I keep coming back to the Amaryllis Man for knowledgeable amaryllis related information and to learn about these great bulbs. So very helpful always no matter how much time has passed since the video ! Thank you
Your videos are a joy to watch. You have such respect for your viewers and love for the amaryllis and we can see that. Thank u for your educational videos, sir and for giving credit to the Creator❣️☺️🕊️
Mr Johnston - I followed your advice to a T & guess what? Out of a dozen or so bulbs I refrigerated, I have 4 bulbs with scapes :) I live in sunny Malaysia, therefore it is simply not possible to winterise anything, right. So, forced blooming by refrigeration is the only way to go. Thank you Mr Johnston 😄😁🤣
Thank you Sir. I just found your channel. My mother always grew amaryllis and I always thought they were so pretty. I live in Houston, zone 9, and I just found some amaryllis in the garden center. It said to just start watering them, but I had originally thought I would plant them outside but was confused if I should or just wait until til the last frost and then put them outside in my flowerbed or pots. Not sure what would be best. I just subscribed to your channel, so I know you will have some good information. God bless you Sir.
Thank you for explaining this! I've always wondered how the vendors got these to bloom indoors during the winter! I usually just leave mine outside. They bloom every spring like clockwork. Lol.
My Catalog sent me one as a gift, I planted it this Spring outside in a small pot ,when I was doing fall clean up to my surprise there was a bud, i took it inside and the next day it was blooming, it's not as big as yours but I will try my best to take care of it
In Auckland New Zealand we leave them out but I put them in a shady place under a tree! The bits,that fall of the free provides food for them. I add a bit once in a while and when the buds come. They bloomed a bit early this year, Xmas almost here but flowering has finished. But I am buying a new one from the supermarket, they got some beauties! And will flower for Christmas!
if you don't store your bulbs but if you could show in a video how to trim and move in to a dark closet it might help some of us better.the whole set up
Great video, bless you and thank you. I do have a question however: I live in Michigan but we have been keeping our amaryllis indoors in front of the south facing window that gets a lot of sun and heat. We followed the directions that came with our bulb to force it into dormancy and have had great luck with blooms and our one bulb is now 3 full bulbs which bloom. If I don’t care about forcing the bloom for a certain date such as Christmas, can I just leave it in the pot year round? I assume I would need to cut it back after blooming, or should I just cut the stalk and leave the leaves?
Forcing is not a requirement nor do amaryllis have to have a dormant period. Continue to water and fertilize your indoor plant and it will do just fine. Of course, in the summertime you can set it outside to receive more sunlight. The flower scape can be cut back after blooming. thanks, The Johnstons
I had an Amaryllis that after flowering last year, developed many green leaves in the windowsill above the heater until the winter. I wanted to force new flowering, I stopped watering, the leaves remained fresh and green. Then I cut the fresh leaves from the bulb, peeled the brown membrane from the bulb and waited for what would happen. When the bulb showed new growth after a few weeks of giving it little water again. Now the bulb again has two sturdy flower stems, one bud is already flowering with 5 flowers, the other is still growing.
I was wondering why my Amaryillis always bloom in spring and not around christmas time. (Grows the seedbudds since 2 weeks now) And i heard that where i live that i should put them in the basement but never have done it since i keep them in the house the full year. So thanks for that information.
Thank you for this information. Much of the information I found was either over explained or did not explain. These are just the answers I needed. I would like to time the bloom to be for around my birthday rather then the holidays. I was given Amaryllis as a birth name, so I would really love this to flower around a time more meaningful to me.
Hi Mr Johnston - a bit of feedback if it helps. I recently lost 31 bulbs I had tried to winterize in the fridge. I didn't realise my fridge temp had suddenly gone colder than usual. My bulbs got frost-bitten & tried real hard to save them despite having gone soft & mushy. To no avail now. All gone . So now another friend has suggested I simply need to keep them dry in a dark place for 2 months like the pantry or even under the bed! Am trying it out in the pantry now. Hope to keep them in for 6 - 8 weeks.
It is hard to say without some more information. Are you fertilizing regularly during the growing season, are they planted too deeply, did they bloom the year before , how big is the bulb??? There is a you tube video entitled why did my amaryllis not bloom? That might be helpful.
I am taking my Amaryllis from pots to a bed. Should I treat the dirt with a fungicide before planting or can treating be done at same time of planting? If so, can you recommend one?
I am in the tropic and its hot year round...i do not take the bulbs from the ground but sad to say that my amaryllis keep on giving leaves and lots of them too...they bloom once in a blue moon and that is if i am lucky....what is the solution and how can i force them to bloom...
Soooooo your saying in the right conditions the amaryllis plant itself is evergreen year round? ( the leaves ) Also can I leave my amaryllis indoors year round in a very bright west window?
The Rising Garden no, you have to put it into a cool place and cut the amarryllis, or leave the leaf until yellow and dry leaf. Then leave it NO watering.
I live in kwazulu natal. Here theres no frost during the winters, so I hve my amyrillis growing outside all year round. But growing in part shade for most of the day. Is that fine??
When you’re trimming to put into storage should you spray or soak the roost in peroxide before storing on a shelf or just place directly in dark cool space?
@@AmaryllisMan what is the mixture/measurements of peroxide? Is it hydrogen peroxide in the brown bottle? And why do you have to do that? Just curious. Thank you.
@@desertflower13 Yes, the one in the brown bottle. Hydrogen peroxide is used as an antimicrobial agent and an oxidizing agent. It can help kill bacteria, viruses and other germs.
I've tried doing this probably 5 years in a row and whenever I plant them in November or December the immediately grow leaves and Thrive but they never grow a bloom. I normally buy a bunch from the home supply store and they bloom in a few weeks right around Christmas or later and then I let them grow all year until around September or October and then I cut away the leaves trim the roots a little and refrigerate them for hopefully at least eight weeks. I've read online that they should start producing the flower stalk when they're ready but mine always produce leaves not a flower stalk. I'm sure many will think that they did not recharge enough throughout the season but they grow so many leaves that grow so large that I think it must be recharged. Any clue what I might be doing wrong? My favorite flower, I get so heartbroken every year hoping for a flower stock and it ends up just being leaves. Thanks
I don't know, I am totally just guessing, but maybe you're not letting them sit dormant long enough? Maybe try trimming and refrigerating them in August or the end of July, then don't plant them till the beginning of November. Again, totally just a guess, but it's something to try a little different.
Travis J. Reed I have never tried It but if you got a grow light with red lights , red is supose to cause flower growth or put it in a window with sun untill it starts to bloom. Also try feeding the bulbs flower ferterlizor with phoferous. You can use bananas.
Lion Alesso all of them have bloomed before when I first bought them and many of them have grown leaves every year after forcing them but never a flower again. I normally let them stay dormant at least 2 months. Because this is Vegas there really isn't a place to put them that's ideal so I normally end up putting them in like the crisper in the refrigerator so at least they stay cool and I normally cover them with something dark so they don't get any light. They sprout up leaves pretty quickly and they get a ridiculous amount of sun and grow an unbelievable amount of huge leaves throughout the year. I don't think I've ever given them any kind of fertilizer before and you're right I should. I might go to Home Depot tomorrow and try to find something. Someone said I could do bananas for phosphorus and I do have dried banana chips at the house so maybe I can try putting some of that in the soil? Not sure. I just brought them out a couple weeks ago and almost all of them have an inch or two of leaves coming out already but no flower yet.
+elf gem I'm sorry, I'm not the person to ask, I have no idea. I would guess just put them in the fridge. If you keep them in the basement (or in the ground) they would be breathing, so it seems wrong to seal them in the fridge.
2018 now with a question, my mother passed a few weeks ago and i have been digging up some of her flowers. she has about ten red amaryllis that i dug up a few days ago 4/18/18. i'm in southeast alabama and her plants are in the yard. first hers were about 4 inches below ground level and have come back ever year. i took them home and covered the whole bulb with potting soil and water them daily, now tell me what i'm doing wrong and what to do to fix this so they will grow.
I know this is a late reply & I hope yours did alright but as far as the bulb in the soil, you're only suppose to put the bottom 1/4 portion in the soil. Maybe that's what went wrong?
Amaryllis need a rest from heat to store energy into the bulbs for flower. If you live in Florida or the Caribbean put them under your roof, or a shady tree.
En el video mencionan que hay dos maneras de que los bulbos lleguen a quedar dormantes. La primera era dejando el tiesto de lado en el suelo sin echar agua hasta que mueran las hojas. La segunda es sacando el bulbo y cortando sus hojas y raíces y ponerlo en el refrigerador por dos meses. Pueden estar dos meses en ese estado de dormancia. Esto lo hacen para prepararlos para que florezcan en Navidad, o para que los puedan salvar del frío congelante de invierno en aquellos lugares cuyo invierno es muy frío.
Okey. Muchisimas gracias. La verdad he aprendido mucho con estos videos pero a veces no alcanzo a entender por la rapidez del idioma y quedo con algunas dudas. Le agradezco un monton. Saludos.
Nancy Cook mine did not take 4 years to bloom .... I bought some sad looking bulbs on Clarence at Walmart around winter . They bloomed next year . Maybe your talking about from seed
photos.app.goo.gl/DjkVZ9aKX8s3249Y8 I believe if you open this link you can see my amaryllis from last year. Hopefully I'll have success again this year.
