flowers from Teddy

This is the one I dug up and it had this greenery on it when it came up, although I think it might have gotten a little taller, or maybe that is just wishful thinking.

How many times have you watered it since you brought it inside?

twice

Then do not water again until you see the color of the flower as the bud has formed.

When you brought it inside and potted it you began the growing process. You have watered it twice and it is growing. Please allow Mother Nature to work her magic.

when it grows you can bet I will be taking pictures alll along the way to show you how it is doing. I will be so glad to show my neighbor that did not believe that I could grow them inside what I did, I love to prove this guy wrong!

I guess patience(I hate that word) pays off, I hope this is blooming at Christmastime, whatta present! I will send a picture to my aunt and she can show it to my mom, mom does not have a computer, never did, my aunt prints pictures that I send her and shows mom. Do you want me to keep posting pictures of it growing or would you rather wait for the finished product? I have not told many people about this for fear of being called crazy, so this is just between you guys and gals and me. I hope these don't have the awful smell that they say some have, the funny thing is that this will be the first year for this one, it was in the ground in between the Irises and had not come up at all, so have no idea what color it is going to be, I guess we are all going to be surprised.

got a question about the one in the vase, it grew 2 little roots and it does not look like it has grown any more, do you think it might be a good idea to go ahead and transfer into potting soil and pot it up? I don't want it to rot in there. The water is not touching the bulb, it just looks like it has stopped growing roots,

If you're worried you can pot it up and hope for the best. Even if it just grows foliage and doesn't flower this winter, the foliage will feed the bulb and give you a better chance of flowering next time. When flowers do appear on any amaryllis and finally do die back you will remove the flowering head at the top, not the bottom, to avoid having it make seeds, which uses up far too much energy for small bulbs (or any bulbs).

You've made good progress with the one that is growing and I thought you'd enjoy seeing the progress for yourself and for your mother.

I went ahead and potted the one that was in water. Hopefully it will do well, at least I know with this one NOT TO MOVE it and don't do anything else to it. I think a couple of the others are starting to do something, but it is so minscule that I am not sure whether they are really doing something or it is my imagination. It is like when you are hunting mushrooms, you see them when they are not really there because it is your imagination cause you want to see them so bad.

A few of ours are growing. It's amazing how fast they grow once they've started. It's the waiting for them to show us the green that can take awhile, as you already know. Ours just got one watering so keep that it mind.

I will keep a eye on the one I just potted, it might beat out the other, I don't know, at least I won't make all the mistakes that I did with the others, this one will be taken care of the right way, pot it, water it, and then FORGET ABOUT IT. And of course have.......!

You'll get used to not thinking about it. You don't sit there and think about your summer clothes, do you?

you have a very,very good point there.

The "Dragon Lore" are doing good. I just got through digging a bed especially for them. They will be the star of the show. I was going to plant it all in the black day lilies but Pirl suggested mixing some other colors in to make them stand out better. I think that is what I'm going to do.

I am glad they are thriving for you. While they are pretty on their own, a little contrast from others makes them stand out. I love a plant that is hardy, repeat blooms and stands out in the garden. This year I gave away about 30 keikis from the Dragon Lore....they do like to reproduce...grin

I think I have good news, I think I may have a job! I have a orientation tomorrow and the last time I had one of these, I had a job before the week was out. So that will be one way to forget about those bulbs! I had to put the Morning Glory back in the window, it did not like the lamp light, so now I have all my bulbs and flowers in the windowsill that will fit. The Geraniums would not fit so they are in the kitchen, and the crysanthemums are in the entryway. So hopefully I will have a job so wish me luck!

I do wish you luck. Let us know what happens. In what field do you work?

Good luck and congratulations to the new job!!!

Belle

Fingers crossed for you Teddy. Hope it all goes the way you want it to. What would you be doing, job-wise?

I will be working at AGC which works with windshields. This will be my 3rd time there, I missed my orientation today because the lady at Adecco told me the wrong place to go. But I am on next weeks list, so I will know where to go this time! And I will wear my steel-toed shoes(which add about 5 pounds to your feet).

hey pirl, I gave my MG a shot of Miracle Gro to see what it does, it was looking a little peaked. I was wondering, how are your bulbs doing? Could you take a picture and let me see? Mine are not doing anything, I am going to try the heating pad again and this time leave the plants in the window, I have curtains in front of the windows and I am going to pin the cover(not the pad) to them to take the strain off of the part that is under the plants. My hubby helped me get the Miracle Gro out of the jug and into the soil for the Morning Glories. I think maybe some bottom heat will move them along.

I have them on the heating pad on low and in the window, how long do I leave them on the pad? Do I leave them on there until I see sprouts from the ones that have not done anything yet? Help!

I think the MG really wants to grow outside...in spring, not fall into winter indoors.

Leave the heating pad in place until you see green growth emerging and don't confuse the poor bulbs any more by switching from heat to no heat, back to heat, back to no heat. I would be terribly confused if I were the bulb.

I took this photo on November 24th:

You are probably right about the MG. How do you like my little set up in the window? That is the best I could do. Thanks again pirl.

You did a fine job with your window plants.

Good luck with the job prospect this week.

Thanks for good luck wishes, I pretty much already got it the problem is it is just temperary, the thing I hate about being a temp is that they can let you go without telling you why. You can work several weeks or just a few days, I wish they would just hire me and get rid of the middle man. It is my 3rd time at this place, you would think that they would want to keep me on instead of paying unemployment when they get done with me. See everytime they get done with me they have to pay me unemployment. I am glad you like my window arrangement, I hope it it will be okay to have the heating pad like it is, I don't want to run the risk of starting a fire. It is draped on the windowsill and the other half is hanging down.

Unfortunately I just found out the heating pad has a 2-hour auto shutoff, will that screw up my bulbs? I did not know that when I put it out there.

The company's contract with those who will hire you will not allow them to skip the middleman.

I'd remove the heating pad and just let them be. On and off is not the constant heat they would want.

Your bulbs look like they are wetter than mine, is it because they are sprouting? I have another heating pad in the bedroom and it is smaller, should I try it or just leave them be? I would like to have at least one bloom for Christmas, but do you honestly think I will have one? I value your advice since you have had such obvious success with them. But if they are not going to grow what should I do with them, just leave them in the window? One of the plants has little bugs flying around it, what do I do with it? They look like gnats, what do you think?

Leave them alone. (Seems like I've said that numerous times already!)

Sprinkle ordinary cinnamon on the soil with the gnats - cover the soil. It will not hurt the plants.

Mine got the initial watering as I washed each pot when I was bringing them inside and haven't had a drop of water since then. The difference could easily the the soil.

Gnats generally are found on damp soil. I do not have any gnats but had them on other house plants, on the porch, when I kept them too wet.

I went to the 4 hour orientation today, it was mostly stuff I already knew, but it was informative, we went on a tour and I saw some people that I have worked with before, one lady came over and hugged me and smiled a smile that lit up the whole room! The other 3 ladies were glad to see me again too. They said I might be working with them because their department needs people, and that is where my former team leader is working, who knew? I know I will be working there just don't know when I will start, that is the bad part, won't have any money coming in until I start working which is going to make it a little lean around here for awhile, got a picture to show you. There is that white stuff all over the ground and those white specks are snowflakes falling.

It's good to know that you'll be back to work.

Snow! I'm not ready for that yet. I'm still working about 5 or 6 hours a day in the garden. Today we had 62 degrees but I'm sure you don't want to hear that.

i wish it was that here today, we really can't complain, the weather has been great especially for this time of the year, although we don't want it, it is going to come whether we want it or not. The morning glory is doing ok, I agree with you though, it wants to go outside for the sunshine of summertime not inside in the winter, but it was a experiment and it is still alive but not blooming yet. Don't know if it is going to bloom though, but it is nice to see some greenery when it is white outside.

Congrats on the job. Hope you get to work with your friends.

aside from being outside where they get all the sunshine and water they need, is there anything I can do to perk up my morning glory? It is still growing but for some reason it looks a little pathetic right now, I had it in the window with the Amaryllis bulbs, but I was afraid it was going to get too cold. I don't know about the bulbs, they still have not done anything yet. I gave the mg a little miracle gro, but it has not made any improvement, maybe I did not give it enouugh, I had a little syringe that I had especially for it and I filled it up and gave it to the plant that way, could it need more? I remember giving the ones outside miracle gro and they went crazy. Let me know if you think I should give it some more, I just watered it today because with the stove on it takes moisture out of the air, so need help.

No more food for the MG. It's meant to be outdoors, not a house plant.

teddy, if youd like a houseplant, try pothos. its evergreen, has interesting tropical foliage and vivid color. they are very tough, and dont require much attention. if you want a flowering houseplant try peace lily. the morning glories went crazy when you grew them outside because well they were outside. they can utilize the fertilizer much better that way, they love sunbathing.

got good news this morning, I get to go back to work tonight, I work from 3-11 so that takes care of ignoring the Amaryllis bulbs! Going to be concentrating on the job, not the flowers. Wish me luck!

Best of luck to you Teddy. Hope the job is all you want it to be.