. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 62 The Florists^ Review Januabt 8, 1920. they are now under benches in a house where we maintain a temperature of 52 to 54 degrees. Please give us all the needed particulars, especially as to when we should put them in heat. We followed The Review's directions on the forcing of cold storage bulbs last year and had good success with them. F. F. C—Wash. As far as can be learned from the in- quiry, the treatment of the bulbs up to their present stage has been substan- tially correct. Since a period of ap- proximately thirteen weeks, from the time the
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 62 The Florists^ Review Januabt 8, 1920. they are now under benches in a house where we maintain a temperature of 52 to 54 degrees. Please give us all the needed particulars, especially as to when we should put them in heat. We followed The Review's directions on the forcing of cold storage bulbs last year and had good success with them. F. F. C—Wash. As far as can be learned from the in- quiry, the treatment of the bulbs up to their present stage has been substan- tially correct. Since a period of ap- proximately thirteen weeks, from the time the plants are housed, is required to flower them for Easter, it is evident that not much time should be lost. Much will depend, of course, on the amount of sunshine with which this winter may favor us. As soon as top growth has commenced, the plants should be placed in a tem- perature of about 60 degrees, with a rise of 10 degrees in the daytime. If faster progress is wanted, those tem- peratures may be slightly exceeded with safety, but caution should be used in this respect, or the keeping quality of the blooms may be seriously impaired. The buds should show about six weeks before Easter. On account of the nat- ural unevenness in the advancement of the plants, considerable skill and great care are needed in moving the individual plants from place to place and thus hurrying them or retarding them so as to have the majority of them in bloom at the right date. In retarding them, there is danger in reducing the tempera- ture suddenly, before the buds are well developed, as the growth of the buds may thus be permanently checked. When the buds begin to show, it is to apply liquid manure once a week, using one bushel of cow manure to fifty gallons of water. It is well, also, either in watering or syringing, to use water that is slightly warmed—that is, raised to a temperature of not more than 70 degrees. When the buds have lost their green color and are opening, a cooler
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