HD Amaryllis set up

16 years ago

Hi, I'm a newbie to this forum and came here for advice on my...you guessed it...recent HD purchase.

I'm a Florida MG and liked the idea of the plant set up. I thought of doing my own when my HD dropped the price to $9.99. (So I basically bought the set up)

If the basil plate thing made you cringe, this will push you over the edge. They had watered the bulbs a "lttle too liberally", I mean someone should have told the HD garden dept that these are not aquatic plants! I tried dumping the water out and it smelled putrid. I picked the least squishy bulb I could find and it has since flowered but it's in sad shape.

My question is, if I scrub the glass and stones and promise not to use the spikey thing, can I reuse the set up with one of my own bulbs? And how exactly would that work? I know the bulb doesn't need to be sitting in water, but how much of the roots?

OR should I just make it a candle display and quit harrassing the plants?

Thanks in advance.

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beachplant
16 years ago
Put the bulb in some mix of your choice, you're in Florida so even out in the yard. Put some paperwhites in the vase.
Tally HO!
Carol love_the_yard (Zone 9A Jacksonville, FL)
16 years ago
What does "Tally HO!" mean at the end of each post?
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beachplant
16 years ago
My name is Tally. No, it's not short for anything. No, it's not a family name. My mom got the name from a TV show in the 50's. The character named Tally had "beautiful red hair" to quote mom. I'm from a long line of redheads. Though I do worry about mom, TV was black and white then. I'm the only redhead out of 5 kids.

Tally HO! and away I go....
coffeemom
Original Author
16 years ago
You have to excuse us Florida gardeners, we just figured you were from Tallahassee.
There is also a group of us known as the "Garden Hoes" and we have the buttons to prove it....but that's another story!
Great to have met you, Tally!
jodik_gw
16 years ago
Welcome to the Forum, coffeemom! Being a total coffee-holic, myself, I just love your member name!

If it were me, I'd use the pebbles and glass piece to make a nice candle or other arrangement for my table, and I'd pot up the bulb in a free-draining medium... you could plant it directly in your garden, though.
kaboehm (zone 9a, TX USA)
16 years ago
I vote for candle display!!

"tally ho" is what the rider on a fox hunt shouts when he sees the prey. Sorry Tally, but the "ho" part makes me laugh...after the Don Imus incident!

I love coffee too and am doing my best to grow it!

K
beachplant
16 years ago
Well, it beats Tally whacker!!

Yep, they yell "Tally HO!" which means "there goes the fox". So, since I think I'm pretty foxy it's appropriate. Now excuse me while I go snort and laugh over the foxy part.

K where did you get your coffee plant? Ed was supposed to send me some beans, I need to shoot him an e-mail, or make the rare fruit growers meeting! It's always 100 miles away on a day I work.

Tally HO! AKA Foxy lady! LOL!!! :)
jodik_gw
16 years ago
Anything beats MY nickname... Larry and the family call me the Hag! LOL!
kaboehm (zone 9a, TX USA)
16 years ago
Oh now I'm really laughing over you both!! Nice fam!! And you Tally....!

Uh...a lister gave me 4 beans (2 cherries) when I visited his home in MA...and I got the "tree" on tropicalmist.com (I think)...a grower in FL.
K
tommyr_gw Zone 6
16 years ago
I LOVE READHEADS! Had several girlfriends with FLAMING red hair pver the years.

"I'm just sayin'" as the kids today say!

LOL!