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Author Message   Guff  Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 12:58 pm:    Anyone tried this. I dug up one plant, and peeled a couple scales off. Seems really easy to produce a mass of clone baby lily's in a short time. Heres a web page that tells in detail how you go about it. http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/propagation_seed_starting/105602 Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Guff  Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 08:55 pm:    I picked up some Vermiculite the other day, and today I dug up some Lily's and collected around 20-25 scales off different plants. Hopefully in a couple months I will see some growth on the scales. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Friday, September 09, 2005 - 12:50 pm:    This is so interesting. Keep us posted! Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Guff  Posted on Friday, September 09, 2005 - 01:57 pm:    TerryK, will do. I don't mind waiting for them to mature and flower, it's free plants after all. I know the bulbs are pretty cheap to buy, but when you want hundreds growing, it can get costly. I have many seed pods growing on plants that I had crossed or self-pollinated, but I thought scaling might be a little faster to get flowers, plus scaling would be the same exact as the donor plant, seeds will vary in colors/shapes. I was surprised no one had commented on this. I thought, what a easy way to get many free plants in a short time. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Allieok  My Favorite Photo My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Friday, September 09, 2005 - 02:19 pm:    This is great to know even if I never try it. On occasion I will be digging to plant something else and slice a bit of a lily bulb off. It is nice to know that I probably haven't killed it. Allieok - Oklahoma, Zone "7a"   Galanthophile  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Friday, September 09, 2005 - 02:50 pm:    This is the classic way to reproduce new bulbs and it does work. Let us know how you get on. Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"   Guff  Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2005 - 03:23 pm:    I checked on the progress, little bulb like bumps are starting to grow on the scales. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Guff  Posted on Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 09:29 pm:    My bag of scales are really starting to take off, the scales are growing roots and small bulbs. Most scales have 1 bulb, but I noticed a couple had two or three growing. What I was wondering, do you feed them with a diluted fert? Miracle Grow? Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Guff  Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 12:37 am:    I thought I would take a picture of my progress with the scales, so far their doing super. I'm tempted to dig up some more bulbs and start another bag. I have over 40 scales in the bag, wish I had known about this years ago, this is too easy. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 06:43 am:    Guff, they are looking good. The link you posted in the beginning of this thread references the Mid Atlantic Lily Society which also has a how to on scaling lilies. At the bottom of the page is an area where you can send a question to the author. Maybe if you write thisperson she will give you an answer on fertilizing. Here's the link- http://www.midatlanticlily.org/MLS_online2/3education/3topics/3topic_scaling.html Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Guff  Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 09:00 am:    TerryK thanks, there using spagnum moss, so I assume the scales are getting some nutrients. I think a well diluted Miracle Grow, would be ok. I did read that the growing bulbs get their food from the scales, but I would think since the scales also grow roots, they need some food to continue to grow and to be healthy. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Guff  Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 02:16 pm:    It was such a beautiful Fall day today, I decided to dig up some Lily's and collect some scales for another bag. I would suggest if you know which Lily's are by name, put them into different bags. Since I don't know half of the lily's names that I have, I'm sticking them into the same bag, I will wait till they flower to rearrange them according to size. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 04:48 pm:    Guff that looks fantastic-or at least to a gardener! Such possibilities lay there on that towel. You should write a book on how to propagate as you do seem so interested in it and good at it. Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Guff  Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 05:37 pm:    There's a little over 50 scales there, the ones I started awhile back , have 1-4 bulbs growing, so I figure within 6 months of doing this, I could have 100-400 babies growing, maybe double that, since it has been only 2 months. In no time you could have thousands growing. With my old fashion Tiger Lily project and now these, I'm going to have my hands full. I have yet to dig up a Tiger Lily, and pick some scales, I doubt I will, since all the babies I get every year off of the mature plants is plenty. I have a couple ideas TerryK, no book, but I have something else planned. It wouldn't take much effort, since I have lots of authoring software,video camera and DVD burner. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 10:28 pm:    Well, you can't just say "something else planned". Now we all(or I do anyway) want to know what you have planned. Terryk - NY, Zone "6"

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