Hello Diane et al.,
If they sprout and one morning they are eaten off at the soil line and
dead; it would sound like wilt. Plant in sandy loam grow like lilies,
irrigate with an antifungal and water untilwell sprouted and making own
food with leaves and roots. I use 25% sand & potting soil irrigated with a
natural antifungal 2C or 3C brewed in a coffee maker like a simple Mr.
Coffee. I don't stop irrigating with 2C instead of plain water until at
least 6 months both top watering and bottom watering for amaryllidaceae
seeds also for floating seeds or or sprouting on a paper napkin/tissue on a
plate. If wilt happens to be your problem, control of fungous after
sprouting is magic. Also in the case of hippeastrum, habranthus,
zephyranthes, etc. your young sprouts will be about 25 % taller at 6 months
than ones on plain water. Works on tomatoes and many kinds of seeds. Bill
Warren
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