We have two huge amaryllis plants that we grew all during the Summer and that bloomed near the end of the Summer. Conventional wisdom dictated that we give the bulbs a rest in the summer and let them dry out in a dark place so they would bloom in the winter. We kept watering them all summer and were rewarded with huge blossoms. We brought them in the house in the Fall and continued to water them but quit watering them for about a month in November-December. By this time, they both had lost all their leaves but shortly after we started watering them again, they began to grow and both bloomed profusely in January. Quite a treat. I also gave them a little general-purpose fertilizer in December. We aren't sure how long they will last. They have grown so large they probably need to be repotted. The lesson here is don't always believe conventional wisdom.
No comments:
Post a Comment