Poleanthus the pearl growing tips

Hello all just bought some bare roots of this plant. Any tips on growing it successfully as past attempts have failed.

 

Is it Polianthes? A bulb? Grow it in a pot in ordinary MPC. Feed fortnightly in spring and summer once the leaves appear. Gradually reduce watering in autumn and keep dormant in a cool, frost-free place over winter. It does tend to split into lots of smaller bulbs, so these can be re-potted to grow on or given away and just the larger ones kept for the following year's display. Pic added just to check that we're talking about the same thing

 

I used to grow these successfully for the first year, after that I could never get the tiny tubers to bulk up.
I've tried them a few times more recently and the tubers they are selling seem smaller and mine have not flowered.
Got my money back with the last ones I tried.

 

Yes sorry that picture looks like what I have ordered I was seduced by the promise of amazing scent have tried before but to no avail. Will follow the excellent advice given and keep everything crossed.
Thanks

 

Must admit I neglect mine shamefully except between April and June, but they do flower each year. Maybe the key is to not overwater. The perfume is everything promised and more .....

 

Are you growing these outside or in pots?

 

Just found some at Harts the canna people, dare I bother trying them again?
the last times I bought any they were in those plastic bags with a card on the front and were Dutch stock.

 

They're in pots, @pete. Very small clay pots. Don't go buying any, I'll find a way to get some to you

 

I've just ordered three, so we will see what happens, I hope they flower as the scent is really overpowering in the evenings.

 

Well my bulbs have all rotted so I won’t try that again. You live and learn!

 

Mine have just started shooting, but they have had some bottom heat the last few weeks.

 

Mine that I bought in Poundland a few years ago are shooting too. They live in the unheated greenhouse section. However I've found flowering is not reliable - and since last summer was lousy, I don't know if the bulbs will be big enough.

 

I grew these for years but could never get them to flower after the first year.

 

Ah what a shame! I don't water mine at all until they show signs of life, and then sparingly. They get more water and feed when there's plenty of foliage. It's a sound rule of thumb for most tender, bulbous plants

 

Do you give them Miracle-Gro, though?