Amaryllis Season is back!

[NYCorchidman]

Watering is very important.
Any plants in active growth need water to grow, not to mention to stay turgid. Slight dry soil for a very short time every now and then won't hurt (although not good) the plant, any prolonged drought will definitely affect the plant in negative ways.
Not enough leaves or not enough bulking up in size (bulb itself) in the fall, going into dormancy in wrong time being probably be one of the worst.

I water mine almost every other day in the summer when it is hot and things dry out fast. Amaryllis also have many large leaves by summer, so they drink up lots of water as well.
Mine is sitting in 10 in plastic pot with regular potting soil ( fine peat and sand mostly).

[No-Pro-mwa]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Watering is very important.
Any plants in active growth need water to grow, not to mention to stay turgid. Slight dry soil for a very short time every now and then won't hurt (although not good) the plant, any prolonged drought will definitely affect the plant in negative ways.
Not enough leaves or not enough bulking up in size (bulb itself) in the fall, going into dormancy in wrong time being probably be one of the worst.

I water mine almost every other day in the summer when it is hot and things dry out fast. Amaryllis also have many large leaves by summer, so they drink up lots of water as well.
Mine is sitting in 10 in plastic pot with regular potting soil ( fine peat and sand mostly).

10 inch pot, that is big. All the places you get them from always say to only put them into a pot that is 1 inch from the side of the bulb.

So you add more sand to the potting soil or you mean it is already in there?