Hi David and all,

I've actually been wondering about the same thing - this year, I've
ordered 5 Amaryllis Belladonna Rose foncé from Bulb'argence. I've
planted 2 of them at my south wall, still quite sure they won't survive
my winters here, and the other 3 together with some more Mediterraneans
into a mortar trough with similar substrate at the same depth. As it was
still hot back then, I didn't water any of them, but I guess the open
ground may have had some residue humidity the substrate had not.
Both open ground plants broke ground with a flower stalk within 2 weeks.
a few days after that breakthrough, it had started to rain, so the
trough got water, too - it took about 4 more weeks to show any movement
on those Amaryllis, and it was only leaves on all three.

I'm quite sure i didn't pick the biggest bulbs for ground, as I
considered them death candidates anyway (still have to see that though),
so what made the difference?

Martin

Am 09.10.2019 um 19:20 schrieb David Pilling:

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Martin
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Southern Germany
Likely zone 7a

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