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Amaryllis has been tampered with

EmerionEmerion Posts: 535
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My first amaryllis had started to push up a bright Green shoot a few weeks ago. But the shoot has gradually gone a dull green and is obviously fading. Someone, who shall be nameless (OK, it was me), has confessed to lifting the bulb to see if it was growing. It was - one chunky root was growing from it. So I’m wondering, is this bulb going to die now, or could it survive to try again next winter? Also, have you got any similar misdemeanours that you need to get off your chest? 
Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


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  • B3B3 Posts: 26,495
    I pulled up a hesperis - twice - mistaking it for a cheeky Japanese anemone .
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • EmerionEmerion Posts: 535
    Forgot to add the photo 
    Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


  • B3B3 Posts: 26,495
    Well, it doesn't look dead. You might get a flower in a couple of months or it might sulk until next year. The energy is still there in the bulb no matter what you did to the root.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • EmerionEmerion Posts: 535
    B3 said:
    I pulled up a hesperis - twice - mistaking it for a cheeky Japanese anemone .


    To pull up a hesperis once maybe regarded as a misfortune… 😁
    Thanks for the encouragement. I will look forward to it making an appearance eventually. 
    Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


  • B3B3 Posts: 26,495
    I accidentally attacked a blue salvia greggii more than twice. I even tried to pretend the 'pruning' was a cutting. Unsuccessful. I decided it was born under a bad sign.
     It might pop up. The root is still there. It's on its own unless it shows willing.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • EmerionEmerion Posts: 535
    Whilst trying to rid a border of a huge clump of unsuitable and rampant crocosmia lucifer, I have repeatedly dug up, pulled up and trodden on my only Schizostylis coccinea. I have now put it in a pot to give it a bit of peace until it recovers.  
    Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,001
    Today while I was weeding, I neatly sliced off a new budding shoot from a peony I had planted as bareroot last year. Fingers crossed that it recovers.
    Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
    And then my heart with pleasure fills,
    And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth :)

  • mandyroberts99mandyroberts99 Posts: 235
    May I jump on this thread? I was given an Amaryllis at Christmas, planted it following instructions to the letter. Its not done anything. How long could it take? I have so far resisted lifting it to have a peep.......
  • B3B3 Posts: 26,495
    edited January 2022
    If not, it will have a very strong root structure for next year😒 @Eustace
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 26,495
    edited January 2022
    It should have done something by now. What does it feel like if you give it a gentle squeeze? @mandyroberts99
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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