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Author Message   Guff  Posted on Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 03:51 pm:    TerryK, no, no greenhouse. I just make do, with windows, and a sliding glass door. The only thing I put under lights, were the Cyclamen that I grew last time. I think the lily's will be fine, most won't even put up a grow shoot, until they get a cold treatment. They will just continue to enlarge in bulb size. You could just put them in a dark warm room and forget about them. Or even stick them back outside, potted up in a sheltered area. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Guff  Posted on Tuesday, December 06, 2005 - 10:54 am:    Well I got around to breaking off the bigger sized baby bulbs. I think I will just mix up some soil and Vermiculite and put them into another bag, then throw the bulbs in. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Tuesday, December 06, 2005 - 10:40 pm:    Great progress Guff, you will have such a productive winter with all your projects. Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Guff  Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 02:13 pm:    TerryK, I was able to break off 12 baby bulbs, many still too small to attempt to remove. Hopefully I get a couple hundred baby bulbs by spring time. I just have to think where I want to put them, until they flower. After they flower, I will have a better idea, where I want to put certain types. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Guff  Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2005 - 09:19 pm:    I have well over 30 baby bulbs now, that I have broken off. The scales, that I had broken off before, are already forming new bulbs. My other bag that I had started, is really starting to take off as well. I had it too moist, so I added more Vermiculite, and they grown alot since. Seems the right amount of dampness is the key. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2005 - 10:24 pm:    This is so interesting. Approximately how long do they take till they flower from the time they form the bulbs? Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Periwinkle  My Favorite Photo My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Monday, December 19, 2005 - 10:08 am:    I'll have to print this off. Guff and Terry: This is such an interesting thread. I'm an oriental lily lover so knowing a little more about propagating them is valuable. Denise--Northern Wisconsin, Z3b   Guff  Posted on Monday, December 19, 2005 - 11:17 am:    TerryK, 3-5 years depending on type and growing conditions. In the spring I think I will purchase more oriental lily's, they have some new ones out. There must be close to 12-15 different ones now for the oriental lily type. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Monday, December 19, 2005 - 10:52 pm:    Guff, you are a bad influence! If I start another garden project I will have my family performing an intervention-a gardening intervention! But this is so tempting. Where will you be purchasing your new lilies from? Oh and by the way, does this work on all lilies? Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Guff  Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 12:10 am:    TerryK, any lily that the bulb has scales will work. It's so easy to do, and well worth the wait. http://www.johnscheepers.com/catview.cgi?_fn=Category&_category=Lilies Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Woodthrush  Posted on Friday, December 23, 2005 - 09:55 am:    Hello Everyone, I scaled lilies last year and planted out a lot of baby bulblets this summer. I started another big batch this fall too and have just tons of scales growing in the greenhouse now. Some have sent out their first leaves too. Pam in the Poconos Woodthrush - Pennsylvania, Zone "zone 4"   Guff  Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 10:35 pm:    Woodthrush, how many scales do you have going? I was reading in a catalog that I received the other day, a guy over in Holland, grows 12 million lily's a year. I wonder if he is doing this from scales, or tissue cultures. Thats alot of lily's, but I could see it being done from scales very easy. It seems that the Asiatic type lily's, are the ones that are putting up a grow shoots. The Oriental type, must need a cold treatment to put up a shoot, because I have yet to see a grow shoot come up on those. I think next fall I will stick mostly with the Oriental type, that way I don't have to worry about a grow shoot growing. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Woodthrush  Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 02:02 pm:    I really haven't counted the scales I have going. When I buy new bulbs, I take some scales right away and when I replant them or dig up the potted one in the fall, I scale them some more. My first attempt at posting a photo so I hope this works. These are some of the bags of scales I have growing. Woodthrush - Pennsylvania, Zone "zone 4"   Woodthrush  Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 02:04 pm:    Yea! My photo appeared - lol. Here's another of lily Triumphator. You can see the bulblets are putting out their first leaves. Woodthrush - Pennsylvania, Zone "zone 4"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 02:35 pm:    Wow! This is like being in the penney candy store when you were younger (I guess some don't even know about this!) How old are the ones in your second photo? Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Woodthrush  Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 03:24 pm:    About four months. The Triumphators were particularly fast. Pam Woodthrush - Pennsylvania, Zone "zone 4"   Guff  Posted on Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 10:23 pm:    A little update on the lily's that had put up grow shoots. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 08:45 am:    Hi Guff-as usual I can't remember where you posted about lady slippers so I am adding info here. I read about this company in a gardening magazine "The American Gardener". This company has some lady slippers, not pink, but not a fortune. Maybe something will be of interest to you http://www.raisingrarities.com/order_form.php Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Guff  Posted on Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 04:57 pm:    Today, I started around 60 seeds of different crosses that did this past summer. When spring gets here, I will germinate all the remaining seeds outdoors. My bags of scales are still going strong. I think I broke off another 40 or so this past week. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Birna  Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 03:00 am:    I wonder if I can use this method with martagon lilies? And do you use any kind of fungus protection? How long after putting the scales in bags wil they begin to develop babies? Sorry for all the questions but this is very interesting Birna - Denmark, Zone "?"

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