My amaryllis wont bloom?

my amaryllis sent up new leaves, after a long dormancy period, but has yet to send up a new flower stalk...in general it has been my experience that the leaves come up before the flower stalk. how do I get it to bloom...also i just planted another amaryllis bulb and it has two separate sets of leaves coming out one stalk emerged from the first one and leaves then followed, the other part of the same bulb has sent out new leaves but no flower stalk yet. what shoud i do

My amaryllis wont bloom?
I've had mixed luck with reblooming amaryllis. The time to feed them is after blooming until time to dry them out. It takes at least three months of dormancy after the leaves begin to dry. I've heard of them reblooming with no dormancy but haven't experienced that.


A major problem for them is a fungus called rust. All most all seem to be infected to some degree. You will see it as reddish blotches on the bulb. When it gets bad, you have to chuck them out.


Sometimes they will bloom after the leaves come out and sometimes not. If there are 3 or 4 full length leaves chances of blooming are not good. Of 3 that received the same treatment this year, one is ready to bloom, one has done nothing (but it looks alive and I haven't given up) and one has done a full leaf display (I don't have hopes of bloom for that one).


Usually I hedge my bets by getting a few new ones each year so that I can have a holiday display. Each new one is looked over for severe rust before I chose it. The ones I keep over sometimes don't bloom until late winter. It's almost impossible to duplicate the conditions at home that give us the display between Thanksgiving and Christmas that we hope for. Good luck.
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Dave
Reply:Have you applied a balanced fertilizer? Blooming plants need more potash sometimes according to the soil. Get a 13-13-13 which pretty well works with most plants.