{"id":2527,"date":"2012-01-04T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2012-01-01T17:21:08","modified_gmt":"2012-01-01T22:21:08","slug":"get-through-the-winter-blahs-with-paperwhite-narcissus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/01\/04\/get-through-the-winter-blahs-with-paperwhite-narcissus\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Past The Winter Blahs With Paperwhite Narcissus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A wonderful, easy indoor gardening project this winter is to start a dish (pot)\u00a0of paperwhite narcissus (Narcissus tazetta<\/em>).\u00a0Paperwhites make a lovely white centerpiece on your dining table. Paperwhite bulbs are outdoor hardy in USDA hardiness zones 8 – 10.\u00a0 Store the bulbs in a warm dry location such as\u00a0on top of\u00a0a refrigerator until you\u2019re ready to plant them. Never allow the bulbs to freeze.<\/p>\n

Fill a shallow container about 80% full with a porous sandy potting\u00a0soil\u00a0mix similar to planting cacti and succulents into.\u00a0 Set the bulbs a few inches apart on top of the soil and\u00a0add\u00a0coarse sand or colored aquarium gravel to the top of the container.\u00a0Set the bowl or pot in a sunny house window until flowering begins.<\/p>\n

Generally, the blooms may be forced in 3-4 weeks inside a warm sunny greenhouse. Begin by forcing bulbs in a cool room (or outdoors on mild days) at 50-60 degrees to stimulate root growth.\u00a0As buds swell and open, move the pot to a cooler spot out of direct light to extend the life of the flowers. Floral life\u00a0average 7-10 days.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0small trumpet shaped flowers are pure white and exude a strong sweet fragrance. Flower buds may \u201cblast\u201d (never open) if too hot and low humidity inside your home. Plant height\u00a0varies from 1-2 feet depending on\u00a0available light and temperature inside the room. Fewer hours of light per day means taller flowers and a greater need for staking. Rotate the container every few days to keep floral shoots growing straight.<\/p>\n

You may purchase bulbs at many full-service local garden centers and Brent and Becky’s Bulbs on-line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 A wonderful, easy indoor gardening project this winter is to start a dish (pot)\u00a0of paperwhite narcissus (Narcissus tazetta).\u00a0Paperwhites make a lovely white centerpiece on your dining table. Paperwhite bulbs are outdoor hardy in USDA hardiness zones 8 – 10.\u00a0 Store the bulbs in a warm dry location such as\u00a0on top of\u00a0a refrigerator until you\u2019re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[707,6,637,845,630,785,823,756,1,113,708],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2527"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12175,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527\/revisions\/12175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}