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Arum lily (Zantedeschia Aethiopica) help!

Rob LockwoodRob Lockwood Posts: 330
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Here's my ZA.  Lots and lots of leaves, none of any size and no sight of "flowers".  The pot's about 23cm/10" across.  Anyone any idea what's going on? :)


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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 33,745
    looks perfectly fine to me. 
    patience required
    Devon.
  • Rob LockwoodRob Lockwood Posts: 330
    Does it need splitting though @Hostafan1 ?  Seems to be about 80 plants there!
  • widgetwilk annwidgetwilk ann Posts: 355
    My flower in spring time, but they need a lot of water.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 33,745
    Rob Lockwood said:
    Does it need splitting though @Hostafan1 ?  Seems to be about 80 plants there!
    you can split them easily, in winter  is best when they're dormant. Although mine carried on growing until hit by a frost in late February.
    In the past, I've sheared off the foliage to about 6inches, then dug them up and divided and replanted them. 
    Devon.
  • earlydazeearlydaze Posts: 100
    mines the exact same Rob- asked an expert about it at Chelsea yesterday and was told to feed it with a tomato feed- about every 2 weeks- which I had not been doing. Unlikely to get flowers this year, but bear in mind for next year.
  • Rob LockwoodRob Lockwood Posts: 330
    Thanks @earlydaze - I've certainly not been feeding it so that won't have helped!  Hope you enjoyed Chelsea :)
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