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Gently pick up each seed by its leaf and settle its root
into the soil. The remains of the 
Use a clear plastic container,
for which a transparent lid is available, half fill with
water.
Chinese
Take-away containers are perfect.
Tap water seems to work best. Sprinkle the sheathed seeds
onto the surface of the water.
The seeds will naturally float towards each other. This is
acceptable for
them to remain touching,
however each seed should be floating directly on the water,
and not resting on top of other seeds.
Place the lid on the container, but do not seal it.
The lid will help to maintain a level of humidity, but if
condensation occurs on the inside of the container,
the lid should be opened further, or rotated so as to reduce
the humidity.
The seeds need light to germinate, but cannot handle direct
sunlight.
A window sill that does not receive sunlight is perfect.
After about two weeks, small white roots will be observed
growing down from the bottom of the sheaths.
In another week or so, small grasslike leaves will be
observed pushing themselves out of the sheaths.
Once the roots and leaves are both about 1 cm to 1.5cm, the
seedlings can be carefully removed
from the water and placed, individually, in a seedling
punnet containing normal potting soil.
Wet the soil well before transplanting, and use a toothpick
to make holes into which individual roots
will be placed.
sheath should be resting on the surface of the soil. After
all the seeds are placed, water the punnet
gently but thoroughly to encourage the soil to adhere to the
roots.
Place the punnet in a clear plastic bag. Glad Snap-lock bags
are the best, but don't seal it completely
as you need to continue to maintain an elevated but not
saturated level of humidity until second
leaves begin to appear.
When the second leaves appear the seedlings may be hardened
off by lowering the humidity and
exposing them to open air.
As it is now full summer the seedlings can be, in their
tray, moved outdoors.
They cannot handle direct sunlight, and the soil must be
kept moist at all times for the first summer.
Watering may be reduced slightly in Autumn
Continue growing the young bulbs outside in the summer,
indoors in the winter.
Provide a MILD fertilizer, in summer and ONLY AT THE
BEGINNING OF THEIR SECOND YEAR.
Do not transplant them until they become crowded for their
pot; hippeastrum roots are
important to the plant, but the roots of immature bulbs are
not yet sturdy and can be easily
damaged when transplanted.
In three years the bulbs will have matured sufficiently to
begin blooming.