Dave,

I have never tried to sow them directly primarily because they are so light and would easily blow away. I imagine that you could very easily, but they will not do well if they dry out. So, keeping the surface moist will probably be your biggest challenge.

However, you could germinate them inside, either in small covered containersor ziploc bags or you could float them in water (make sure the water, then transplant them.

I may try that with some of mine this year. I live near the panhandle of Florida, and our climate is about the same. I have left them outside with minimal protection the first year, and most of them did just fine. It just depends on how cold our winter gets. You could always cover them on nights of hard freezes.

I will try this method, germinating them outside. Look at this site full of pictures about germinating seeds, and I love the pictures of outside germinating:

Here is a link that might be useful: Germinating outside

Just an update;
I purchased some inexpensive seeds I found on e-bay in the manner I described in my original post. I also planted some of the same seeds in flats that I'd prepared with a mixture of sand, peat moss, and gardening soil.

I had about a 50% success with those planted outside in my garden and similar results on those planted in flats.

This is my first attempt at growing amaryllis from seed. I've really enjoyed it thus far. I've got two mature amaryllis that have really large seed pods now and hope to plant those at the appropriate time.

As someone who is a novice at this I want to thank everyone for all the good information I've found here.

I tried once.
The germination was good. The progress wey good.
Demage by snails DEVASTATING. They just loved to devore the seedlings.
ARIF

I am new here and have just read about germinating amaryllis seed. Two years ago I tried just planting the seeds in a pot, left outside and kept them moist. Second year they were big enough to put in the ground....no blooms tho. Maybe the third year? What should I have done differently? Oh by the way I am in southwest Georgia