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The popular Amaryllis - how to grow, water, and generally keep fit. Read more in the Yourgarden.com article Absolutly Amaryllis. |
| Jason from the UK |
To make it flower again.....you Have to be so Brutal...Chop it down, Right down to the bulb that should be no more than an inch out of the ground. Then keep watering, the bulb, eventually it will flower again. When it has flowered STOP watering and the flowers will last up to two weeks!! |
| Andrew from the USA | It is possible to grow an amarylis from seed. To get seeds, make sure the flowers get pollenated. They need not be pollenated from a different plant. Once pollenated, you will need to wait several weeks for the seeds to ripen. You can tell that seeds are on their way when you see the green base of the flower start to swell up. Non-pollenated flowers will have their base totally shrivel up and shrink and turn yellow and brown. The stem of the pollenated bloom will remain green and firm. After several weeks, the seed pockets will darken and dry up, and they will naturally split open. Let them dry for a few days, and then you can remove the dark-brown, nearly black seeds. You should expect to get around 100 or more seeds per bloom. Wait for a few more days for the seeds to be totally dry. Then let them soak in water in a windowsill with sunlight. After a few days, you'll see a white root extend out of the seed. After a few more days, the first green leaf will appear. Once the root is about 1/2 inch to an inch long, plant the seedling, with the root down and the green facing up. Make sure it gets plenty of sunlight and that the soil remains moist. The shallow root depth means the seedling will require more frequent watering than a mature bulb. Take care of the seedling, and you'll have yourself a fully mature bulb, probably in 2 to 3 years. |
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