bsmitch's Blog

I bought an amaryllis growing kit at Lowes back in October/November. I hadn't grown any for twenty years, so when the leaves started shooting up, I searched for the start of the flower stalks beginning. I was looking into the center of the leaf stalks, that had gotten to be two feet tall, nothing. I went online the first of January and ordered three from amaryllis.com . They came in four days in a box with instructions, no kit. no artificial soil pill, no pot, just three bulbs wrapped in paper. I followed the planting instructions, using my own stuff. In a week, green started pocking out of the top. A little later some more green was pocking up on the sides of the center green start. These were the flower starts. Now I know that my first " KIT" was impotent, no I didn't store it in the fridge with apples, which will render amaryllis impotent. Maybe they where stored in a warehouse next to an apple shipment, who knows. This lesson will be remembered. If you want top quality, go directly to the grower.

You have a great day and happy gardening. Bill Mitchell