Amaryllis in a waxed bulb. The bulb contains all the water and fertilizer necessary for them to bloom once. If you’re interested, I can give you a few care tips:
Once the original waxed-bulb plant’s blooms died off, I filled a pitcher with tap water, let it sit out for a day to let any chlorine off-gas, then I submerged the waxed rootball until no more bubbles appeared (as the water displaced air in the rootball). I then set it on a plate until it stopped leaking water, and it produced new leaves and bloomed a second time. (Little side tip – when the blooms open, the flowers will last a little longer if you pinch off the pollen-containing anthers )
When those blooms died off, I then peeled the wax off the rootball and planted it in a mix of potting soil, peat, vermiculite, and coconut coir.
In the Spring I put it outside in full sun. I usually watered it 1-2 times per week, when the top layer of dirt felt dry. Once a month I added Miracle Grow to the watering.
In the Fall, I brought it back inside, where I watered it once a week. I rotate watering:
Week 1: Plain tap water (again after chlorine has been allowed to off-gas)
Week 2: Watered with added Miracle Grow
Week 3: Plain water again
Week 4: watered with seaweed extract fertilizer (I use Sea Magic, but it’s just a brand I picked at random).
She started going gangbusters in late November/Early December. The two leaves I’d been nursing died back as it produced new leaves and then the bloom pod. A second came up and now has the bloom pod you can see in the pics.
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Amaryllis in a waxed bulb. The bulb contains all the water and fertilizer necessary for them to bloom once. If you’re interested, I can give you a few care tips:
Copied from one of my [old posts](https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening/s/F2g5KJ2TAr):
Once the original waxed-bulb plant’s blooms died off, I filled a pitcher with tap water, let it sit out for a day to let any chlorine off-gas, then I submerged the waxed rootball until no more bubbles appeared (as the water displaced air in the rootball). I then set it on a plate until it stopped leaking water, and it produced new leaves and bloomed a second time. (Little side tip – when the blooms open, the flowers will last a little longer if you pinch off the pollen-containing anthers )
When those blooms died off, I then peeled the wax off the rootball and planted it in a mix of potting soil, peat, vermiculite, and coconut coir.
In the Spring I put it outside in full sun. I usually watered it 1-2 times per week, when the top layer of dirt felt dry. Once a month I added Miracle Grow to the watering.
In the Fall, I brought it back inside, where I watered it once a week. I rotate watering:
Week 1: Plain tap water (again after chlorine has been allowed to off-gas)
Week 2: Watered with added Miracle Grow
Week 3: Plain water again
Week 4: watered with seaweed extract fertilizer (I use Sea Magic, but it’s just a brand I picked at random).
She started going gangbusters in late November/Early December. The two leaves I’d been nursing died back as it produced new leaves and then the bloom pod. A second came up and now has the bloom pod you can see in the pics.
I hope some of that is useful. Happy gardening!
Hippeastrum, colloquially known as amaryllis