Have you lost your heart to the wonderful Ritterstern? Then you can grow more specimens without having to raid your wallet to buy young plants. These instructions explain how you can grow an amaryllis yourself from seeds and bulbs.
How can I propagate amaryllis myself?
To grow amaryllis yourself, you can either harvest and sow seeds or cut seed bulbs from a mother bulb and plant them. The seed method takes longer, while seed bulbs grow into flowering plants more quickly.
Harvesting and sowing seeds – How to do it right
If you gently brush a brush through an open flower, the pollen will be transferred to the pistil. The fruits thrive within 6 to 8 weeks and are full of valuable seeds. Since the seeds are not thrown out, they are easy to harvest. Sowing is easy:
- Fill a seed tray or small pots with coconut fibers (€14.00 on Amazon) or seed soil
- Place the light-germinating seeds on the substrate, press down and sift over a maximum of 0.5 cm
- Wet carefully with a fine spray of soft, lukewarm water
Germination begins within 2 to 3 weeks in a partially shaded, warm window seat. Of course, a knight's star propagated from seedlings takes up to 4 years until its first flowering.
Pulling amaryllis from bulbs - How to do it in no time at all
If you have a quick breeding result in your sights, the offshoots of an amaryllis come into focus. A vital mother onion gives you small daughter onions from which you can grow a magnificent knight's star yourself within one season. How to proceed:
- Cut seed bulbs with a minimum diameter of 3 cm from the mother bulb
- Fill a 14 cm pot with a mix of cactus and potting soil over a drainage made of expanded clay beads
- Insert half of each onion, press the substrate well and water from below
On a partially shaded, warm window seat, water only enough to prevent the soil from drying out. Please only administer a first dose of diluted liquid fertilizer when the first leaves sprout. Under ideal conditions, you can look forward to the first flowers on your Ritterstern the following winter.
Tip
Plant several flowering amaryllis bulbs in one pot, creating a breathtaking flower performance in the middle of winter. As long as the onion skins don't touch each other, the plants won't get in each other's way.
