Because my amaryllis are in an unheated conservatory, experience has taught me there is no point repotting them in January. I wait till the first leaf shows through - which happened last weekend.
Tonight, with the conservatory light on and the potting tray on the ground just outside the conservatory door I repotted them, disturbing the roots as little as possible. I also repotted the begonia and some small bulbs which give orange flowers in late summer.
One of the bulblets growing on the main amaryllis bulbs was big enough to break off and repot on its own. I put in a metal plant marker so I would know this was its first year and not expect too much of it.
One colleague who took one of the seven spare amaryllis I took into work last year reports that his has flowered well this year.
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