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Forcing Spring Bulbs Indoors in Ohio

Ohio’s winters are cold enough that forcing bulbs has nothing to do with a shortage of outdoor chill.

Yes, spring bulbs grow well in containers in Ohio, but a pot behaves nothing like garden soil once the mercury drops.

Yes, forcing spring bulbs indoors works in Nunavut, and it isn’t really optional.

Spring bulbs in containers work in Nunavut only as an indoor forcing project.

Forcing spring bulbs indoors works well in Nova Scotia, though not because the province lacks winter cold. It has plenty of it.

Nova Scotia doesn’t lack winter cold, so forcing isn’t the fix here the way it is in mild climates.

Forcing spring bulbs indoors works in Northwest Territories, but the method has to match the climate here, not the general instructions written for…

Spring bulbs need a stretch of cold before they’ll bloom, and the ground in most of the country supplies that automatically.

Forcing spring bulbs indoors works reliably in North Dakota, and the reason has little to do with a shortage of winter.

North Dakota’s winters supply more chill than any spring bulb needs, so the real question isn’t whether bulbs get cold enough here, it’s whether the…