lblanchard | Hippeastrum report -- potting up, checking progress

I am going to run out of windowsills soon and very soon -- except that, mercifully, I'll be able to move some of the new babies down to the second floor.

I've potted up the Class of 2015A and the mixed bag of L,M, and N. They're potted three to a cup in 1-pint plastic cups. A couple more sub-classes are just about ready for the same treatment, but I think I'll give them another week or two in their communal flat. Class of 2015J, with few seeds, has been floating for longer than I usually allow. Some of the leaves are 3" long, which will make them very easy to handle.

Best of all, I decided to look at the chips of 2006-3 in their vermiculite. The instructions said to keep them in the dark, so I took them into our windowless bathroom with the light off and just left the door open a crack. I see signs of big long questing roots. I only need one to flourish, but I think I may have three.

The Pope is due to say mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in a little more than three hours, and then he'll be heading for the airport. Life should slouch back to normal tomorrow.