What to Do After Hyacinths Finish Flowering? A Guide to Post-Bloom Care

Nowadays many people grow hyacinths in the office beside their computer desk, usually in water indoors, so do you know how to handle hyacinths after the blooming period is over? Let's take a look together!

Hyacinths are fairly delicate, and if not cared for well they quickly fade. Actually, many people are just like me, keeping a potted plant beside the computer to look at, which can both guard against radiation and beautify the office. Without warning, the hyacinth will open its beautiful flowers, astonishing everyone. I once grew a hyacinth in the office; when I went home at night it still had not bloomed, but when I came in the next morning, the hyacinth had bloomed, especially vivid and especially beautiful, astonishing everyone in the whole office. Many people gathered round to look and admire it, which made my mood wonderful for the entire day. But what to do after hyacinths finish flowering became a big problem, and many people ask this question. Actually, at first I did not understand it either, and only after asking quite a few people did I learn that hyacinths must be handled carefully after flowering, otherwise they quickly wither and the whole hyacinth becomes useless.

If you want to propagate your hyacinth, you can dig out the bulb, store it in a cold storage room, and take it out to plant the following year, so you can propagate more hyacinths. I believe many people find this storage method quite amazing and do not believe that hyacinths need this kind of environment to truly grow. But there is no need to be surprised at all; the fact is that only this way can more hyacinths grow and the hyacinth propagate more, otherwise there will always be just one plant, and once it fades you have to buy another. Actually, every plant has its own unique character, and I believe many flower lovers respect the growing process of every kind of flower. The growth of a flower is life, and we should respect every life.

Actually, growing hyacinths is the same as growing other flowers: as long as you treat them sincerely, hyacinths will likewise bloom beautifully in return, bringing you a shock to the soul. If you grow hyacinths and like them very much, do not trample them carelessly; treat them sincerely, water them in time, change the water, and prune the stems and leaves in time as well. After hyacinths finish flowering, handle them patiently, for only then can the normal growth of the hyacinth be ensured. Since you have taken up growing hyacinths, you must make the right adjustments according to their habits. You cannot be half-hearted, nor play favourites by being a little better to other flowers; when the next year comes, plant them in time and let them multiply.

How to handle hydroponic hyacinths after the flowers fade:

1. Continue growing in water: after the flowers of a hydroponic hyacinth fade, continue growing it in water until the temperature gradually rises in early June, when the hyacinth's leaves turn yellow and withered and it enters its summer dormancy.

2. Cut off the leaves: cut off all the yellowed and withered leaves of the hyacinth during its summer dormancy, and also cut off all the roots.

3. Refrigerate the hyacinth: leave the bulb in a cool, ventilated place to dry for 1 to 2 days (never put it in the sun). Once it is thoroughly dry, wrap the bulb well in newspaper and put it in a jar, then place it in the refrigerator's crisper compartment (not the freezer).

4. Temperature requirements: during the summer the temperature must not exceed 10 degrees, otherwise the bulb easily rots.

5. Grow it again: when the temperature gradually turns cooler in November and deep autumn arrives, take out the hyacinth bulb that was stored for a whole summer, place it on the mouth of a suitable container, add water to about 1CM from the bottom of the bulb, then place it in a completely dark and cool place at 5°C to encourage rooting. After about 25 days roots will begin to sprout, and when the roots have grown to 2CM, you can follow the normal hyacinth care method and grow it until it flowers. Generally, with this cycle, hyacinths can be grown for about 3 years; by the 4th year the original bulb will basically no longer flower.

How to handle soil-grown hyacinths after the flowers fade:

1. Keep the bulb: after the flowers of a soil-grown hyacinth fade, cut off all the leaves, flower stems and so on, keeping the bulb. Then bury the bulb in sandy soil and wait for the summer dormancy to arrive.

2. Grow it again: around July 20, dig it out, put it in the refrigerator's crisper compartment, keep it at 4°C for low-temperature sprouting encouragement, and after the growing point sprouts, bury it in sandy soil again, water once every 15 days, and wait until December to pot it up for cultivation; the care is very simple and requires no special technique.

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Continue burying it in sandy soil, water once every 15 days, and wait until December to pot it up for cultivation; the care is very simple and requires no special technique.

The above is the complete content I have summarized for you on how to handle hyacinths after the blooming period, and I hope this article can help you. Please also keep following us.