Soilless tulips

The jury is still out as to how this method will work. A purchase from Costco. 14 bulbs, already sprouted in a clear glass container with a plastic ledge to give room for the roots to grow.

Fancy. Looks great thus far. Forgive me for asking; what does the frame behind the tulips say?

oh, so pretty! i saw them at costco, and surprisingly did not buy one.

I vote they're beautiful!

To satisfy JamesCO's curiosity, the sign behind the tulips is a bounced check notice. This is in the reception area of my office. Down the hall is my wife's quilt of an Amorphophallus titan http://quilts.acphotolab.com/gallery/album02/TED (click on photo for larger view) and a Bev Doolittle print "Whooo!?" http://www.galleryone.com/images/doolittle/doolittle_-_whoo.JPG

I plan on putting the bulbs in the ground after the blooms fade and then try some other bulbs in the bowl later. Any suggestions? How about lilies?

Who frames bounced checks? Ahh, a business' warning to those who may... The bizarre sense of humour that I assume fills your place is quite confirmed by the Quilted A. titanum. I've never heard of such a wild thing. Fancy.

I have never seen that B Doolittle. How comical. My favorite of hers is a long-landscape painting of an aspen grove in winter. A couple union men are leaving their horses tied up- but... You'd have to see the painting.

For some reason, my instinct says that lilies won't do, but no one can say otherwise empiracally until it is tried, eh? There are always crocus, narc, Frits, muscari, hyacinth, scilla, species tulipa...
K. James

Here it is:
http://www.artandnature.com/doolittle/twoindianhorses.html

I've always read when bulbs are forced in water, they're considered spent and should be discarded. I've never tried the water method for that reason, so I wonder if it is indeed true. Then, Triumph tulips, typically used for forcing, are not very reliable repeaters anyway, so a daff or hyacinth may be a better test subject.
Neal.

They just need "re-charging" in the garden for a year. Their nutrient resources are depleted when forced.

Couldn't you pot them up as soon as the flowers fade?
Then plant them out when the weather warms?
Andy P

Yep. They don't take well to the transplanting too much, but will come back in following years.