Abstract: Apparatus for the greenhouse cultivation of flower bulbs wherein the bulbs are placed in pockets (6) made in a hydrophilic mineral wool felt (5). The pockets (6) are formed at regular intervals and open only on one face of the felt. The opening formed in each pocket is of a slightly smaller size than the maximum diameter of a bulb (3) intended to be received in the pocket. The depth of each pocket is sufficient for the bulb (3) positioned therein to penetrate the pocket at least to the level of its largest section.

Abstract: A substrate of limited dimensions consisting of mineral fibers for out-of-ground cultivation is used for the cultivation phase corresponding to the development of seedlings. This substrate, of general parallelepipedic shape, exhibits small surface protuberances on its lower face which separate it from the ground on which it rests. The protuberances can be feet disposed on the lower face of the substrate, or edges formed by providing the substrate with a concave lower face. The substrate according to the invention makes it possible to improve out-of-ground cultivation conditions.