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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Blooming amaryllis bought from Amsterdam

During our May trip to Amsterdam we bought 5 Amaryllis at Eur 2 each.

Fortunately, all of them will bloom. Below is the first one:

2 comments:

  1. I've been tempted so many times by the amaryllis. It's good to hear that you have good luck with them. How do you make sure that they bloom?

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  2. Hello Will.

    We have also had some tough luck with amaryllis until recently.

    After we bought the 5 bulbs from Amsterdam we made some search on the internet on how they should be taken care of and we proceeded as follows:

    - we planed them in a 50%-50% mix of sand and flower soil (from the supermarket). Sand helps the mixture to stay aerated

    - however, only half of the bulb has to be covered with soil and the other half has to remain visible. Otherwise, the bulb will rotten

    - after planting as described above, keep the amaryllis in the dark without any water, until the flower starts growing about 5-10 cm tall. This is needed to ensure that the amaryllis will bloom, otherwise, it will only make leaves and that's it.

    Good luck!

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