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Re: Amaryllis


It is a new bulb that I bought in the Fall and I set it in a small pot, it started
growing with in a few days but no bloom stalks and alot of leaves now..
Will it go ahead and bloom ? I thought the blooms were suppose to come up first and
then the leaves ?
Shirley

Kathleen Meistrell wrote:

>         Is the plant that is not blooming an old one?  Amaryllis like lots of sun
> and food in the summer months; then a dry rest period of 2-3 months.  After
> the rest period, bring them inside...Water well and they will bloom.  They
> do like to be a bit pot bound.  It is best to divide and transplant them
> early in the spring so that they can develop a hardy root systems and
> gather the nutrients that they need to produce flower stalks the next year.




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