 Hey everyone! I just wanted to talk a little bit about amaryllis. Now the bulbs and the potted plants have been starting to show up in garden centers and in greenhouses around here along within grocery stores and I really wanted to talk about picking your amaryllis bulb so you can have success growing them this year. Now when you're looking at an amaryllis bulb, if it's bare-root or if it's already potted, you want to pick one that is the biggest bulb. Bigger bulbs mean more blooms, so a big bulb is a good thing. Make sure you look at it. There's no disease, there's no damage to the bulb. If it's starting to grow like this one is, make sure that that is a bright green. Again, no disease or damage that you can see to those. Diseases and damage, they're going to limit the lifespan of your bulb. This bulb in particular also has this little offset and that will develop into a new bulb over time. So here in a few years I will be able to divide this and this new baby and I'll have two bulbs of the same variety. So we're going to plant this guy today. Amaryllis like to be in tight containers, so a really big container like this size won't work for them. They like to be in something that's about an inch bigger in diameter than the bulb itself. Type of pot doesn't really matter, plastic, clay, terracotta, glazed, whatever you want to use. I just make sure that your pot has a drainage hole on the bottom. This one is fairly large so I've covered it with a piece of paper towel. The water is still going to drain, it's just going to keep me from making a mess. So to plant my amaryllis, I'm going to fill this about half full with potting soil. And as I do that, did you know that amaryllis originated in Peru and were first brought to England in the 1700s. And some of the original bulbs bloomed for about 75 years. So on another video, we'll talk about how to get them to re-bloom. But let's check and see. So I need to plant this guy a little deeper. They like to be a little higher above the pot. You always, you don't want to plant your amaryllis bulb really deep in your pot. They like good drainage. And unlike daffodils and tulips, they don't need to be buried in the ground. That is pretty close. I'm just going to add a little bit more underneath of him. And we should be good. So you can see he's sticking up above the pot. He's still going to have plenty of soil around him to hold him steady. So I need to put soil around him. We are going to leave about an inch above the top of the soil that will allow when I water for me to not overfill the pot and spill water everywhere. So firm it in. I've got a little too much. So firm your soil in around your bulb to help hold it steady. Now from here, I am going to put him, water him, put him in a bright sunny window and let him grow. Now when I water him, I want to wait for the top two inches of the soil to be dry. He doesn't like to sit in water, so he doesn't need to be moist all the time. And I'm going to fertilize him with a half strength fertilizer every time I water. Now when you look at the fertilizer bag, you want a high number in phosphorus. Phosphorus is going to encourage the bloomings, period. So if you look at your bag, there'll be three numbers, your nitrogen, your phosphorus, your potassium. You want a high middle number to fertilize this guy. Then make sure you put him in a bright sunny window. Once he starts to bloom, the bloom buds start to open. Remove him from the sunshine. The sun is going to cause the blooms to die faster. So pulling him out of the sunshine means you're going to have a longer blooming period. But enjoy your amaryllis, have a wonderful holiday season, and we will talk about how to keep them after in another video. Thank you. Happy growing.