A deranged gardener told me, once, that if you strike the trunks of fruit trees with a club, they will feel threatened and produce more blossoms – and presumably, more fruit. I tried this on my worsleya, and it didn’t work. Dell From: Linda Foulis Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2015 4:24 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: [pbs] Getting 'amaryllis' to bloom - or old wives tales I thought I would share something that amused me. I just heard from a new gardening friend that his mother would drop her amaryllis bulbs to wake up the roots and get them to flower for Christmas. Anyone else heard of such a strange practice? I'm pretty sure my hippeastrum will not bloom this year even if I do drop them, not a good year for them at all. Linda M Foulis Beautiful Blooms http://www.beautifulblooms.ab.ca/ Zone 1-2, on the edge of the middle of nowhere _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/