Amaryllis blooms three times a year: the young man reluctantly reveals the truth
An amaryllis with double flowers at a flower lover's home was very beautiful, so I couldn't help asking him about his care techniques. Everyone knows that amaryllis usually blooms only once a year in summer, but this flower lover's amaryllis can bloom three times a year, letting people feel the beauty of amaryllis in all four seasons! After my repeated pleading, the young man reluctantly revealed the reason why his amaryllis blooms three times. So how should amaryllis be grown to bloom three times?
Tips for making amaryllis bloom multiple times
1. The flowering period of amaryllis is from April to June. At this time, artificially letting the amaryllis go dormant allows it to bloom multiple times a year. You can cut off the flower stems and the aboveground parts, reduce watering or stop watering, keep the soil dry, wrap the amaryllis well and place it in the refrigerator's cold storage compartment, letting the bulb go dormant in a low-temperature environment to provide the conditions for natural flowering of the amaryllis.
2. After the flowers bloom in June, cut off the spent flowers and withered yellow flower leaves, then place it in a cool, ventilated place, apply a nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium fertilizer once, water once a day, apply a phosphorus fertilizer about once every half a month, and place the potted amaryllis outdoors with appropriate shade. In this way, the amaryllis can bloom again in July.
3. After the flowers fade in August, you can cut off the spent flowers and withered yellow flower leaves, then apply an organic fertilizer once. In September, it can be placed in an environment of about 13-15 degrees, keeping plenty of sunlight, paying attention to water control, keeping the bulb moist, and applying as little fertilizer as possible, letting the amaryllis go into a brief dormancy.
4. By November each year, you can gradually move the amaryllis into a greenhouse, control the temperature at 20-22 degrees, water once every 3-4 days, and new leaves will sprout. Then apply a phosphorus fertilizer liquid feed once. Before flower buds appear, apply a nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium compound fertilizer once every half a month. By the following spring, it can bloom for the third time.
The above is an introduction to how amaryllis blooms three times. After the amaryllis flowers fade, cut off the flower stalks and remaining leaves, then place the bulb in a refrigerator cold storage compartment at about 0-5 degrees. Be careful to wrap it well so that soil does not dirty the refrigerator. After a week, take it out, care for it outdoors in the open air, and apply a heavy fertilizer once. In this way, the flower buds can grow new leaves, and it can bloom three times a year.