Amaryllis " Cinderella "
By Mikec
- 13 Mar, 2010
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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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Beautiful and glossy. They are so upright!
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