You explain things in a very precise manner. You have soothed much of my fear at knowing the hows and whens in dealing with bulb, corm, and tuber plants. Thanks!
Here in the Philippines, there's a folklore that if you tell your amaryllis love stories or if it is planted near the room of 2 lovers who are not always arguing, it will bloom 2 or more flowers. I have red amaryllis, seems to work because I call my boyfriend in the garden most of the time (LDR), I always make sure we don't fight and always say I love you. Yiiiii. I have 11 now and just had 7 bloom. No harm in trying to tell love stories to your plant, right? 😍
You should leave the roots and leaves untill dry. In doing that, the bulb absorb all nutrients that is present in the roots and leaves. It allso prevents any rotting that may occur.
Mine are beautiful! And I just leave in soil outside. In winter I will cut them all down and leave about an inch and 1/2 of the leaves from the bulb. Then I cover them all up with the leaves that fell in the fall, which I always store in a corner of my yard for this purpose. Once winter is over, I just rake away the leaves and there they are, my amaryllis, have lots of new growth, Yay! After that I water them and watch them bloom and grow. When I get too many of them in one area, I simply uproot and move to a different location. I usually just use your basic plant food like the green little spikes, I tell you they don't stop growing nor blooming. I have given away quite a few of them, cause they produce alot plants. Well, stay safe and have fun!
@@maunalapier4939 Nope. You couldn't. Advice re amaryllises varies so much! Because they're semi-tropical, but are grown the world over. All the best advice is local. Read a lot, but take into account the author's environment, and see how their advice might suit this particular plant in their particular environment. Then check advice from somebody who lives somewhere else. Your local university extension service may have some good articles. I tend to trust those written by the University of Minnesota Extension, for my area; but even there, the U of M is at least half a zone warmer than me, so I take it all with a grain of salt. Best advice of all comes from local Master Gardeners, if any of them have taken a special interest in the particular plants that you care about, and even better comes from local growers of long experience, if you can find them.
I always kept as many white roots on the bulb as possible, never cutting them like that. I've always read that this is an advantage, also when purchasing. That way, the bulb has a root system ready to go.
I'm new to amaryllis. I got both my bulbs at thrift stores. Can't believe someone would receive them as a gift, and not even bother to plant them. They came with a kit complete with pot and soil. I planted them right into the ground, and I'll dig them out before the first frost.
Thank you for this video. Our amaryllis has been in the spare bedroom all summer being forgotten about. The leaves got to a rediculous length and I looked up what to do with them. I have now confidently lifted the bulb and top and tailed it! Looking forward to seeing how it dries out in the back of the cupboard. It might be different here in the UK however I am now aware that I should have done this about 6 weeks ago!
One tip.. dont cut your roots until they dry up first- just like leaves. Two reasons. When still meaty theyre full of water, youre inviting fungus/mold to grow on cuts, the whole thing could end up with rot. Once theyre dry, you can cut many, but leave some to help anchor the bulb in the bottom of the pot and help them keep from tipping over when they bloom.
I just moved into a place that had a neglectes garden. I wanted to clean them up and all the leaves were green but floppy on the ground and there was years piled on top of them of leaves and bugs and stuff so I cleaned all around, cut the leaves in half. I did that to about 50 of them. Do you think I ruined them?
Thanks for the step by step instructions. I love amaryllis, I’ve decided to grow some. If I put them on my covered patio. Do I still have to dig them up every year and replant them? We live in Northern CA our weather doesn’t get too cold. Thanks 😀
We must remember that plants are organisms that suffer stress. If you cut the roots or leaves the plant has to activate mechanisms to protect itself from the stress. If you continue forcing dormancy, probably the plant will be attacked by fungi, bscteris or insects or maybe the next year you will not have a lot of flowers. I respect the natural cycle of the plant depending of the weather.
I agree! And have amaryllis fan acquaintances that fully endorse your position. But where I live - and you can tell from my handle that it's not possible here to grow hippeastrums in a natural way - having hippeastrums at all means making some carefully timed compromises, that as much as possible take into account the plants' natural cycles and wishes. [I have to say though that I would never take a bulb that has until recently been fully watered, unpot it, and whack off all its roots, just so as to either make a video or get the seasonal timing "right." This kind of forcing of dormancy amounts to stunting the bulbs. They will not do as well next year, though they may survive.] I'm making it my goal not only to get flowers from all my bulbs every year, but as much as possible, increase bulbs' sizes over time. With some bulbs I have been wildly successful, others, less so, though I've never killed anything. I'm just trying to understand and nurse the less happy ones, meanwhile being wonderfully pleased with the more exuberant ones.
I've been watching videos on how to care for my amaryllis however it's totally opposite of what I've been doing and I am now wondering what the heck. I keep mine in the pot all year round when it blooms which right now it's magnificently blooming.... When the cycle is done I don't cut it back I don't do anything I just let it fall and clean up around the plant when it's done. This year I've got a giant flower blooming a second flower that's about to bloom and a third growth that has no flower but it's a baby plant. I love watching these videos to learn how to care for my plant
Thanks Bill, for the great video. Your babies are so strong and beautiful. I got a pot of 3 last Xmas and they had 12 blooms. I clipped off the dead flowers and left it indoors in indirect light. I'm in Virginia and is cold even in spring. Unlike your lovely plants, mine have 2 or 3 extra long leaves about 3 to 4 ft., so long that they are flopping over. Today is Sept 4 and I'm going to repot them separately. Shall I cut off the leaves now or should I wait till they turn yellow? Instead of repotting, shall I just dry them out for dormancy? Thank you.
I got one in the winter 2018 and it ended up with about 10 or 12 stems with several hand size blooms on each one. Many layers. it was awesome!. All I did was water it a little here and there. I put it under a grow light for awhile, after the blooms died, and I had cut it, not knowing what I was SUPPOSED to do to it. lol.{ I didn't know about forcing them for Christmas time.}Then I put it somewhere and forgot about it. About 2 or 3 months later I decided to try it under the light again, once I had found it one day. Still didn't water for a month or so. Then I watered it a few times then stopped and left it under the light to dry in the pot. I accidently watered it a couple of times sometime later and saw a tiny bit of green coming out. Put it out on the porch and some rain got to it. So instead of drying it I just started doing the same as my other plants and now it's really starting to take off. I guess the best thing to do with it was to forget about it and let it do it's own thing. Maybe being so forgetful is a good thing at times. HA!
Hello! I would like you to know that as a viewer and new subscriber of yours, I wasn't able to get bored while watching your videos, and it actually helped me a lot about bulbs, at first I thought it came from the flower, like flower seeds, but by watching your video it made me realized that it came from the mother bulb, the mother makes the baby bulbs to reproduce. Thank you so much for the very informative video! 👍
+Michelle Velasco Thank you for watching :) Amaryllis can also be grown from seed that is produced by the flower. but these plants will produce offsets that mature faster than a seed grown plant.
Watching this video has finally told me what plant I have. Just repotted mine, didn't cut the roots though as I had no clue of what I was dealing with. Don't even know the specie name. Thanks for the video Bill.
@@PlantzNThings Just wondering... why? What benefit is there to the bulb, if you cut the roots when storing out of soil? What principle is involved? Surely you've seen all the "omg no" replies to this particular video. Yet apparently you find that it works for you? Have to say though that the bulbs I'm observing in your garden are all on the small side, so though maybe your treatment allows them to survive - these are amazingly hardy and determined plants! - it might not lead to long term prosperity (increasing size, at least up to the potential size in its native environment) for the bulb.
I had bad luck getting my bulbs to come back from this type of dormancy, and picked up a differing dormancy period from my mother. She has had her Amaryllis for 15 yrs, and has only repotted it once (oversized pots). What she does and what I have started to do with good luck, is let the soil go dry as usual, then store the potted bulb in a dry completely dark environment for 6-8 wks till the bloom spike emerges then move it back into a lit windowsill and water. This is the third year I have done it, and just realized both of my bulbs have once again split.
One question : When you stop watering the plant is it still sitting in its usual place with its leaves intact or do you just put it into a dark dry place with its leaves intact, still in its pot and let it dry there for 6-8 weeks? At any point do you cut the current leaves back?
I’m trying to do this for mine so when they dry and you store them for 6-8wks have you cut off the leaves at that time? And thank you for your response
I cut the leaves about 3 in above the bulb, after they start to droop. Then I let it sit in it's spot next to the window for a week, and move the whole pot into the cellar. I check on it once a week or when I get food out of the cellar, and move it back to the window when the bloom spike is about 3-4in tall.
Bill none of your vidios are ever boring, I love to see how to do things. I don't care for the ones that tell you what should be done & thats it. btw. some bulbs are poisones. not sure about amaryllis.
I enjoyed your instructions on the Amaryllis on how separate them. Do you by any chance sell them ..? We don’t have many here or not many colors. I would by some bulbs if you have extra.
I bought my mom a couple, we live in NJ , and don't have a basement to store them at, where else would be a good place to store them at, and when should I replant them, the ones I have are an orange color and they have just bloomed beautifully how long do the flowers stay bloomed.
She flowers will last a week or 2 per spike... the more flower spikes the longer the potential show... no worries if you don't have a basement... if you have a dry dark area.. like a clost or a garage that doesn't freeze it will be fine for the dormant times
If you want to you can cut of the leaves put it in a closet and don’t water it for 8 weeks or until December 1st then take it out treat it like normal and they will bloom
Thank you Sir very informative,( so much so...you have a new subscriber👍) I've been doing horticulture sence high school and had a green house in FFA ( trust me that was a looonnng time ago😂) we (my bride of 15.yrs in May) were given a bucket full but had no idea how to care for them as this was the first time is dealing with them.. Ours - 9 in total are a very vibrant orange...very beautiful. Again thank you for teaching an old dog a new trick 😂😂👍 Edit: we're basically in a rain forest here in the Appalachian mountains our winters go into the 30's at times ..can I safely leave them planted for the next season?
We have friends in the Appalachian mountains... near Mt Washington... if you have a similar climate as them it would be too cold to have them survive the winter in the ground. You can plant them in the ground if you like in the spring after last frost and lift them before the first frost... many amaryllis are hardy to zone 9...
i just forced mine into dormancy last week. i trimmed the leaves but i just left them in their pots and laid them on their side. planning to wake them up first week of december.
no way a pro man lol just watching your vids and researched care for amaryllis. i only have two. a papillo which did not bloom when i bought it and a red lion.
dug and stored my amaryllis bulbs in bags of cedar shavings in the refridgerator for 8 weeks.my mistake was placing several paper bags of bulbs inside a plastic bag. potted them two days ago and noticed the necks of two of my largest have a soft rot. I dug out the rot and wonder if they will survive. These were huge vigourous plants that thrived outside all summer. I will never do this again. I will simply allow them to stay in their pot and flower at will. Not forcing them for the holiday bloom.I''ll bring them in before the frost and let them thrive roots and leaves intact.Do you think the two may recover.
So you know the main stem of the plant where the flowers grow once the flower has withered do I cut off the stem or leave it until the leaves grow out And when it’s time to the dormant period do I cut off the leaves and leave it in the pot ? It’s my first time owning an amaryllis so I would just like to find out a bit more
When it's time to go dormant .. Stop watering ... or remove the bulb from the soil... let the leaves naturally yellow before removing them... You can leave them in their pot if you like... or store them bare... it's personal preference, but both work
Hi! For how many months I can save the bulb? I had to take out my amaryllis bulbs from my garden. What should I do now? I can not plant them before March 2021. Do they survive without soil, without roots and leaves for 8 months? (July-February) Please please help!
Probably too late now, but I think if I were you I'd have tried to pot them up so they could grow fairly normally through the season, storing up energy for the next bloom cycle. They do survive for quite a long time as bare bulbs, but only in certain circumstances, such as controlled temperatures and humidity. Like Bill says he usually does, I grow mine through about the third week of August, then tip the pots over so if it rains they don't get watered. Once frost comes they're moved inside, where they wait until I want to wake them up.They're stored in the pots, which even though they get light and dry, still preserve at least some humidity. The plants aren't desiccated, they're just - dormant. Maybe if you can supply cool and somewhat humid conditions - but not airless, or else they'll rot - you can still get them through from now until March. I believe it can be done, because I've ordered "on sale" bulbs as late as January or February, that still arrive looking good. Good luck!
I haven't come across instructions to cut off all the live roots of an Amaryllis to get them into dormancy, even your earlier video, "Amaryllis - Time to go dormant" from 10/14/12, you just left them in the pot. So, how did this method compare with the usual method of leaving the whole bulb in the pot? I'm about to put mine into dormancy and eager to find out which method works better. Thanks.
DRYNESS induces dormancy. Amaryllis are from a place where soil dries out altogether part of each year. When the rains come, it blooms, leafs out to store food in the bulb until the leaves dry up and dormancy resumes.
Thank You so much for your info So they are like onions and garlic Will they then bloom in the season as ones not cut, or later for having to grow so much root and leaf I'd like to cut my 5in. bulb Just because it is so Hugh in my house and could use fresh soil 😲but then it will get even bigger😄🌺
NO they are not like onions and garlic! Which are biennial bulbs. Oh dear. If you are growing a huge amaryllis, you are doing extremely well, congratulations! Please let it do its thing, and keep on with whatever you are doing. Do NOT whack off the roots (omg you'll stunt it). But do go ahead and give it fresh soil (because old soils can accumulate fertilizer salts or become otherwise unbalanced, what with the lack over time of natural soil bacteria and minerals), and move it to a bigger pot, if it needs one. I have seen pictures of some amaryllis bulbs that have been 6-7" across - behemoths, to be sure - and I aspire to the same. Some bulbs are genetically capable of such size, others are not, but in any case, be proud! Give your giant a place of honor. I bet you get at least three bloom stalks a year from that diva. Well done!
I live in Florida. Can I place it in the hot garage to summer over? If not should I keep it in the house in the sunny Lania, or inside in a dark space. Thank you in advance
Why you might want to put bulbs "in something" when storing in the basement would be if you live in a climate like mine, where the heating season begins in September, and ambient humidity in the house drops precipitously. I don't know where Bob B lives, but I strongly suspect storage humidity doesn't drop below 50% during his dormant period. Whereas where I live, 30-35% is not uncommon by November. It can get lower in January, but by then I've repotted and have been watering. If you can store them in their pots, which haven't been watered in a while, that's better than unpotting and cutting off all living roots. Living in their pots in a cool space means they won't be so wet or warm that they'll be encouraged to grow. Their humidity will be even and controlled, and assuming you let the pots dry before bringing them in, they won't be so wet that rot will be encouraged. When it's time to wake them up you can (and should) repot in fresh soil. Remove dead roots, but leave all plump, living roots. Assuming you have the space and place (temperature) to let them be dormant in their pots, the only exception to leaving all plump, living roots would be if, after several years of maturation, the bulb has grown a thick basal plate, which can interfere with root production and ability to absorb nutrients. A very thick basal plate can cause a bulb to decline in size. When this is observed, it's time to trim that plate, which will necessarily mean cutting off a lot of roots. (It's easier than cutting a potato.) It's okay. The bulb will for that season be slower to wake because it will have to rebuild its root system. But it will be better off in the long run, and have a better chance of increasing in size in the coming year, rather than slowly declining.
Question, can you start the dormancy period earlier, say June? And leave the bulb in dormancy for 3-4 months? Also, if you don't have a cool area 55-degrees or cooler, where else can you store it?
The answer is yes... you can play with dormancy periods to have them bloom at any time of year... but just make sure the plant has at least 8 months of growth mode... so it feeds the bulb... the bigger you can get the bulb... the better the flower show will be
@@PlantzNThings thank you for your quick response! And cool that’s good to know. I don’t have an area 54-degrees or cooler where I can store it. I saw a few articles last night that said I could store it in my refrigerator (such as the crisper) just not near apples bc they will sterilize the bulb. Would you recommend doing that and if so, putting it in a paper bag or something to keep it “in the dark”?
Hi there once the bulb has bloomed do you take it out of the pot and cut the roots and leaves then let it dry? As I have three bulbs that have bloomed but I still have them in pots.
Any dark location is fine... I have mine in my grow room behind my furnace... it averages 23 C .... they do ok.... the cooler temps just help the stay dormant... I just keep them dry
Hi, where would a good place to put my amaryllis bulb, we don't have a cellar, can it go in the attic or would a colder dark room be better like the garage
any dark place is fine... I keep mine in my grow room... that's not a cold space... just on a shelf with pots and soil... not under lights.. the most important thing is to keep them dry.... keeping them cool helps push them into dormancy but if you don't have a cool spot o wouldn't worry. just don't keep it near a heat source...lol
I brought mine indoors about 10 days ago. They had a few green leaves until recently. I just wrapped them up with newspaper. They were dry. The question I have is, is it okay that I left the roots on? I shook off most of the dirt.
Sure you can leave the roots on... a lot of this is personal preference... if you store them bare root. The roots will likely die back over dormancy... before you plant them again just remove any that are noticeably dead... if you keep them in soil... many roots will survive
Living in Southwest Florida, I have let my amaryllis grow naturally, They have done well, but need to be thinned out. Should I start by removing babies.or should I dig up and replant the largest ones?
I have first time leaves from seeds and it is now fall too cold at night to leave them out. what do I do with them? it's hard to leave them in my house without a cover because my cat thinks it's grass and has clipped the tops of some of the leaf
in a Cool (not feezing) dark place. usually store them for 3-4 months sometimes they come out of dormancy earlier... it's good to check on them occasionally
@@vincegpking1 Partly true: some roots die off from one season to another. Not all. If you cut off living roots that are actively feeding a bulb, that's not quite the same thing as natural dormancy, which occurs as a plant notices gradually changing conditions (less light, less water) and begins to shut down its growth processes on its own. Whacking away at active roots amounts to... well. Grave injury at the least. The plant will not love this, and though it may survive, I doubt that in the coming season it will be any bigger. This kind of treatment carried on year after year is likely to result in decreasing bulb size, until the bulb is so pathetic that the grower tosses it on the compost heap.
What temperature do they need to be stored at ? I do not have a shed but do have closets in the bottom half of my house which is pretty much a basement. There is heat down there though
Awesome video! : ) I can't believe Summer 2014 whizzed by quickly. And, yes, this Summer has been a very cool and wet Summer. You've done a great job at saving many of your plants from those Northern cold winds & rains. ;)
But...what's next? let the leaves yellow, cut off & store them how? In dark? In paper bags? Dry? In dry sand or wood shavings/ ? Cool or normal room temps? For how long? 5 to 8 weeks as I recall? Ideal soil? Ideal moisture levels & type of food, how often? Any feeding just before dormancy?
Hi really enjoy your vids bout amaryllis, can you reccommend a reputable place to buy amaryllis bulbs from and NOT HollandBulb farms they send dead bulbs awful!
This is my first amaryllis plant it is 32" tall and has 4 bloom on the stalk. I think I am going to need to change the pot. Will it affect the plant if I change the size of the pot during the growing?
Too late now, to answer your question, but it's fine if your bulb is in what looks like a small pot during the growing time. Grow it on, water whenever needed, boost it with regular fertilizer, max out on light, and repot shortly after a period of dormancy, whether it's natural dormancy or artificially induced.
So from end of bloom-sept, let the plant grow as much as possible. Then come sept it's ready for dormancy? I like in Vancouver, Canada which is similar weather to Seattle Wa..
Melissa Shim if you don't care to have the bulb bloom for the Christmas season than you can let the plant grow longer. It's actually better for the bulb to give it more growing time.. the bigger the bulb the bigger the show.
They require a 3 or 4 month dormancy.... it's not so much a specific month that you plant them. rather a timeframe that sets a flower bud... if you want them to bloom around Christmas... you would plant them sometime in November as it takes roughly 6-8 weeks from when you see a bud emerging until it blooms. I hope this answers your question.
I am getting flowers now from mine... So I was confused about it.. If I follow the method you showed in this video, will it still show buds without putting bulbs in soil??
What do you mean @ 2:45 - that you would normally cut off the leaves but because it's so beautiful at night-time, you're going to keep them... Are you going to re-pot them or lay them out somewhere in a sheltered spot on display? Maybe you do something unique to show them-off? I'm new at this so pardon the questions, but I am interested what you do after going to all the trouble of cleaning them up (un-potting them & removing roots, etc.). Thank you! I'm enjoying your videos. And you are not boring when you take time to show us the steps. Sooo many others cut out these steps, & I think it's nice (like in your vids) to see how someone else does it. This is one way we learn. Thanks again! ~ peace
Hello! I have two amarillys who were having flowers during christmas. I put them in basement when there was no flower and cut the leaves. They were in pot for 2 months. One month ago I put them back in house but this time in water only. There are a lot og leaves. Is that ok? Cuz I heard there must be buds first and then leaves. Please answer. Thank You
+Nevena Kostresevic if it was blooming at Christmas it will need to be with leaves for several months.... you can't have it flower and then remove the leaves and put it away for a few months and expect it to have the energy to bloom again.
Helo, Thank your for your informative videos...truly educational for someone like me just starting to learn my way around plants. I have a cpl of questions on this Amaryllis storing. I have never put bulbs away for the winter and grew up thinking you have to be very gentle w/plants roots no matter what. Last year after Xmas I left my two Amaryllis grow beautiful super long healthy leaves that, of course eventually died. I then cut them off and kept the bulbs in the terracota planters and kept them on my window sill trying to get as much sun as possilbe thru the winter ( I'm in NYC ) thinking they were going to bloom and be beautiful this Xmas. Well, it never happened. After this video I actually pull them out, I thought I was gonna find dead roots and a dead bulb so I was surprised to see the very healthy looking roots on both. This year I got another one and today I cut the stems w/the dead flowers and I now have beautiful long leaves just like I did w/those other two last year. I guess after all this, my main question after watching this video is, where do they go from there? keep them out of a planter in a dark room? Thank you in advance for your advise. I very much looking forward to more learning from your videos
Would love the answer to this as well. I have the same problem. Leaves and roots when I dumped it out thinking it was dead. Thought about planting outside after last frost and see if they will grow this spring and summer outside.
please if I may one question. Does papillio remain a moderately medium bulb with off shoots?I selected the largest available at the nursery center.It was substantially smaller than the other common amaryllis varieties.
Great video - thank you!! Question please -- today is Feb 12 and I planted the bulb on January 12. The leaves have grown to 40 inches but no flower yet!! I've been able to keep them upright using supports. But, they keep growing and they will soon choke me. I'm sure of it. What to do? I wonder if I should cut off or trim off the leaves? Please help me before these lil boogers keep growing and inhale me live.
LOL... so Dramatic...lol.. you certainly paint a picture :) unfortunately you want to let them grow. keep them supported... many times more light will make the leaves a little shorter and a lot more sturdy
@@PlantzNThings Hello, this is Dr. What-cha-ma-kall-it and while your response could have been appreciated by the original sender.....well let's just say he was strangled by the leaves and he's now kinda just sitting there....there are many little flowers as well....so the only thing that I can do is to thank you on behalf of him, his family, and this insane plant which should be sent to you for a thorough, hands on ✋ whooping. Other than that we wish you health and happy PlantzNThings 🌲 🐸 plus flowers too. 😍
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If growing in a pot use something "soilless" - mostly peat moss mixed with some other media, and add extra perlite to increase drainage. Few commercial potting soils are loose enough for plants that prefer excellent drainage, like amaryllises.
if they go dormant in august i think about potting them up late november... but some i will pot up in the spring... its good to have a minimum of 3 months of dormancy.
You're not boring at all. This is a great informative video. Thanks!!
You are NEVER boring!
Who doesn’t love a geeky plant dude. 😍
You explain things in a very precise manner. You have soothed much of my fear at knowing the hows and whens in dealing with bulb, corm, and tuber plants.
Thanks!
I'm so happy you found this helpful :) Amaryllis can be very fun and rewarding plants to grow :)
Here in the Philippines, there's a folklore that if you tell your amaryllis love stories or if it is planted near the room of 2 lovers who are not always arguing, it will bloom 2 or more flowers. I have red amaryllis, seems to work because I call my boyfriend in the garden most of the time (LDR), I always make sure we don't fight and always say I love you. Yiiiii. I have 11 now and just had 7 bloom. No harm in trying to tell love stories to your plant, right? 😍
Awww! I love this :)
I always told my new amaryllis how beautiful it is.. I had four flowers. ❤️
You should leave the roots and leaves untill dry. In doing that, the bulb absorb all nutrients that is present in the roots and leaves. It allso prevents any rotting that may occur.
Thank you.
I'll follow your tips.
Mine are beautiful! And I just leave in soil outside. In winter I will cut them all down and leave about an inch and 1/2 of the leaves from the bulb. Then I cover them all up with the leaves that fell in the fall, which I always store in a corner of my yard for this purpose. Once winter is over, I just rake away the leaves and there they are, my amaryllis, have lots of new growth, Yay! After that I water them and watch them bloom and grow. When I get too many of them in one area, I simply uproot and move to a different location. I usually just use your basic plant food like the green little spikes, I tell you they don't stop growing nor blooming. I have given away quite a few of them, cause they produce alot plants. Well, stay safe and have fun!
Where do you live ? Don’t think I could do this where I live in Idaho
@@maunalapier4939 Nope. You couldn't. Advice re amaryllises varies so much! Because they're semi-tropical, but are grown the world over. All the best advice is local. Read a lot, but take into account the author's environment, and see how their advice might suit this particular plant in their particular environment. Then check advice from somebody who lives somewhere else.
Your local university extension service may have some good articles. I tend to trust those written by the University of Minnesota Extension, for my area; but even there, the U of M is at least half a zone warmer than me, so I take it all with a grain of salt. Best advice of all comes from local Master Gardeners, if any of them have taken a special interest in the particular plants that you care about, and even better comes from local growers of long experience, if you can find them.
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Thanks 😊
I always kept as many white roots on the bulb as possible, never cutting them like that. I've always read that this is an advantage, also when purchasing. That way, the bulb has a root system ready to go.
I'm new to amaryllis. I got both my bulbs at thrift stores. Can't believe someone would receive them as a gift, and not even bother to plant them. They came with a kit complete with pot and soil. I planted them right into the ground, and I'll dig them out before the first frost.
Thank you for this video. Our amaryllis has been in the spare bedroom all summer being forgotten about. The leaves got to a rediculous length and I looked up what to do with them. I have now confidently lifted the bulb and top and tailed it! Looking forward to seeing how it dries out in the back of the cupboard. It might be different here in the UK however I am now aware that I should have done this about 6 weeks ago!
One tip.. dont cut your roots until they dry up first- just like leaves. Two reasons. When still meaty theyre full of water, youre inviting fungus/mold to grow on cuts, the whole thing could end up with rot. Once theyre dry, you can cut many, but leave some to help anchor the bulb in the bottom of the pot and help them keep from tipping over when they bloom.
Good point. The roots as well as the leaves have something very important to offer for the whole plant dynamics.Great video PlantzNThings. Thanks.
I just moved into a place that had a neglectes garden. I wanted to clean them up and all the leaves were green but floppy on the ground and there was years piled on top of them of leaves and bugs and stuff so I cleaned all around, cut the leaves in half. I did that to about 50 of them. Do you think I ruined them?
I Believe, whenever my amaryllis leaves get damaged for whatever reason they send up new leaves within a few weeks. I would think they’re fine
Thanks for the step by step instructions. I love amaryllis, I’ve decided to grow some. If I put them on my covered patio. Do I still have to dig them up every year and replant them? We live in Northern CA our weather doesn’t get too cold. Thanks 😀
May I ask where you purchased the Velcro dispenser that you are using in this video? Do you have an Amazon link available?
You look so positive , loving and charming , your explanation is also too good your plants are also so healthy 👍🏻👍🏻😁
We must remember that plants are organisms that suffer stress. If you cut the roots or leaves the plant has to activate mechanisms to protect itself from the stress. If you continue forcing dormancy, probably the plant will be attacked by fungi, bscteris or insects or maybe the next year you will not have a lot of flowers. I respect the natural cycle of the plant depending of the weather.
that's right, i only put my bulbs in dormancy when they outgrow their pots - never cut the leaves or roots. my oldest bulb is the size of a cantaloupe
@Krista Awesome The bulb need dormancy to flower again. Without dormancy: no flowers.
I agree! And have amaryllis fan acquaintances that fully endorse your position. But where I live - and you can tell from my handle that it's not possible here to grow hippeastrums in a natural way - having hippeastrums at all means making some carefully timed compromises, that as much as possible take into account the plants' natural cycles and wishes.
[I have to say though that I would never take a bulb that has until recently been fully watered, unpot it, and whack off all its roots, just so as to either make a video or get the seasonal timing "right." This kind of forcing of dormancy amounts to stunting the bulbs. They will not do as well next year, though they may survive.]
I'm making it my goal not only to get flowers from all my bulbs every year, but as much as possible, increase bulbs' sizes over time. With some bulbs I have been wildly successful, others, less so, though I've never killed anything. I'm just trying to understand and nurse the less happy ones, meanwhile being wonderfully pleased with the more exuberant ones.
I've been watching videos on how to care for my amaryllis however it's totally opposite of what I've been doing and I am now wondering what the heck. I keep mine in the pot all year round when it blooms which right now it's magnificently blooming.... When the cycle is done I don't cut it back I don't do anything I just let it fall and clean up around the plant when it's done. This year I've got a giant flower blooming a second flower that's about to bloom and a third growth that has no flower but it's a baby plant. I love watching these videos to learn how to care for my plant
you get me pretty much idea of planting amaryills thank you very much for it
Where is the follow up video showing you taking off the yellowing leaves and what you did next?
Super planting idea very good 👌👌
Stay connected bro pls
Definitely not boring, actually very interesting and informative and helped me a lot. Thanks from UK.
Thank you :) Good luck with your Amaryllis
Thanks Bill, for the great video. Your babies are so strong and beautiful. I got a pot of 3 last Xmas and they had 12 blooms. I clipped off the dead flowers and left it indoors in indirect light. I'm in Virginia and is cold even in spring. Unlike your lovely plants, mine have 2 or 3 extra long leaves about 3 to 4 ft., so long that they are flopping over. Today is Sept 4 and I'm going to repot them separately. Shall I cut off the leaves now or should I wait till they turn yellow? Instead of repotting, shall I just dry them out for dormancy? Thank you.
I got one in the winter 2018 and it ended up with about 10 or 12 stems with several hand size blooms on each one. Many layers. it was awesome!. All I did was water it a little here and there. I put it under a grow light for awhile, after the blooms died, and I had cut it, not knowing what I was SUPPOSED to do to it. lol.{ I didn't know about forcing them for Christmas time.}Then I put it somewhere and forgot about it. About 2 or 3 months later I decided to try it under the light again, once I had found it one day. Still didn't water for a month or so. Then I watered it a few times then stopped and left it under the light to dry in the pot. I accidently watered it a couple of times sometime later and saw a tiny bit of green coming out. Put it out on the porch and some rain got to it. So instead of drying it I just started doing the same as my other plants and now it's really starting to take off. I guess the best thing to do with it was to forget about it and let it do it's own thing. Maybe being so forgetful is a good thing at times. HA!
Hello! I would like you to know that as a viewer and new subscriber of yours, I wasn't able to get bored while watching your videos, and it actually helped me a lot about bulbs, at first I thought it came from the flower, like flower seeds, but by watching your video it made me realized that it came from the mother bulb, the mother makes the baby bulbs to reproduce. Thank you so much for the very informative video! 👍
+Michelle Velasco Thank you for watching :) Amaryllis can also be grown from seed that is produced by the flower. but these plants will produce offsets that mature faster than a seed grown plant.
Awesome video. Great information. Thank you so much.
Happy you found it helpful 😀
Watching this video has finally told me what plant I have. Just repotted mine, didn't cut the roots though as I had no clue of what I was dealing with. Don't even know the specie name.
Thanks for the video Bill.
If you are just repotting.... there is no need to cut the roots... i usually remove the roots when i store them out of soil
@@PlantzNThings Just wondering... why? What benefit is there to the bulb, if you cut the roots when storing out of soil? What principle is involved?
Surely you've seen all the "omg no" replies to this particular video. Yet apparently you find that it works for you?
Have to say though that the bulbs I'm observing in your garden are all on the small side, so though maybe your treatment allows them to survive - these are amazingly hardy and determined plants! - it might not lead to long term prosperity (increasing size, at least up to the potential size in its native environment) for the bulb.
I had bad luck getting my bulbs to come back from this type of dormancy, and picked up a differing dormancy period from my mother. She has had her Amaryllis for 15 yrs, and has only repotted it once (oversized pots). What she does and what I have started to do with good luck, is let the soil go dry as usual, then store the potted bulb in a dry completely dark environment for 6-8 wks till the bloom spike emerges then move it back into a lit windowsill and water. This is the third year I have done it, and just realized both of my bulbs have once again split.
PhalsCattsNPuffers BEST AND CLEAREST ANSWER SO FAR!! I appreciate the detail and clarity
One question : When you stop watering the plant is it still sitting in its usual place with its leaves intact or do you just put it into a dark dry place with its leaves intact, still in its pot and let it dry there for 6-8 weeks? At any point do you cut the current leaves back?
I’m trying to do this for mine so when they dry and you store them for 6-8wks have you cut off the leaves at that time? And thank you for your response
I cut the leaves about 3 in above the bulb, after they start to droop. Then I let it sit in it's spot next to the window for a week, and move the whole pot into the cellar. I check on it once a week or when I get food out of the cellar, and move it back to the window when the bloom spike is about 3-4in tall.
Excellet I enjoyed watching your video about amarillies.thank youfor that, loveto watch it again
Bill none of your vidios are ever boring, I love to see how to do things. I don't care for the ones that tell you what should be done & thats it. btw. some bulbs are poisones. not sure about amaryllis.
I'm Happy you enjoy my Videos Jean. I know I wouldn't eat an amaryllis :)
I enjoyed your instructions on the Amaryllis on how separate them. Do you by any chance sell them ..? We don’t have many here or not many colors. I would by some bulbs if you have extra.
Unfortunately I don't sell plants.
I bought my mom a couple, we live in NJ , and don't have a basement to store them at, where else would be a good place to store them at, and when should I replant them, the ones I have are an orange color and they have just bloomed beautifully how long do the flowers stay bloomed.
She flowers will last a week or 2 per spike... the more flower spikes the longer the potential show... no worries if you don't have a basement... if you have a dry dark area.. like a clost or a garage that doesn't freeze it will be fine for the dormant times
Evergreen is really great. Have also 2 others but that one is the best. Had 4 flower spikes this year. Bloomed for two months in a row.
If you want to you can cut of the leaves put it in a closet and don’t water it for 8 weeks or until December 1st then take it out treat it like normal and they will bloom
Thank you for that information I really needed it I have several amaryllis ❤
Thank you Sir very informative,( so much so...you have a new subscriber👍)
I've been doing horticulture sence high school and had a green house in FFA ( trust me that was a looonnng time ago😂) we (my bride of 15.yrs in May) were given a bucket full but had no idea how to care for them as this was the first time is dealing with them.. Ours -
9 in total are a very vibrant orange...very beautiful.
Again thank you for teaching an old dog a new trick 😂😂👍
Edit: we're basically in a rain forest here in the Appalachian mountains
our winters go into the 30's at times ..can I safely leave them planted for the next season?
We have friends in the Appalachian mountains... near Mt Washington... if you have a similar climate as them it would be too cold to have them survive the winter in the ground. You can plant them in the ground if you like in the spring after last frost and lift them before the first frost... many amaryllis are hardy to zone 9...
Hi one of my bulbs had twins! One on each side still attached how big should they be before i separate them ?
Congratulations!!! I would wait until the babies are 1/3 the size of the parent
@@PlantzNThings ok will do thank you for the response!
i just forced mine into dormancy last week. i trimmed the leaves but i just left them in their pots and laid them on their side. planning to wake them up first week of december.
you sound like a pro :) how many do you have?
no way a pro man lol just watching your vids and researched care for amaryllis. i only have two. a papillo which did not bloom when i bought it and a red lion.
Why not leave in pot, w/o water, letting it dry out & store?
dug and stored my amaryllis bulbs in bags of cedar shavings in the refridgerator for 8 weeks.my mistake was placing several paper bags of bulbs inside a plastic bag. potted them two days ago and noticed the necks of two of my largest have a soft rot. I dug out the rot and wonder if they will survive. These were huge vigourous plants that thrived outside all summer. I will never do this again. I will simply allow them to stay in their pot and flower at will. Not forcing them for the holiday bloom.I''ll bring them in before the frost and let them thrive roots and leaves intact.Do you think the two may recover.
please someone answer me
TheTourmaline57
how are your amaryllis bulbs doing, if they survived
I am from India. What you have used instead of soil and have you used any fertilizer for growing and blooming? please
Very nice video, well done and right to the point
So you know the main stem of the plant where the flowers grow once the flower has withered do I cut off the stem or leave it until the leaves grow out
And when it’s time to the dormant period do I cut off the leaves and leave it in the pot ?
It’s my first time owning an amaryllis so I would just like to find out a bit more
You can remove the spent flower spike when flowering is complete...
When it's time to go dormant .. Stop watering ... or remove the bulb from the soil... let the leaves naturally yellow before removing them... You can leave them in their pot if you like... or store them bare... it's personal preference, but both work
How long for dormancy?
You are a great teacher...Really enjoyed your lesson !!!
Thank you :) I'm happy you found my ramblings useful :)
Helpful video! What is the minimum dormancy needed before repotting?
every plant will be different... I would say 3 months... some start to spike sooner.
Looks like my plants won't bloom til post holidays, then. Oh well, my first time trying to rebloom amyrillis. Thanks very much.
How long?
No roots 6weeks? Then replant with no roots?
Hi, I planted my amerillis in the garden eight years ago, I have leaves, but not flowers, what should I do?
Thanks
Frank
Do they get a dry period? Or are they happy all the time?
I leave mine in sawdust for 6 months plant again in November for January flowers.
Hi! For how many months I can save the bulb?
I had to take out my amaryllis bulbs from my garden. What should I do now? I can not plant them before March 2021. Do they survive without soil, without roots and leaves for 8 months? (July-February)
Please please help!
Probably too late now, but I think if I were you I'd have tried to pot them up so they could grow fairly normally through the season, storing up energy for the next bloom cycle. They do survive for quite a long time as bare bulbs, but only in certain circumstances, such as controlled temperatures and humidity. Like Bill says he usually does, I grow mine through about the third week of August, then tip the pots over so if it rains they don't get watered. Once frost comes they're moved inside, where they wait until I want to wake them up.They're stored in the pots, which even though they get light and dry, still preserve at least some humidity. The plants aren't desiccated, they're just - dormant. Maybe if you can supply cool and somewhat humid conditions - but not airless, or else they'll rot - you can still get them through from now until March. I believe it can be done, because I've ordered "on sale" bulbs as late as January or February, that still arrive looking good. Good luck!
I haven't come across instructions to cut off all the live roots of an Amaryllis to get them into dormancy, even your earlier video, "Amaryllis - Time to go dormant" from 10/14/12, you just left them in the pot. So, how did this method compare with the usual method of leaving the whole bulb in the pot? I'm about to put mine into dormancy and eager to find out which method works better. Thanks.
both methods work equally. removing them from the pots saves space in storage.
DRYNESS induces dormancy. Amaryllis are from a place where soil dries out altogether part of each year. When the rains come, it blooms, leafs out to store food in the bulb until the leaves dry up and dormancy resumes.
What happens if you do not make Amaryllis bulb dormant and just keep them planted all year? Will it die?
Thank You so much for your info
So they are like onions and garlic
Will they then bloom in the season as ones not cut, or later for having to grow so much root and leaf
I'd like to cut my 5in. bulb Just because it is so Hugh in my house and could use fresh soil 😲but then it will get even bigger😄🌺
NO they are not like onions and garlic! Which are biennial bulbs. Oh dear.
If you are growing a huge amaryllis, you are doing extremely well, congratulations! Please let it do its thing, and keep on with whatever you are doing. Do NOT whack off the roots (omg you'll stunt it). But do go ahead and give it fresh soil (because old soils can accumulate fertilizer salts or become otherwise unbalanced, what with the lack over time of natural soil bacteria and minerals), and move it to a bigger pot, if it needs one.
I have seen pictures of some amaryllis bulbs that have been 6-7" across - behemoths, to be sure - and I aspire to the same. Some bulbs are genetically capable of such size, others are not, but in any case, be proud! Give your giant a place of honor. I bet you get at least three bloom stalks a year from that diva. Well done!
Where did you purchase reusable self-gripping ties with the cutter?
I got mine from the hardware store in the garden area...where you find the other plant ties... Amazon also has them
I live in Florida. Can I place it in the hot garage to summer over? If not should I keep it in the house in the sunny Lania, or inside in a dark space. Thank you in advance
Your plants are sweeeeeet. Especially that oxalis (I think).
+ASHERUISE Thanks :) are you referring to the huge purple one ?
Yes. Under the tree that looks kiiiind of like a baby loquat, but I'm really not sure about that.
+ASHERUISE yup that was a beautiful Oxalis:) now a friend of mine has it.. and the tree... the tree is a Plumeria.
Is these plants usually bloom.during summer??
It can bloom in summer... they bloom after a dormancy period usually
Do the bulbs go in anything when being stored in the basement or just leave the bulbs out by themselves?
I leave them as they are. They don't seem to be fussy...
Why you might want to put bulbs "in something" when storing in the basement would be if you live in a climate like mine, where the heating season begins in September, and ambient humidity in the house drops precipitously. I don't know where Bob B lives, but I strongly suspect storage humidity doesn't drop below 50% during his dormant period. Whereas where I live, 30-35% is not uncommon by November. It can get lower in January, but by then I've repotted and have been watering.
If you can store them in their pots, which haven't been watered in a while, that's better than unpotting and cutting off all living roots. Living in their pots in a cool space means they won't be so wet or warm that they'll be encouraged to grow. Their humidity will be even and controlled, and assuming you let the pots dry before bringing them in, they won't be so wet that rot will be encouraged. When it's time to wake them up you can (and should) repot in fresh soil. Remove dead roots, but leave all plump, living roots.
Assuming you have the space and place (temperature) to let them be dormant in their pots, the only exception to leaving all plump, living roots would be if, after several years of maturation, the bulb has grown a thick basal plate, which can interfere with root production and ability to absorb nutrients. A very thick basal plate can cause a bulb to decline in size. When this is observed, it's time to trim that plate, which will necessarily mean cutting off a lot of roots. (It's easier than cutting a potato.) It's okay. The bulb will for that season be slower to wake because it will have to rebuild its root system. But it will be better off in the long run, and have a better chance of increasing in size in the coming year, rather than slowly declining.
Question, can you start the dormancy period earlier, say June? And leave the bulb in dormancy for 3-4 months? Also, if you don't have a cool area 55-degrees or cooler, where else can you store it?
The answer is yes... you can play with dormancy periods to have them bloom at any time of year... but just make sure the plant has at least 8 months of growth mode... so it feeds the bulb... the bigger you can get the bulb... the better the flower show will be
@@PlantzNThings thank you for your quick response! And cool that’s good to know. I don’t have an area 54-degrees or cooler where I can store it. I saw a few articles last night that said I could store it in my refrigerator (such as the crisper) just not near apples bc they will sterilize the bulb. Would you recommend doing that and if so, putting it in a paper bag or something to keep it “in the dark”?
@@jgfitnessandperformance Try Mr Johnston the Amaryllis man's video on dormancy.
Hi there once the bulb has bloomed do you take it out of the pot and cut the roots and leaves then let it dry? As I have three bulbs that have bloomed but I still have them in pots.
What is Dormancy anyway?
What should i do with mine? Cuz i live in a warm place and we don't have winter season
Great Video.
Mine are in ground for 20 plus years and blooming beautifully. They are from my mothers bulbs. Is there a problem leaving them in ground?
No at all... if you live in an area that is warm enough that's amazing :) the cold winters here would kill them if they stayed in the ground
I’m big fan of you andMaria from Florida
Do we always cut off roots when putting them into dormancy?
Why are u taking the bulbs and storing?
What do you do if you don’t have a cool basement to store them during dormancy
Any dark location is fine... I have mine in my grow room behind my furnace... it averages 23 C .... they do ok.... the cooler temps just help the stay dormant... I just keep them dry
Hi, where would a good place to put my amaryllis bulb, we don't have a cellar, can it go in the attic or would a colder dark room be better like the garage
any dark place is fine... I keep mine in my grow room... that's not a cold space... just on a shelf with pots and soil... not under lights.. the most important thing is to keep them dry.... keeping them cool helps push them into dormancy but if you don't have a cool spot o wouldn't worry. just don't keep it near a heat source...lol
I brought mine indoors about 10 days ago. They had a few green leaves until recently. I just wrapped them up with newspaper. They were dry. The question I have is, is it okay that I left the roots on? I shook off most of the dirt.
Sure you can leave the roots on... a lot of this is personal preference... if you store them bare root. The roots will likely die back over dormancy... before you plant them again just remove any that are noticeably dead... if you keep them in soil... many roots will survive
Living in Southwest Florida, I have let my amaryllis grow naturally, They have done well, but need to be thinned out.
Should I start by removing babies.or should I dig up and replant the largest ones?
ID the babies get to big, I separated them from the nom very carefully
I have first time leaves from seeds and it is now fall too cold at night to leave them out. what do I do with them? it's hard to leave them in my house without a cover because my cat thinks it's grass and has clipped the tops of some of the leaf
So then what happens? Where do you put or store them for how long? Please give detail.
in a Cool (not feezing) dark place. usually store them for 3-4 months sometimes they come out of dormancy earlier... it's good to check on them occasionally
Mines confused, its blooming in Dec, January..
Is it normal to get a double headed Amaryllis. Ive had for thge past two years two headed ones ? Pete in Paignton, UK
Yes! I have gotten 4 on a stalk. They bloom one after another. The bigger the bulb, the note flowers!
I have the white ones. Beautiful plant!
May i know y you're cutting the roots.. Right now im going to plant this, but got confused when u cutted the roots
Because when it goes dormant they die off anyways
@@vincegpking1 Partly true: some roots die off from one season to another. Not all.
If you cut off living roots that are actively feeding a bulb, that's not quite the same thing as natural dormancy, which occurs as a plant notices gradually changing conditions (less light, less water) and begins to shut down its growth processes on its own. Whacking away at active roots amounts to... well. Grave injury at the least. The plant will not love this, and though it may survive, I doubt that in the coming season it will be any bigger. This kind of treatment carried on year after year is likely to result in decreasing bulb size, until the bulb is so pathetic that the grower tosses it on the compost heap.
When you put in the basement you need to put water or just like that ? Thank you!
No water
What temperature do they need to be stored at ? I do not have a shed but do have closets in the bottom half of my house which is pretty much a basement. There is heat down there though
for me, temperature isn't as important as the dry treatment... i mine get stored at room temp... between 16-25 Celsius
@@PlantzNThings thank you so much !! And they will do well in a dark closet ?? That's where I just placed mine after trimming roots off and leaves
Awesome video! : ) I can't believe Summer 2014 whizzed by quickly. And, yes, this Summer has been a very cool and wet Summer. You've done a great job at saving many of your plants from those Northern cold winds & rains. ;)
But...what's next? let the leaves yellow, cut off & store them how? In dark? In paper bags? Dry? In dry sand or wood shavings/ ? Cool or normal room temps? For how long? 5 to 8 weeks as I recall? Ideal soil? Ideal moisture levels & type of food, how often? Any feeding just before dormancy?
Hi really enjoy your vids bout amaryllis, can you reccommend a reputable place to buy amaryllis bulbs from and NOT HollandBulb farms they send dead bulbs awful!
This is my first amaryllis plant it is 32" tall and has 4 bloom on the stalk. I think I am going to need to change the pot. Will it affect the plant if I change the size of the pot during the growing?
Too late now, to answer your question, but it's fine if your bulb is in what looks like a small pot during the growing time. Grow it on, water whenever needed, boost it with regular fertilizer, max out on light, and repot shortly after a period of dormancy, whether it's natural dormancy or artificially induced.
So from end of bloom-sept, let the plant grow as much as possible. Then come sept it's ready for dormancy? I like in Vancouver, Canada which is similar weather to Seattle Wa..
Melissa Shim if you don't care to have the bulb bloom for the Christmas season than you can let the plant grow longer. It's actually better for the bulb to give it more growing time.. the bigger the bulb the bigger the show.
love your video on removing the stems I grow A lot did not know to do that tks for info
Can't we just directly plant I just took the bulbs with the leaves and plant did that with my rain lily works good
Depends where you live. Amaryllises are grown VERY differently, depending on climate.
Great video. This is my first time planting an amaryllis and amazingly it survived. After following this process is it alright to store them in a box?
In which month it would be best for replanting these bulb again?
They require a 3 or 4 month dormancy.... it's not so much a specific month that you plant them. rather a timeframe that sets a flower bud... if you want them to bloom around Christmas... you would plant them sometime in November as it takes roughly 6-8 weeks from when you see a bud emerging until it blooms. I hope this answers your question.
I am getting flowers now from mine... So I was confused about it.. If I follow the method you showed in this video, will it still show buds without putting bulbs in soil??
Love those monster leaves.
Do the bulbs multiply?
Yes, they can multiply... some varieties multiply more than others..but they all will
Very helpful video. Thank you!
Gosh, mine don't seem to bloom at all! They just sit there looking all green-leafed and precious little else )):
Nice video - learned a lot. Thanks for posting.
+Najja Foluke I'm glad you found it helpful
What do you mean @ 2:45 - that you would normally cut off the leaves but because it's so beautiful at night-time, you're going to keep them... Are you going to re-pot them or lay them out somewhere in a sheltered spot on display? Maybe you do something unique to show them-off? I'm new at this so pardon the questions, but I am interested what you do after going to all the trouble of cleaning them up (un-potting them & removing roots, etc.).
Thank you! I'm enjoying your videos. And you are not boring when you take time to show us the steps. Sooo many others cut out these steps, & I think it's nice (like in your vids) to see how someone else does it. This is one way we learn. Thanks again!
~ peace
I actually laid the bulbs on their sides under the table to dry naturally. after the leaves dry you can trim the off.
Oh.. Thank you! That's makes sense. Take care & I appreciate your speedy response!
~ peace
Hello! I have two amarillys who were having flowers during christmas. I put them in basement when there was no flower and cut the leaves. They were in pot for 2 months. One month ago I put them back in house but this time in water only. There are a lot og leaves. Is that ok? Cuz I heard there must be buds first and then leaves. Please answer. Thank You
+Nevena Kostresevic if it was blooming at Christmas it will need to be with leaves for several months.... you can't have it flower and then remove the leaves and put it away for a few months and expect it to have the energy to bloom again.
+PlantzNThings so, what should I do now? To leave it with leaves, and it will bloom in december?
Nevena Kostresevic
da li si sve sjebala ili su ti amarilis jos uvek zive, pozdrav
What if I screwed up and cut the stem off already? 😫
A green spike after blooming has finished... nothing bad will happen 😀
Helo,
Thank your for your informative videos...truly educational for someone like me just starting to learn my way around plants.
I have a cpl of questions on this Amaryllis storing. I have never put bulbs away for the winter and grew up thinking you have to be very gentle w/plants roots no matter what.
Last year after Xmas I left my two Amaryllis grow beautiful super long healthy leaves that, of course eventually died. I then cut them off and kept the bulbs in the terracota planters and kept them on my window sill trying to get as much sun as possilbe thru the winter ( I'm in NYC ) thinking they were going to bloom and be beautiful this Xmas. Well, it never happened. After this video I actually pull them out, I thought I was gonna find dead roots and a dead bulb so I was surprised to see the very healthy looking roots on both. This year I got another one and today I cut the stems w/the dead flowers and I now have beautiful long leaves just like I did w/those other two last year.
I guess after all this, my main question after watching this video is, where do they go from there? keep them out of a planter in a dark room?
Thank you in advance for your advise.
I very much looking forward to more learning from your videos
Would love the answer to this as well. I have the same problem. Leaves and roots when I dumped it out thinking it was dead. Thought about planting outside after last frost and see if they will grow this spring and summer outside.
The leaves on my Amarylis are soft. What could be the reason?
Either under or over watering... or perhaps cold damage if its close to a cold window
looking very healthy plants, so when is the blooming time?
Chitra Coulton i hope to have them bloom around Christmas. I should of had them of dormant in mid august but the rains kept them growing.
can I take mine now?i hve few plant with small bulbs,
and let me know when to plant them in a pot of soil please
I will make a video when I pot mine up. it's roughly 90 -120 days of dormancy before you plant them again.
Chitra Coulton if your bulbs are very small I would let them grow longer.. the bigger the bulb the more chance of flowers.
please if I may one question. Does papillio remain a moderately medium bulb with off shoots?I selected the largest available at the nursery center.It was substantially smaller than the other common amaryllis varieties.
Great video - thank you!! Question please -- today is Feb 12 and I planted the bulb on January 12. The leaves have grown to 40 inches but no flower yet!! I've been able to keep them upright using supports. But, they keep growing and they will soon choke me. I'm sure of it. What to do? I wonder if I should cut off or trim off the leaves? Please help me before these lil boogers keep growing and inhale me live.
LOL... so Dramatic...lol.. you certainly paint a picture :) unfortunately you want to let them grow. keep them supported... many times more light will make the leaves a little shorter and a lot more sturdy
@@PlantzNThings Hello, this is Dr. What-cha-ma-kall-it and while your response could have been appreciated by the original sender.....well let's just say he was strangled by the leaves and he's now kinda just sitting there....there are many little flowers as well....so the only thing that I can do is to thank you on behalf of him, his family, and this insane plant which should be sent to you for a thorough, hands on ✋ whooping. Other than that we wish you health and happy PlantzNThings 🌲 🐸 plus flowers too. 😍
@@PlantzNThings Greetings!! I hope you're doing great. My first video is here for your review please. It is of the monster plant at th-cam.com/video/UcomzESMq2I/w-d-xo.html and I look forward to your thoughts. Thanks so much....I am brand new to this beautiful world of greenery.
Which soil media you use ....This is very soft👌
If growing in a pot use something "soilless" - mostly peat moss mixed with some other media, and add extra perlite to increase drainage. Few commercial potting soils are loose enough for plants that prefer excellent drainage, like amaryllises.
Is Amaryllis can used for asthma
I was looking for information about indoor potted plants.
I need that mat you are working on...
Which month sir have to plant this
if they go dormant in august i think about potting them up late november... but some i will pot up in the spring... its good to have a minimum of 3 months of dormancy.