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Jill

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Re: Amaryllis
« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2006, 12:06:38 »
Flowerlady, the race is on ;D  Potted them up yesterday evening and lo and behold the first leaf showing its tip already!  Just 23.75" and a flower to go...

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Re: Amaryllis
« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2006, 12:24:45 »
:D :D :D ;D ;D ;D :D :D :D  Go Jill !!!
To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven: a time to be born and time to die: a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted.     Ecclesiastes, 3:1-2

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Re: Amaryllis
« Reply #22 on: January 27, 2006, 20:12:34 »
Asda selling them off at 75p each
If I wasn't Gardening I'd be shopping!! thank God for Gardening!!

Apple Dumpling

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Re: Amaryllis
« Reply #23 on: February 01, 2006, 00:01:01 »
I had 2 for christmas and potted them up first week of January. The leaves on both are about 6 inches, but one of them has a flower stalk 35 inches high, growing at 2 inches a day. The bud on top not really starting to swell yet.   Watch this space....
Who planted all these weeds?

Carol

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Re: Amaryllis
« Reply #24 on: February 01, 2006, 00:08:49 »
This came into flower yesterday. was planted in soil around the 10th Jan.  not bad going.   A Xmas present in a pot without compost.  Dont know the name of it, but here it is...



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Re: Amaryllis
« Reply #25 on: February 01, 2006, 08:15:47 »
Carol. That is super!!

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Re: Amaryllis
« Reply #26 on: February 01, 2006, 19:22:12 »
Wow. All that in just 23 days. Amazing. :o
Who planted all these weeds?

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Re: Amaryllis
« Reply #27 on: February 01, 2006, 19:23:56 »
Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen   :o ;D


Should one feed them while about to flower or wait till after?  :-\
« Last Edit: February 02, 2006, 12:53:25 by flowerlady »
To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven: a time to be born and time to die: a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted.     Ecclesiastes, 3:1-2

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Re: Amaryllis
« Reply #28 on: February 09, 2006, 00:06:39 »
Jill how is your plant doing?

Mine now has a stem of 20" avarage growth 1" a day, but still no flower yet ;D
To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven: a time to be born and time to die: a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted.     Ecclesiastes, 3:1-2

 

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