Day One

Today I received a lovely Christmas gift: a kit to grow an amaryllis. Though I love flowers, I am notoriously bad at growing them. However, the kit makes it look quite simple. I decided to blog my results. Keep your fingers crossed!

This box contained all the items needed for the amaryllis.....

.....a pot, the amaryllis bulb.......

....and this odd little hockey puck of growing medium.



Following the directions on the box, I placed the growing medium in the pot and added 2-1/4 cups of warm water.



Four minutes later, the hockey puck was taking on water and changing shape rapidly.



Six minutes later, the hockey puck was looking more like growing medium.



Nine short minutes later, the growing medium had absorbed nearly all the water and was easily crumbled.



I crumbled the medium and planted the amaryllis bulb. The pot is now on a table near a living room window. The wait begins.