Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening Dec 2015 into 2016, 3 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Ric and others---
I can re-post the information by Jack Eden (ages ago) on Amaryllis care.
It will be 2 pages. He is the one I learned from--like many other sources in
the 60\'s when i was a newbie gardener. He was an amazing gardener.
I think he is still alive--you can Google Jack Eden.

I always cut back the necks to make it easier for the new growth to emerge.
Just don\'t cut wayyyy down--as you will be cutting the tips of the new leaves
or bloom off. Just cur off the \"junk\" that developed in the previous growing season.

I have pictures--but not sure if I can find them so easily. Will try.

BOY! That IS a lot of roots!!! Don\'t know what to tell you.
My hunch is that I would cut them back by half??? That is just way too many roots.
I think a bulb can take that kind of trimming--just guessing now...
Spider plants can! Brugs can! Many other plants can....
I think that if an Amaryllis were grown in a pot--not in the ground--you would never see
roots like that.
Sorry--I cannot find my pictures of the cut back necks. I posted it once here....
I think you can envision what I am talking about.

Here are pictures of the 2 pages from jack Eden\'s \"year Round Care of Amaryllis.
Every page in this garden Calendar had amazing information on many holiday plants.

Gita