Subject: Re: Need Amarylis help From: "Bill Robinson" <roseguy@gte.net> Organization: Date: Mon, 13 Mar 00 15:30:24 Message-ID: <MOD$000313.6963@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
Lloyd Mac Donald asks about stopping the growth of
an amarylis and over-wintering the bulb in the dark.
My wife, who knows bulbs fairly well, says that she
thinks the amarylis bulbs would probably over-winter
O.K. in a paper bag if you did it AFTER the foliage
went over. The foliage first needs to make the plant
sugars that are stored in the over-wintering bulb.
"Stopping" the growth before the amarylis has made
all of the plant sugars would probably do it in.