Submitted by ju1i3 on Tue, 12/13/2022 - 06:06
I don't know the correct term for this vase decoration or if there even is a term for it, I call it "pronged".
I just got this cranberry vase and realised I have a few other vases with this type of decoration, all of which I use for hyacinth forcing. I don't know if it's an "official" hyacinth vase (i.e. made for forcing hyacinths) but I think it might be, the yellow vase I don't know either although I suspect not and the two on the right I don't think were made as hyacinth forcing vases although those prongs seem perfect - to me - for holding a hyacinth bulb.
I put the blue squat vase next to the cranberry vase to show relative sizes. I don't have any more hyacinth bulbs to use this year to try the new one but it seems a perfect size and shape to me and I will definitely be using it next year. When there's snow outside and it's so cold is the best time to have hyacinths growing inside.