Book

Wolk, Art.

Bulb forcing for beginners and the seriously smitten / by Art Wolk ; [foreword by Brent and Becky Heath].

1st ed.

Voorhees, N.J. : AAB Book Pub., [©2012]

255 columns : illustrations ; 30 cm

Famed bulb forcer Art Wolk humorously reveals the secrets he's used for three decades to win silver cups and baskets of blue ribbons. And, he admits, bulb forcing requires no Green Thumb. As long as you can put soil and bulbs in a pot without mortally wounding yourself, you'll succeed.

Bulbs (Plants)

Forcing (Plants)

Gardening.

Bulbs (Plant anatomy)

Pages reproduced on leaves, with four pages per leaf.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The 40th parallel or it's not always a beautiful day in their neighborhood -- Somewhat mountainous soil -- What are they? -- Bulb forcing/coaxing/persuading/entic​i​n​g​/​c​h​a​r​m​i​n​g -- When the force was first with me or daffodils in the tropics -- Easy bulbs for adapt-to-my-house-or-die gardeners -- Really cool bulbs -- A trip to Holland (floral) -- Playing it cold -- Giving bulbs the cold, wet shoulder -- Giving bulbs the cold, dry shoulder -- Preparation for indoor forcing -- The light side of the force -- Forcing the major minors -- "Your hyacinths are killing me!" -- Daffodils: kings of the underworld -- Tulips: queens of the underworld -- Arisaemas: an acquired taste -- Lilies: elegance on the windowsill -- And then there are -- Forcing bulbs hydroponically -- And now for something completely different: a spring season in a bulb-garden pot -- Arranging the self-arranging arrangement pot -- These are a few of my least favorite things or the Darth Vaders of bulb forcing -- When desperate bulb forcers do desperate things -- What flower-show judges and your camera really want -- To have or to hold or to have and to trash -- The best secret of all -- A very short atypical history of bulbs -- Grooming -- Where to buy bulbs -- Bulb organizations -- Chilling and forcing times.

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