I didn't take note of the first message, so I don't know where it originated, so this might not apply. I used to toss my forced paperwhites out until I saw the garden of an old house where there were clumps all along the fence. The clumps varied in size so pots of forced bulbs had obviously been planted out year by year. So now I do that too. Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada maritime zone 8, cool Mediterranean climate mild rainy winters, mild dry summers