The idea for today's vases was stolen borrowed from Sylvia at DIG Floral and Nursery on Vashon Island. There were a couple of tall cylindrical glass containers kicking around the greenhouse in which I'd forced paperwhites during the winter. The contents are some water lettuce and in the small vase is a water hyacinth. We don't often get to admire the grace and beauty of roots and these will last for months. They remind me a little bit of those specimens of animals and body parts floating in formaldehyde-filled jars that used to line the shelves of of science classrooms. Since Tom calls the greenhouse my laboratory (5 syllables; flipped R's) these really needed to go out there.
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Speaking of forcing bulbs, I planted these several weeks ago and still haven't seen a thing. Am I doing something wrong? The instructions on the interwebs were very simple and the nice lady at the store directed me to the bulb aisle where I found these. Having never grown 25 Watts before, I figured I'd experiment. Certainly these will brighten up a dull corner if they ever decide toglow grow.
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Speaking of forcing bulbs, I planted these several weeks ago and still haven't seen a thing. Am I doing something wrong? The instructions on the interwebs were very simple and the nice lady at the store directed me to the bulb aisle where I found these. Having never grown 25 Watts before, I figured I'd experiment. Certainly these will brighten up a dull corner if they ever decide to
Here they are, specimens and experiment together in the laboratory.
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