Amaryllis and Hippeastrums: I'm using 24-8-16 (or thereabouts) from now on!, 1 by raydio

raydio wrote:
I had read some discussion by bulb-knowledgeable types, that bulbous flowering plants do not need as much phosphorus as they do potash, and most of all need nitrogen.

Sounded right to me, the actual bulb being made up of swollen leaf bases. So this season I decided to feed mine a dilute feeding with every watering whenever possible due to time constraints etc. That's what they got and the results are so pleasing that I'll keep on using this on my Amaryllids, including my Hippeastrum and Crinums.

Here's a pic of H. 'Exotic Star' on 9/13. It was planted in March as a new bulb and bloomed in April. It put out 16 leaves!