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

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
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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

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