amaryllis, did i kill it?
i was distracted today and never got outside to check on my greenhouse
until it was too late. temps were up to 57C. some of my plants looked peaked but the amaryllis leaves looked like badly wilted lettuce. i immeadeatly opened everything up and sprayed everything w/ a mist of water and then soaked each pot. i quickly got temps inside to 30 C. i think everything else will recover w/ no real damage done. however since the amaryllis looked so poor i afraid it will be a goner. i did sink the whole plants under water after i had everything else cooled down. and was going to let it soak for a few hours so that matbe the leaves will soak up some water it they aren't too cooked. really my big question is that if the leaves are dead, can i just cut them off and put the bulbs into storage for a few months and then retry to grow them? or should it continue to try to grow them out now? sherm |
amaryllis, did i kill it?
Where are you Sherm? Because in Australia I doubt anybody grows Amaryllis
belladonna in a greenhouse. Now I know what those in the US call Amaryllis we call Hippeastrum. Enlighten us. Richard Yup I top posted "sherm" wrote in message news:7eXXf.1236$zk4.489@trnddc05... i was distracted today and never got outside to check on my greenhouse until it was too late. temps were up to 57C. some of my plants looked peaked but the amaryllis leaves looked like badly wilted lettuce. i immeadeatly opened everything up and sprayed everything w/ a mist of water and then soaked each pot. i quickly got temps inside to 30 C. i think everything else will recover w/ no real damage done. however since the amaryllis looked so poor i afraid it will be a goner. i did sink the whole plants under water after i had everything else cooled down. and was going to let it soak for a few hours so that matbe the leaves will soak up some water it they aren't too cooked. really my big question is that if the leaves are dead, can i just cut them off and put the bulbs into storage for a few months and then retry to grow them? or should it continue to try to grow them out now? sherm |
amaryllis, did i kill it?
thanks for the response. yes this is Hippeastrum Amaryllis "Aphrodite"
it was growing in the greenhouse only because nighttime temps are below freezing here at night on some nights and i had just gotten the bulbs from someone and they had just started to grow. i thought they would enjoy the direct sun instead of indoor lights. the leaves continues to dry out over the past few days so i went ahead and cut them off as those leaves were gone. what should i expect at this point from them. are the bulbs bad now? will they push new bulbs if i keep them water or should they just be placed into hibernation for a couple months and then reattempted? sherm loosecanon wrote: Where are you Sherm? Because in Australia I doubt anybody grows Amaryllis belladonna in a greenhouse. Now I know what those in the US call Amaryllis we call Hippeastrum. Enlighten us. Richard Yup I top posted "sherm" wrote in message news:7eXXf.1236$zk4.489@trnddc05... i was distracted today and never got outside to check on my greenhouse until it was too late. temps were up to 57C. some of my plants looked peaked but the amaryllis leaves looked like badly wilted lettuce. i immeadeatly opened everything up and sprayed everything w/ a mist of water and then soaked each pot. i quickly got temps inside to 30 C. i think everything else will recover w/ no real damage done. however since the amaryllis looked so poor i afraid it will be a goner. i did sink the whole plants under water after i had everything else cooled down. and was going to let it soak for a few hours so that matbe the leaves will soak up some water it they aren't too cooked. really my big question is that if the leaves are dead, can i just cut them off and put the bulbs into storage for a few months and then retry to grow them? or should it continue to try to grow them out now? sherm |
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