitchen lights are fluorescent tubes in the ceiling.
Vicky

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2 comments for “hydroponic daffodils?”

  1. Vicky, they will likely only produce foliage, since they probably haven't had a cold season.  Usually when forcing bulbs, which is basically what you're doing, you add water up only to the base of the bulb and add some gravel or marbles or such to add some support to hold the bulb in position as it grows.  But most daffodils need weeks of cold temperatures before they will produce a flower.  At the least, you'll be able to see how daffodil roots and shoots grow!  ;->

    Becky Fox Matthews
    that daffy girl near Nashville     

     1st Vice President American Daffodil Society, Inc. www.daffodilusa.org   www.daffodilusastore.org  www.daffseek.org Middle Tennessee Daffodil Society www.daffodiltn.org


  2. Vicki and Becky,
    I didn’t get around to planting all of the mixed, unselected seedlings this year. They sat dry in an old fibrolight glasshouse. Many have flowered. As the flower forms in the bulb soon after lifting time unplanted bulbs are likely to flower regardless of how we treat them. The key for Vicki is to ensure the bulbs don’t get too wet nor too warm to prevent rotting.
    David Adams

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