How do I plant my Narcissus bulbs?

I have some Narcissus bulbs and was told they could be planted in a container with rocks and no soil. How do I do this?

How do I plant my Narcissus bulbs?
Use a decorative bowl or dish that is at least 2-3 inches deep. Fill this container with your pebbles, pea gravel, coarse sand or small rocks to within 1 inch of the top. Add water to just below the top of of the gravel. Set your bulbs on top of the gravel. Add enough additional gravel around each bulb to just hold them in place (about one quarter of the bulb should be in the gravel). Maintain the water level just below the bulb (you just want the roots to grow into the water).





Keep your bulbs in a cool location (50 to 60 °F) with low light conditions. Once your shoots appear, you can gradually bring them into direct sunlight and a warmer location and they will bloom.
Reply:If you want to force your narcissus bulbs, first you will have to chill them for several weeks. Place them in a mesh bag such as onions come in and put them in your fridge(not the freezer) for several weeks. I beleive its reconmended as 4 to 6 weeks.


When they have chilled long enough place a layer of gravel in the pot. Set the bulbs into the gravel with the pointed end up. Add more gravel until just the points are sticking out. Keep them watered but try not to drown them. If the pot has drianage holes you can keep it sitting in a shallow tray of water. If there are no drainage holes, try to keep the water just to the bottom of the bulbs. They should bloom in about 4 weeks.
Reply:When you put your bulbs in the refrigerator, DO NOTstore apples or any ripening fruit in there with them, the fruit puts off an ethane gas in the ripening process, and that gas WILL KILL the flower buds in your bulbs.