A while ago, I posted, about my amaryllis, that I could not get it to flower.
Well, I DID IT! was a little later than I expected........ 7 heads too!
Photo att,
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y257/jesssands1/garden/R0010130Small.jpg)
Splendid :)
Spectacular!
(Mine is still all leaves)
Well done you!! ;D ;D
Its very pretty, my dad used to grow lots of them, it was a wonderful show when they were all in flower. So how many are you going to have next year? :D
...and your has a sensible size stem too.....mine always grow ridiculously too high ! :D Rohaise
Wow Wow Wow!Glorious!
Mine were still all leaves with no flower for 2 years :'(
Nice to see Yuet still with us!
yes Tim!
nice to see you!
I'm on & off here!
Why my Amaryllis not flower for last two,grew a lot of long leaves,
do you know why ???
Do you feed it Yuet?
I just fed it tomato feed, nearly every time I watered. Think you may be suppose to rest it about sept time, which I didn't thus my flowers are a bit late possibly.
So start feeding it now.... ( I mix up a 2ltr pop bottle, bit of tom feed and fill up with water and keep using the mix til its gone n start again)
Maybe your bulb got so large it divided? When mine did that it missed blooming a year.
Thanks guys!
Maybe I should them a bit more often ::)
Started from today ;D
This is copy of a pamphlet I give out when doing talks on pot plants it may be of use to you
AMARYLLIS by Laurie Manser
The following is my way of tending Amaryllis, I do not say it is the best way or the only way but just my way.
Amaryllis are bulbs and therefore need to be fed after flowering to prepare it for future flowering. When you first get a bulb it often comes complete with pot and soil, so all you need to do is pot it and give it a good drink to ensure the compost is uniformly moist. You should only give it plain water until it has flowered. It will not need watering very often but when you do give a good drink filling the pot to the top, let it drain and then no more until it appears to be getting dry.
When the flowers have faded you remove the flowers but leave the stem, then you start to feed, you can use any feed provided it is high in potash. Avoid high nitrogen feeds. They are strong growing plants and will accept feed almost every time you water, I feed for up to 4 to 5 months. During the summer months I plunge the pots in the garden as this saves some watering also the sunlight helps build up the bulbs.
After the feeding time I use plain water for a few times then gradually dry it off. You leave the leaves on as it is the goodness in these that really help with the flowering. When you want to restart you, can cut the leaves off and you will need to stand the pot in a bucket of water to get it wet, I do not take the bulbs out of the pot unless they are getting too crowded and need to be divided. If I want to pot on to a larger pot I do this a few days after the first watering, so they are not too wet. I use general purpose compost when potting on.
Using this method I still have flowering bulbs form an original bulb bought in 1987, even having given many bulbs away to charity raffles etc.. I have never had a year without flowers.
I do grow mine in the greenhouse most of the time as they do tend to draw up tall if grown indoors, if you have no greenhouse or conservatory try to give them as much light as you can.
Feeds that I have used include Phostrogen, High Potash Chempak, Tomarite, plus others.
I have had problems with vine weevil in my begonias but they do not seem to effect amaryllis.