How do you grow hyacinths and what should you do after a hyacinth finishes blooming? Do hyacinths need sun?

Have you ever grown hyacinths? Then what problems did you run into while growing them? For example, how should you handle a hyacinth after it finishes blooming?Below are the common problems encountered when growing hyacinths; take a look and see if the answers you want are here.

Q1. For the hyacinths bought this year at the iGarden bulb festival, how should the bulbs be handled after blooming (the flowers have already been cut off)?

A1. Because of the climate in Taiwan, China, it is not easy for bulbs to get through the summer (they may rot); we usually just discard the whole plant of bulb types that have finished blooming, and buy new bulbs to plant the next year.

If you want to try keeping the bulbs and planting them, you can cut off the spent flowers and let the leaves keep photosynthesizing to accumulate nutrients. Once the weather turns hot and the leaves wither and turn yellow, place the pot, soil and bulbs together in a cool, ventilated spot (note); at this time the bulbs are dormant and do not need watering.

If the bulbs make it through the summer smoothly without rotting, then when the weather turns cool in autumn you can give them a small amount of water; if new shoots grow, there is hope they will bloom again, but the flower spikes that bloom again are usually smaller.

Q2. If I want to keep the bulbs going, can I put them into soil now? If they get sun, is there any worry the leaves will grow too large?

A2. If you want the bulbs to get through the summer and keep blooming next year, it is recommended to use soil culture (note); you can hurry and switch to planting them in soil now.

Hyacinths are not afraid of sun; they need plenty of sunlight so the leaves do not grow too thin, long and weak.

(Note) If you want to keep the bulbs and try to get them through the summer, it is recommended that when planting in soil you continue fertilizing after the flowers fade, to help nutrients accumulate in the bulbs.

Q3. After a hyacinth blooms, can the flower part be reused? For example, made into dried flowers?

A3. Hyacinth flowers have a high water content and are not suitable for making dried flowers; for how to handle the bulbs, refer to the Q&A above.
Actually, hyacinths are very easy to grow; as long as you are a little careful and give them more attention, they can grow very well.