Drying out the bulbs and keeping them warm on a windowsill or in an airing cupboard mimics the South African summer, so they perform as they would do in their native situation.
He recalled: "Off my mum went to the airing cupboard, and came back with this DAT, and dad went to watch the rugby because he doesn't care about things like that, and my mum and I shared the headphones, one bud each, and listened to the entire album.
Dear Diarmuid I have freesia bulbs and every year I have removed the bulbs from the pots and, after drying them off, put them in paper bags in the airing cupboard.
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