Remember in November how I planted a bunch of bulbs in containers, and labeled them nicely, and then put them all up in the attic, where they would chill for the requisite 12 weeks. Supposedly, I would be able to take them out and bring them into my kitchen, my bedroom, my office, and they would bloom conveniently, earlier than the ones outside, staving off my depression a little longer.
I've checked that attic room a couple times over the last 12 weeks, and it's fairly comfortable in there. Not 40 degrees or lower. Most of the containers are in folded up cardboard boxes, but the ones that aren't have grown substantial sprouts that are a dismally pale yellow.
I should have put those same containers outside or something. Yeah, I know bulbs in containers outside can be hard because the soil freezes and thaws and heaves and pushes the bulbs out and then they freeze and die or whatever. But I don't know if there is any saving these poor bastards now. I could throw them outside, in their containers. There are maybe 8-10 weeks before those things would come up naturally. I don't think that's enough time for them to get the chilling they need, especially if they've already sprouted.
Apparently Grape Hyacinths are the ones that always sprout early, and everyone is cool with it. I guess they just hang out, and they don't bud until the right time? I'm going to put them outside, in a long container, and see how they do. Actually, I think I will take like, half and put them outside, and the other half I'll leave in front of the window and see if there's a chance they're going to grow properly. They don't actually look that bad. I mean, they look about like they would if everything was going well, so.
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