OK, the Stargazer Lily plant has lost its blooms, and is dropping leaves. It
will be at least three months 'til I can plant it outside.
What should I do with it in the meanwhile?

On 28 Feb 2003 14:51:28 GMT, c (TOM KAN PA) wrote:

OK, the Stargazer Lily plant has lost its blooms, and is dropping leaves. It
will be at least three months 'til I can plant it outside.
What should I do with it in the meanwhile?


Allow it to dry out, remove spent blooms and wait till spring when you can plant
it. It may not flower again this season, but if kept healthy it will give you
years of blooms.

Let it rest for now. They force those into bloom in the greenhouse industry and
that takes enormous energy for the plant to recover.

V

Pretty much what I said in reply to his first post with this question but,
too busy with a ****in match to have read legit answers.
Val
"animaux" wrote in message
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On 28 Feb 2003 14:51:28 GMT, c (TOM KAN PA) wrote:

OK, the Stargazer Lily plant has lost its blooms, and is dropping leaves.
It
will be at least three months 'til I can plant it outside.
What should I do with it in the meanwhile?


Allow it to dry out, remove spent blooms and wait till spring when you can
plant
it. It may not flower again this season, but if kept healthy it will give
you
years of blooms.

Let it rest for now. They force those into bloom in the greenhouse
industry and
that takes enormous energy for the plant to recover.

V

The problem was that the info in your reply was incorrect because you
assummed the plant was a true lily (Lilium) but it is not.

The so-called "Stargazer Lily" is actually Haemanthus in the Amaryllidaceae
and should be treated like an Amaryllis to grow and flower.


Valkyrie wrote in message
news:1046455255.236643@yasure...
Pretty much what I said in reply to his first post with this question but,
too busy with a ****in match to have read legit answers.
Val
"animaux" wrote in message
...
On 28 Feb 2003 14:51:28 GMT, c (TOM KAN PA) wrote:

OK, the Stargazer Lily plant has lost its blooms, and is dropping
leaves.
It
will be at least three months 'til I can plant it outside.
What should I do with it in the meanwhile?


Allow it to dry out, remove spent blooms and wait till spring when you
can
plant
it. It may not flower again this season, but if kept healthy it will
give
you
years of blooms.

Let it rest for now. They force those into bloom in the greenhouse
industry and
that takes enormous energy for the plant to recover.

V

Thus, the rest period I suggested.


On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 18:05:57 GMT, "Cereoid+10+" wrote:

The problem was that the info in your reply was incorrect because you
assummed the plant was a true lily (Lilium) but it is not.

The so-called "Stargazer Lily" is actually Haemanthus in the Amaryllidaceae
and should be treated like an Amaryllis to grow and flower.


Valkyrie wrote in message
news:1046455255.236643@yasure...
Pretty much what I said in reply to his first post with this question but,
too busy with a ****in match to have read legit answers.
Val
"animaux" wrote in message
...
On 28 Feb 2003 14:51:28 GMT, c (TOM KAN PA) wrote:

OK, the Stargazer Lily plant has lost its blooms, and is dropping
leaves.
It
will be at least three months 'til I can plant it outside.
What should I do with it in the meanwhile?


Allow it to dry out, remove spent blooms and wait till spring when you
can
plant
it. It may not flower again this season, but if kept healthy it will
give
you
years of blooms.

Let it rest for now. They force those into bloom in the greenhouse
industry and
that takes enormous energy for the plant to recover.

V