Sylvia, that looks like my crinums from snails

I would pot it up for a bit.

Thanks, will do.

The snails are an epidemic here;

I saw them marching up a huge agave the other day!

Yeah, they are everywhere I have been this year.

Crinums need at least a half-day sun. They struggle in full shade. You didn't say what type yours is... my Queen Emmas and Ellen Bosanquets are in full sun. I would move it to a better spot and see if it doesn't do a little better.

Snails and slugs are a constant menace, in either location. You may have to get some snail and slug bait to get rid of them.

Carol in Jacksonville

My tiny ones have doubled in size since December...they grow fast and if given heat, sun, water, they just love it :)

Sylvia, I would still pot it up, the snails would be less likely to get in a pot on a porch (at least here they don't) and if they are as big up in your part of TX as they are down here in my part of TX, they could wipe it out overnight, lol

Plus it looks pale like it needs better soil or to be fed

So is that a photo of it in the pot? Or was that photo taken when "it was in full shade & was very very small & had fungus or mold
growing on it, so I dipped it in a mild bleach solution for about 10
minutes & planted it"? If that photo is dated, how does it look now?

I took the photo yesterday morning, when it was still planted in the garden.

It was early in the morning, & the sky was very overcast;

ordinarily, this plant got full sun from sun-up until evening.

When I planted it, summer before last, it was truly pitiful;

the foliage, what there was of it, looked like cooked green onion.

I had suspected that it might be snail damage, but since I never had had experience with snails (this spring Mother Nature is making up for lost time with my "snail education"!), & since the plant had had such a hard time already, I wanted to get some insight/advice before I dug the poor thing out of its home.

I'm happy to say that, when I dug it up, I found that its roots were extensive & healthy-looking & held a good ball of soil.

When I put it in the pot, I just set the whole thing in there & then backfilled & watered & set it on a patio table in sun.

I don't think it knows it's been moved.

Good deal! I hope it greens up for you and performs! I just love crinum and if you have the patience to wait, they are fantastic bloomers in year three and beyond.
Carol