How to Handle Hyacinths After They Bloom? A Detailed Guide to Post-Bloom Care

Flowers bloom and fade - this is a law of nature, and no plant, however many or varied, can escape it. This saying describes how a plant withering after it blooms is simply the natural pattern of growth. As a plant with remarkably high ornamental value, the hyacinth is a favorite for growing at home. Whenever it blooms, it is especially dazzling and beautiful, so how should you handle a hyacinth after it blooms? If you are not quite sure how to handle it, take a look below at the methods for handling hyacinths after they bloom.

I. Methods for Handling Hyacinths After They Bloom

1. Hyacinths come in many flower colors; the ones we see most commonly are pink, white, blue, violet, blue-purple, orange, red, cream yellow, dark red, and so on. The flowers emerge from the bulb in a raceme, densely surrounded by twenty or thirty small florets, each with 6 petals, like a little bell with curled edges, opening section by section from bottom to top, and able to give off waves of fragrance.

2. Hyacinths can be grown in soil or in water, so when you have grown a hyacinth, how should you handle it after it blooms? It is actually quite easy to handle, and now let us explain the methods for handling soil-grown and water-grown hyacinths after they bloom.

II. Methods for Handling Soil-Grown Hyacinths After They Bloom

1. Whenever a soil-grown hyacinth has finished blooming, first of all the bulb must not be thrown away; cut off the withered and yellowed leaves, and at the same time keep the soil moist. Also apply a suitable light fertilizer, and once the remaining leaves have all withered, stop watering. The hyacinth bulb can be left without being dug out, placed in a cool, ventilated spot.

2. When late autumn arrives, you can continue growing it in soil. If you still want to plant it in the original pot, put the pot in water and let it slowly absorb its fill, letting the water soak through the soil, then simply use the normal routine to care for it and wait for it to bloom again.

3. After blooming, hyacinths need a great deal of sunlight, so place them outdoors for light, with no less than 4-5 hours of sunlight each day. During the bud-forming and blooming period, 15-18°C is most favorable, as this allows the hyacinth to bloom for a longer time.

III. Methods for Handling Water-Grown Hyacinths After They Bloom

1. If it is a water-grown hyacinth, after the blooming period you must wait until both flowers and leaves have withered, then you can cut off both the leaves and the roots. Then let the bulb dry naturally, put it in a paper bag and place it in cold storage, or you can put it in a cool, ventilated place. Note that in summer the temperature must not exceed 10°C, otherwise the bulb easily rots.

2. After November arrives, the temperature gradually drops. At this time you can take the hyacinth bulb out and place it with water added up to one cm from the bulb at the mouth of the bottle, after which you can place it indoors at 5°C to encourage rooting. Wait until the roots have grown to 2 cm, then follow your usual growing method.

Conclusion: The above are the methods for handling hyacinths after they bloom, divided into soil-grown and water-grown methods. When you grow hyacinths, do not just toss them away after they bloom - they can be handled. However, a hyacinth that has already bloomed once will bloom more sparsely the next year, and the flowers will not be as full as in the first year.