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Gardening Know How Questions & Answers - https://questions.gardeningknowhow.comWhen a bulb stops flowering, do I cut the green leaves off or leave out of water until the leaves die? I have the Christmas flower bulb out of the water but the leaves are green. Do I wait till they are dead?
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[1] https://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/2009/1-7/amaryllis.html: https://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/2009/1-7/amaryllis.html
[2] http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/flowers/growing-and-caring-for-amaryllis/: http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/flowers/growing-and-caring-for-amaryllis/
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1 Comment To "care after bulb stops flowering"
#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 04/25/2016 @ 1:28 pm
Amaryllis bulbs grown in water generally cannot be forced in subsequent years so it is unlikely you will get a second wind out of them. But that doesn’t mean you can’t try and the following articles will assist you:
https://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/2009/1-7/amaryllis.html [1]
http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/flowers/growing-and-caring-for-amaryllis/ [2] (refer to section “after flowering care”)