Forcing Spring Bulbs Indoors in South Dakota
Forcing spring bulbs indoors works in South Dakota, but the reason isn’t a shortage of cold, the state has that in abundance.
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Forcing spring bulbs indoors works in South Dakota, but the reason isn’t a shortage of cold, the state has that in abundance.
In South Dakota, growing bulbs in containers means picking one of two different jobs.
South Carolina’s winters rarely stay cold long enough, or evenly enough, for tulips, hyacinths and daffodils to break dormancy on their own schedule.
Spring bulbs in containers work in South Carolina, but not the way they do farther north.
Forcing spring bulbs indoors here means giving them the 12 to 14 weeks of chill a bulb needs to bloom, but doing it in a fridge or an unheated garage…
Spring bulbs grow well in containers in Saskatchewan, but the pot itself is the risk, not the bulb.
Forcing works in Rhode Island because it lets a gardener control the two things winter normally controls on its own: how many weeks of cold a bulb gets…
Rhode Island’s winters run cold enough that spring bulbs don’t need help meeting their dormancy requirement outdoors.
Forcing spring bulbs indoors works reliably in Quebec, and it solves a specific problem: getting tulips, hyacinths, or daffodils to bloom weeks before…
Container-grown spring bulbs in Quebec don’t fail because winter arrives too late or too soft.