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Amaryllis " Cinderella "

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By Mikec


Amaryllis " Cinderella "



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Beautiful and glossy. They are so upright!

13 Mar, 2010

 

Beautiful. How do you get them to grow so beautifully, with so many leaves?

13 Mar, 2010

 

Still waiting for mine.

13 Mar, 2010

 

Thanks everyone. Gee19, I really don't fuss too much with them but I am very faithful to feeding them regularly. The fertilizer is very important for the following year's blooms. I think it also makes for more deep green leaves. After the flowers fade I cut the flower stalk off. IO don't cut off the leaves. I bring the plant back down to my basement where it still gets light from a window. I start feeding with half strength fertilizer once a month. As soon as it warms up outside I bring them all on my patio where they they get a little filtered sun and continue to water them and feed them once a month. Around September first I cut off the leaves and bring them back down to my basement and I stop watering them and let them completely dry out. Some people take the bulbs out of the posts but I leave mine in their pots. Around December first they are ready to come up to a sunny window and I start watering them and they start to grow. They don't get any fertilizer until after they bloom.

13 Mar, 2010

 

Thanks for that, Mike, I will continue to wait patiently for mine to bloom and then I will follow your instructions - and keep my fingers crossed too :)

13 Mar, 2010



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