Amaryllis Reblooming Made Easy - How to get a new bloom everytime. 

I think you have the best video about reblooming Amaryllis! Thank You! Keep up the good work!

Thank you. I tried getting the plant to rebloom in so many different ways, following the advice offered on youtube and from all sorts of articles I read. Everyebody claims "ohh it is so easy" yet for me not one of the plants rebloomed with all the youtube expert advice shared so generously. The videos are incomplete, missing information, contradictory to each other and hardly anybody sepcifies the time periods necessary for any of the stages. or even the process necessary with different stages. I am very thankful for finding your video and for all fine details mentioned in it. It is nice to learn and listen to somebody who has put genuine efforts, care and love in this process and made discoveries. The explanation of keeping the plant in the box and not exposing it to any light is very helpful as well as the time period needed for it. And the fact that you keep the plant in the coat closet during dormancy period is most inspiring , most truthfully nothing yet compares to that. Much gratitude and respect

What a sensible and Instructive video. No nonsense approach and good old fashioned knowledge. I loved it.

Great flower care tips!

A great watch this, learned loads, thank you!

Great video! I learned so much, Thank You so much I love Amaryllis! A few years ago when I saw my first one I was so taken aback by their beauty I bought loads of people them as gifts, at Christmas This will be my first time to try reblooming mine. This one was had two stems with beautiful Red blooms and then blooms started to come from somewhere inside there came another two blooms came up it was so beautiful such a joy to see. ours was very top heavy too, we so we joined together plant holder ties and they supported it. Sorry for going on Great video

Like 220! Hi Eccentric, congratulations on almost hitting the big 4K! 🎊 I’m stuck on 1500 for awhile! Lol! Beautiful bloom! Sorry to hear about the accident! Love the editing skills! Another great informational video my dear friend! Love planting myself as well! I usually put rabbit manure right into the mix of my soil! Putting them to sleep! Some need to go to sleep to get the energy for a good bloom! Yes, always be kind to each other! Keep up the great work! Hope you have a great weekend! Take care and God bless! Animal Papa, happy planting and Junior! 😎🪴❤️👍🙏

That was such great information Eric. It's such a beautiful plant. Such large blooms. I usually see the red ones. I've never had one but I've thought about it.

Our Amaryllis should be blooming here in the next month. I've added this to my Bloom blessing playlist to reference to.

I left mine dormant till about the middle of November. Only one bloomed, but I didn't have any showing of a bloom when I pulled them out. I will attempt it again this next year using the insight you offer here. I, like you have heard many different views and gotten a lot of conflicting details on how to do the dormancy. Thanks for sharing and being so passionate over this very beautiful flower. It helps so much.

The quality of your video is amazing .. Really good tips Thanks

Love your video. Your so energetic. You are funny! Thanks for all the information.

Thank you for sharing your experience! Very helpful & I've watched many videos & none have included your advise about the dormancy period. Specifically the duration. My amaryllis didnt bloom this year so I think I'll keep it in dormancy longer. Thanks again!

I have grown Amarylis for many years, but never tried to get it to rebloom. Well, last year I saved my bulb and am hoping 🤞🏻I get a bloom this winter. The bulb grew a lot larger during the summer, I brought it in Sept 1 and set in in the dark in my cool basement. Mid Nov I brought it out, gave it a drink and so far…nothing. Guess I need to be patient awhile longer. If it bloomsmit will be a beautiful red! I will keep you posted lol. Happy Holidays🎄

Cut Amaryllis bloom stalks can last longer in a vase than in the pot, if you pour water into the hollow cut stalk, and seal the end with a damp cotton ball or other plug. Check the stalk after a few days to empty and refill with clean water, your cut amaryllis will last a couple weeks! Great for giving flowers to someone who wouldn’t care for the whole plant. Thanks for your insights on re-blooming: Do you notice whether the plant has any live roots while blooming? Perhaps this is why wax-encased bulbs survive, until you can peel off the wax & replant.

Yes I love Amaryllis flowers and I have a white and salmon one and a red one. Your video has some good info I think. Thanks!

In fact we are talking about Hippeastrums here. Amaryllis is from South Africa and there is just one species -Belladonna. Hippeastrums are from South and Central America and there are hundreds of different cultivars. There are different ways to plant those Hippeastrums. I never cut leaves unless they are all yellow before dormancy. Then I let them "sleep" as long as they want, I keep checking them every two weeks - some start to grow the stem, some still sleep. To have flowers, it is necessary to have at least 4 leaves the previous season, 8 leaves at least for 2 flower stems..

Thanks. Glad to hear my coat closet should be an adequate location for my first amaryllis' dormancy in fall. Conflicting Articles had me concerned. Mine is about 30" with 6 blossoms and now showing a second flower spike. Thanks for the common sense

thanks for sharing

Thank you! Last year my blooms were magnificent, they did go into dormancy over winter but I think have not fertilized enough and can leave in dormancy for longer this year ❤️ - South Africa

Hi--Love your video! You radiate personality and humor and I love that! I'm in the mid-Atlantic in a hi-rise and have been "summering" my amaryllis in its pot in a window. When I wintered it after its blooms faded in January, I just cut the leaves off and put it in a brown paper bag and stuck it in a cool place in the coat closet.... Now its time to cool it off for the fall...my questions are: do I cut off the leaves? Do I leave the roots just as they are, as i did in the winter, and put it back in the bag? And do I now or ever pull off the papery dark brown outer skins of the bulb? Thanks so much!

My mum had a bunch of bulbs with multiple stalks of flowers every year, I took one out of a crevice in the sidewalk, repotted it, fertilized it, babies it and it never bloomed. Meanwhile the ones that stayed in the sidewalk were thriving and pumping out flowers, and my mum hadn't even looked at them in a year

Thanks for the good info. When placing in the dark, does it have to be around 50 degrees? I live in the south and that will be hard to do. Or, do I wait until I have that condition and then cut the leaves off and place in dark at 50 degrees? Thank you !!

Been there -done that. loosing a bloom because it is top heavy. We have 12 pots, couple are for small, immature bulbs. We have 4 different colors. I do about 4 - 5 months, doing that way for years. Like you said, I check them on occasion, and when it seems right, I pull them out and give them a little water. What a TREAT when they start blooming!

Thank you so much for your video and your explanation of Amaryllis. I live in Houston Texas area and last year I got three large amaryllis bulbs from the amaryllis market. They bloomed during the holiday season and I had no idea about the dormancy. So I never took them out of my windowsill. Are you saying that October is when we should cut the leaves back and put them into dormancy?There is really no place that is cool and dry in Texas unless it is inside our house. Thank you for your help!

I have a red one and it just finished blooming. So when do you put it into the dormant stage? Is there a particular set time?

Hi - I live in Malaysia with a mean temp of 30 deg celcius. It only rains or shines here. I have just planted out my bulbs, with a lot of trepidation, I must say. They were kept in my pantry for upto 10 weeks in a dark, airy basket lined with coco-fibre. Yes, I have been checking on them often enough but gosh, the leaf tip in the centre never fails to shoot out 1st! All of them. Nevertheless, I didn't want to deprive them anymore of their sustenance, so despite my misgivings, I planted them out again. For warmer climes like ours, refrigeration is best recommended of course. But I wanted to try something different, so decided the dark space in the pantry. Here's to hoping for the blooms soon :)

Love your video, could you please tell me when the dormancy period starts? Beginning of the summer? Thanks so much!

Mine is red, thank you for the information

I live in Ohio, my bulbs were outside in their pots all summer to get plenty of sun. I may have only fertilized them once, didn’t know any better. I stopped watering them in August but left them outside in the shade till it got cold out. Now it’s November, I haven’t put them in the dark yet, their leaves are long and just as green as ever! Should I put them in a cool dark place with all those leaves?

I live in South Louisiana, my grandma grew amaryllis and before she passed she gave me some bulbs that I put in a huge pot, for 17 years it made foliage but it never flowered, 3 years ago I left a 21 year toxic relationship and grabbed my big pot of amaryllis, 3 months later it at the end of March it bloomed for the first time!! It’s a White Christmas bulb and it’s absolutely beautiful!! This spring it shot up 2 stems with 4 flowers on each shoot, it also made at least 4 more bulbets that also made each a flower and also some deep red amaryllis bloomed for the first!! I’m not so afraid to even touch the soil, the main bulb is huge!!! It’s 6 inches round and we are now in July and it just shot up another flower!!! The huge pot is on my covered patio and doesn’t get much direct sun until later in the day. Can anyone tell me what to do?? Leave it alone or dig it up? I know it I’m gonna need to separate the new bulbets, everyone in my family wants one!! I think my grandma has had her hand in my pot for all these years!

I was waiting for the leaves to turn brown and cut them off. Is it best to cut them while still healthy? Most of my bulbs will regrow leaves after dormancy but not bloom stocks.

Thanks for the great tutorial and charismatic presentation! I really wanted to try and make my plants bloom again, but wasn't sure about the process since most tutorials online are rather brief. Thanks to you, now I feel confident that I can do it. Just a little detail that I've maybe missed - do you cut the leaves before you put your amaryllis in the dark or do you put it there, let them die away on their own and then cut them?

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received my amaryllis fist of december. it is just now losing its blooms dec 21! the instructions say to remove wax from bulb (shipped not in soil or pot)! any suggestions on how to remove the wax from bulb! also can you give any timeframe for the steps as i'm in zone5/6T thank you for any info in advance!

I just left it outside and it bloomed fine. I live in California, partial shade.

How would you know if its in dormancy period? I planted mine directly on the ground....

About sun. I live in South Arkansas. It gets hot here in summer. Do I protect it from full sun?! My Christmas Cactus I leave out all summer, it gets morning sun and some afternoon sun and it just thrives. What about Amaryllis in sun??

Great video love this bulb but last year after my bulb finished blooming I left it on my deck never watered it did nothing to it brought it in in January and now it’s blooming again .

I live in a equatorial climate, so there are no seasons. My amarylis are just leaves do i force them into a dormancy to make them bloom.

Can the bulb be chill in the refrigerator in the dormancy period?

You should always cut back the leaves before putting plant into dormancy? I’ve seen others leave on and not cut back til after removing from dormancy location

Hi! I live in Dallas TX where nobody has a basement. I have a sunroom but I don't have a cool spot in the house; we keep the home temperature around 70F in the summer. I do own a small refrigerator but that may be too cold for a dormant amaryllis. Any suggestions on finding a cool spot for dormancy? Thank you so much.

I wish you had shown a bulb out of its pot and point to where you put the soil. I keep reading all sorts of ideas. Your video was very entertaining and helpful. I ordered three bulbs and one was a dud, but pretty leaves. Question. So you’re saying direct sun is the best? Gl I found your channel!

Many folks here plant them in ground and let them naturalize, and around February/March its not uncommon to see large beds in full bloom.

From Oshawa Ontario, (now its January 2021) I have an white amaryllis that bloomed with 2 stalks and 4 blooms each stalk. There are already 5 tall leaves, but 4 are droopy. What will I expect to see from them leaving the bulb in sunlight for 4-5 months? Just bigger taller leaves? Then into the dark, cutting back the leaves, waiting to see if new bloom starts, 4-5 months? so these bulbs only bloom around fall to winter?

I just have leaves never flowers on a year ! Healthy leaves! Why ?

Can I cut the leaves now and store summer time?

I have 2 plants and one always blooms. The second one is blooming again after 2 years. I don’t know what I did for it to happen.

Do you sell bulbs‽?

anyone else wondering why youtuber seem so hysterical and then realise they upped the playbackspeed ;D and then wonder why people in real life are so damn slow... thank you for all the info!

Thank you so much for sharing this video .new Subcriber watching your blog from Phil.

Mariya’s brother?

Noooo! You don’t cut the leaves off! You let the leaves die back naturally and turn brown completely. This puts the energy right back into the bulb.