skipping the part where i was victimize 3 times ....uuuuurgh i'm just so trance by the flower that i skip doing the research first part , believing that those little stalk will grow to be a beautiful flowering plant blah blah blah.
After wondering why the leaves seemed different from what ive seen on stargazers in flower shops i finally decided to take my sweet time and do the research T_T
FACTs
> stargazers are not grown from stem but from bulbs
> a stargazer plant does not have multiple color for a flower in one plant
so after blackmailing my Partner with my puppy eyes and cuteness i got her to buy me a potted stargazer for valentines yey! might i add that it is bought from a reputable nursery in QC circle, i heard they are the same people operating the seedling bank before, behold! a true stargazer! (see picture below)
i took pictures of my stargazer everyday to document how each flower open (^_^)
Day 4 6am
well the guy at the nursery says that my flower pot should stay indoor for the bloom to last longer but because i found articles saying they need full sun i let it sit for hour outside and tada! ( picture below) petals started to came off.......next time ill just keep it indoor xp
Day 6
finding reference is quite difficult, most of the guidelines in growing stargazer is set in a four climate setting , some even discourage gardeners in tropical climate against planting stargazer. but there is no harm in trying right?
so after my stargazer died back to the ground i dug the bulb, now this is the tricky part, since stargazer is an oriental bulb it needs freezing time searching online i found two contradicting guideline in storing bulbs in refrigerator.
option 1. > put the bulbs with moist mulch or peat moss in a container with holes
pro:air holes prevent anaerobic circulation that may cause the bubs to rot.
con: there may be are ripe fruits that releases gas that can rot the bulbs
: moisture can seep out through the hole ( drying out the bulb =dead) requiring you to regularly check if it still moist
option 2 - put the bulb in sandwich bag sealed with moist tissue or peat moss.
pros: moisture is maintained , required less misting
cons: Anaerobic circulation that cause bulb to rot
after much debate i decided to do both since this is in a way an experiment, so i put the main bulb in a container with holes and some of its scales in a sandwich bag with a moist tissue....
i tried to check the bulbs at least once a week opening the sandwich bag to air it out once in a while preventing the anaerobic circulation and using an empty perfume for misting. label your sandwich bag and container properly because if like me you are not the only one using the refrigerator someone might mistake it for something else and put it in the trash its better be safe than sorry
its end of May,so after the much anticipation the moment of truth arrives! its time to re sprout my bulbs! so i arrived with the conclusion that putting bulbs in a sandwich bag is better than a container with holes.(i forgot to take pictures sorry)
Bulbs from the container with holes have a bit of brown discoloration most probably because air in the refrigerator is contaminated from the gas that leaks from fruits and vegetables that is also in the fridge while the bulbs from the sandwich bag is super healthy and looks so fresh so i repot them in the same container from before putting the main bulb in the center and the scales around noting that the bulb must be 3 times deeper than its size
picture taken 2 weeks after i put it back in the pot they are looking super healthy
its the 3rd week of june and to my dismay i found 2 of my sprouts are withering upon much inspection the cause is over watering T_T
in my attempt to rescue the remaining alive sprouts i drained the pot squeezing out the water and repotting the remaining sprouts ....its so sad that the main bulb melted but i manage to salvage some scales i put it in a sandwich bag with paper towel and put it in the fridge hoping its not too late.
ill update this post later on.
