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| Hi All. Im new to the forum and I've reading a lot of the posts and they have been helpful. My question is I recently got into growing Amaryllis the past two years. I have planted my bulbs in the ground the past two years and they have doing great. They get full sun and fertilized. I stopped fertilizing them in beginning of August. They bloomed late spring and now one of them has a bloom coming up, it is blooming twice and it is September. Im concerned cause I live in NJ and I know I'll be bringing them indoors in a few weeks. Have you all experienced any ones blooming in september? I don't remember exactly what type of species it was, just remember getting them from Smith and Hawkin if that helps any.
Here is a photo, I took it this morning.
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| Excellent! A new lister who can post photos!! Yipee!! Your bulbs look very happy! And that scape will probably be blooming within a couple of weeks, so you should be safe! Worst case scenario...dig around it and plot it into a pot so that you can enjoy it inside!! I wish we would get some cooler weather here in Texas. Would you send some our way?? Please post a photo of the bloom and we will do our best to ID it for you! Bet it's red...seeing a little color at the base of the leave and on the bud gives a little hint as to what is to come. GREAT JOB! |
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| Thanks so much for the input.
It finally bloomed today! It looks like a blossom peacock. It even has a two bulbets. It is one happy bulb. |
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| Wow very nice flower! |
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- Posted by e36yellowm3 7 Raleigh, NC (My Page) on Fri, Sep 24, 10 at 21:32
| Hi Catnip, it sure is a Blossom Peacock! A pretty one too. BP is my favorite. Ryan in Denver (aka Denver Ryan) just had his BP bloom as well. I guess it's just one of those ones that likes to bloom at random times. It's also one of those ones that throws off bulblets pretty reliably - I get two / year from mine. Sometimes folks get a trade going and I've used my bulblets to trade for other types, and also make friends. Congrats on your flower. Alana |
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| HI Alana and karanb1r, Thanks for the input! I've been thinking about it that about trading over different ones. I have other bulbs that have bulblets too! But I don't remember what they are. Im going to be tagging my bulbs from now on since I started to grow them within the past two years. Its becoming a hobby. Jessica |
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- Posted by e36yellowm3 7 Raleigh, NC (My Page) on Sat, Sep 25, 10 at 7:46
| Jessica, I agree, tagging is now a necessary chore when you have more bulbs than you can remember. It took me awhile to get a tagging system down. Last summer I had marked them on plastic with a Sharpie pen - which washed off. I had to wait till they bloomed this spring to know which they were again. Alana |
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| I cant wait until my flowers bloom so i can get a definite ID on them. |
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