At the end of the eight to ten week period the bulb is ready to force into flower again. Repot the bulb in a pot only slightly larger in circumference than the bulb itself. Place it in a sunny spot and start watering. When the plant begins to grow, start the fertilizer program again. If you're planting bulbs for only one year's bloom, fertilizer is not needed.
Bulbs already carry a season's supply of food in the moist tissue surrounding the embryonic flower.
In spring - again, for first year blooms, no fertilizer is needed. Q. I have seen the same variety of bulb priced very differently, some very cheap and others quit expensive. In the auctions in Holland, bulbs are gauged by their caliber, or the measurement of the bulb's circumference. For each particular variety the more mature bulbs are larger and yield bigger flowers. Therefore these demand a higher price.