So
Not
Happening
I've decided to give you the pics that I have anyway to illustrate the fact that not everything that I try to do works. Sometimes the project is lame. Sometimes the photos are bad. Sometimes the cat attacks the plants. My life is just as messy as yours.
Here's how to force bulbs:
Step 1: Assemble your pot, bulbs and something to keep the bulbs from moving around in the bottom of the pot. I used sand. You can use dirt, sand, gravel or those cute little glass thingies that go in vases.
Step 2: These are mini tulips. They're supposed to be only 4 inches high - perfect for an indoor pot. Plant them and watch for the green to leap out of the pot. These sprouted little green noses overnight.
Step 3: Wait. This photo is about 2 weeks in. Notice that they are way more than 4 inches high and already starting to flop a bit. Tulips are notorious for flopping. What you can't see in this photo is the end of the leaf that the cat has been eating. I think the cat has exacerbated the floppiness.
Step 4: Ta DA! Flowers. These look a little wild because some of them are dying already and the cat ate some of them. Turns out everyone likes tulips. Deer, chipmunks, cats, people. I read somewhere once that in Holland during the war, people ate tulip bulbs. I have never been hungry enough to try one.
Next year I'll do another post and hopefully it will be more Martha-esque.