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Alternatively, Hyacinths are one of the bulbs that will do well when grown in a glass container with nothing but water. Any glass container will do that has a mouth that is small enough to hold the bulb just over the water level, or you can buy containers made especially for this purpose. Fill the container with water just to the point that it is barely touching the bottom of the bulb (the bulb sits pointy side up in the container). Place the container in a dark place in the refrigerator or in an unheated garage where the temperature does not rise about 50 degrees, and leave it there for 10-13 weeks, depending on your particular hyacinth bulb. Check every week or so and keep the water level just below the bottom of the bulb. Roots will emerge and begin to fill the glass during this period, and finally you will notice a white shoot emerging from the top of the bulb. Move the container to a filtered sunlight area in the house, and leave it there until that small shoot begins to turn green. Then the container can be placed in bright sunlight, and the bloom will appear within a few weeks. Unfortunately, once you have forced a Hyacinth this way, the bulb is spent and should be disposed of after flowering. It will not do well if transplanted into the garden.
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