tips for in-ground amaryllis
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texaslynn19
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New amaryllis? Tips?
Comments (7)You may have seen one growing in rocks for sale; it's called Bloomaker. I have not heard too many good things about this. You cannot force a bulb to bloom, then let it go dormant, over and over. There must be time each year where the bulb is allowed to grow it out leaves and store energy for blooming. If you don't do this, your bulb will most likely just get smaller and smaller and finally die as all you are doing is having it expend energy. Again, the FAQ contains good information from people who have been growing them for years and years. Some have been growing them for many decades! Maybe the conservatoire was just growing them this way for bloom displays and you weren't aware that they were replacing the bulbs every year. Some of the people on the list to grow their bulbs hydroponically. However, there is much more to that practice then just rocks and water. K...See MoreAnyone grow Susan Amaryllis leaving bulbs in ground over winter?
Comments (1)Well I talked with the seller and they told me it would survive our winters so I guess I gotta pick another variety....See Moreamaryllis planted in the ground
Comments (4)Amaryllis are almost like cockroaches unless larvae get into the bulb. Even then, I've had infested bulbs I literally cut back to the root plate and a few roots, dunked in a lt bleach solution then powdered with rootone (mainly for the fungicide) regrow and leaf out in 2 years. Forgotten bulbs in "dry" pots come back a couple years later after rain. I have one growing where Id dumped exhausted , leached mix for topsoil fill. For a while I grew them in 5 gal buckets with compost and a timed waterer, one mother bulb to a pot. I'd harvest and repot 8 to 30+ daughter bulbs from EACH bucket for the annual plant sale for the local hospice. On the other hand, random watering in zone 8b on a south exposure and brick behind them slows them down a bit, they'll survive, but will be weak....See Moreamaryllis tips? offsets?
Comments (1)I simply care for mine as with any other foliage plant and feed well during the growing season. As the plants naturally decline in the fall I start cutting back water and allow them to go dormant. During dormancy is when I go in and separate bulbs if I need to, never while they are actively growing. Leave them alone and let them just grow and build strength for as long as they can during their foliage season- post flowering through fall. Then during dormancy (or right before you're ready to start them up again) you can pot up the more mature bulbs separately to give as gifts. I'm just now separating mine that have wintered in a garage since last fall. As long as they are dry and cool you can keep them dormant pretty much as long as you want. So three stages- 1) potted up and blooming for whatever season you desire. 2) foliage only growing for several months. 3) foliage dies off then bulb is dormant for a bit....See Morecastro_gardener
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