Amaryllis (Hippeastrum)

Doing well this year, bought in Holland in 1987.

 

They look so gorgeous!

I have one that was given me as a kit for Christmas 2003. The main bulb had done very well and flowered three or four times since but it has given off about eight baby bulbs which I have replanted elsewhere in pots. They seem very healthy but aren't producing anything but leaves.
Do they take a while to mature or should I be feeding them or something?

 

I would think leaves are all you can hope for, for the rest of this year. I grow mine on after flowering, and feed with tomato food occasionally through the summer, then in late summer autumn dry them off, so they lose their leaves. I keep them frost free in a greenhouse through the winter, and as it starts to warm up in spring they begin to shoot, so I start to water gradually, and then put them outside after frosts are finished. They then flower about now, I dont think your small bulbs will flower for a couple of years, but the main one should next year.
pete

 

Thanks for the info, Pete. I'll try that out.

 

Is there any bugs or disease that affect them?

I'm trying to think of someway to post

'Is this the spray for Amaryllis'

but not having much luck

 

Thats the worst line I've ever heard Steve ( groan)
Nathan we need a groan gremlin

 

It wasn't even that good :D