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Notmartha
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| | Posted on Friday, December 07, 2007 - 04:37 pm EST : |   
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I have acres and and acres to plant on
This summer i plan to sell and move alot of the older ones and make room for seedlings
Here are a few seedlings ive resized this week!
Northern hardy and with teeth! :)
Notmartha
- mi,
Zone "6a"
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Guff
| | Posted on Friday, December 07, 2007 - 04:45 pm EST : |
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I would be interested in your orange Carved Pumpkin look alike, when you have extra fans of course.
http://www.gardenbuddies.com/forum/messages/4730/1227646.html
Guff
- NY,
Zone "?"
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Bluethumb
| | Posted on Friday, December 07, 2007 - 06:29 pm EST : |
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I have an interesting article from the Spring 1989 Region 4 AHS Newsletter on 'Techniques & Observations on Storing and Starting Hemerocallis Seedlings Under Lights' by Kevin Smith. It has several tips for saving time especially for Northern gardeners. I'd be happy to post it here if anyone is interested.
One thing you might try to increase the fans is to cut back the foliage regularly. This apparently encourages root and fan development so might also help to produce side shoots. Obviously that wouldn't do much for flowers, but if you're trying to increase fan size it might be worth a try.
Bluethumb
- Alberta,
Zone "3b"
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Notmartha
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| | Posted on Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 08:57 am EST : |
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i always cut them back to about 4in as they grow!
I have started seeds in water mix and soil mix
Both ways worked.
Post what you have im sure it will get read!
more seelings
Notmartha
- mi,
Zone "6a"
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Bluethumb
| | Posted on Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 02:10 pm EST : |
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Here's the article:
TECHNIQUES & OBSERVATIONS ON STORING SEED AND STARTING HEMEROCALLIS SEEDLINGS UNDER LIGHTS
by Kevin Smith
AHS Region 4 Newsletter Spring 1989 pg 69-70.
I guess everyone has a favorite or easy way of starting seedlings. Here is the technique that’s been successful
for me:
HARVESTING AND STORING SEED
My seeds are collected when the pod is starting to dry out or crack open. Sometimes I test the pod by squeezing gently on it. If it opens slightly, I harvest it. The seeds are not allowed to dry out. They are stored in zip-lock sandwich bags, into which a half cup of Peter’s Horticultural Vermiculite and 1 TBSP water have been added.
The cross is recorded on a 4” plastic planting marker and inserted in the bag. I roll up the bag from the bottom and store the bag of seeds in the refrigerator.
Stratification, a cold period required to break the dormancy for dormant seeds, goes into effect for a period of 45 days or longer. Evergreen or semi-evergreen seeds will germinate while in the refrigerator at any time. I check for seed sprouting every couple of weeks.
PLANTING IN POTS
About November 1 I start the sprouting seeds, and others showing sprouting, down in my cellar under lights. I use 4” round and 5” square plastic pots that were cleaned with Spic-n-Span, Chlorox and hot water. Don’t use a dirty pot. A small single piece of newspaper is inserted into the bottom of the pot to prevent the growing medium from coming
through the drainage holes. Peter’s horticultural vermiculite is used as the growing medium. The pots are filled to within 1/2” of the top. I wet the growing medium down with a water solution of 1 TBSP Peter’s 9-45-15 fertilizer to 1 gal water.
I use a pencil to make a growing hole so the seed is level with the growing surface. The growing tip will be above this level. Other seeds are placed on top of the surface. All seeds are spaced out 1” apart from each other and the sides of the pot. Dry vermiculite is added to cover the seeds by 1/2” - 3/4”. If the growing tip extends above the surface, don’t worry.
The pots are put in large plastic trays and placed under fluroescent lights. Any cheap, bright lights will do.
The lights are adjusted to 1” above the pots and kept on 24 hours constantly. I adjust the height of the lights above the emerging seedlings 1” to 3”.
Air temperature in my cellar ranges from 60 - 65F. Bottom heat is not necessary. Air is circulated by a fan to help prevent any damp-off of seedings. (I got this tip in a Robin from Don Marvin). If you use sterile vermiculite, you shouldn’t have any damp-off.
CULTURAL TIPS
Once a month I spray Zineb on the seedlings and soil. The seedlings are bottom watered with a solution of Peter’s 9-45-15 fertilizer, 1/2 tsp per gallon water throughout the growth period. I also add Superthrive (1 drop per gallon).
All new growth is cut back to a height of 4” to 5” once a week. Cutting back the seedling growth encourages larger root development and a nice husky fan. It’s so much easier to handle a seedling at planting time when the fan is nice and fat. I’ve planted some seedlings that have 3/4” wide fans.
TIME TO PLANT
The seedlings are lined out starting the first week of April. The seedlings are not hardened off. At planting time it’s easy to separate the seedlings from the vermiculite. Just swish the mass of seedlings in a large bucket of water.
I plant the seedlings to a depth of 1” at the crown, 6” apart. Lined out seedlings are watered and fertilized with Peter’s 9-45-15 (1 TBSP per gallon water). The dormant varieties will disappear and go into dormancy within 2 - 3 weeks.
To sum up, I use this technique to trick the plants into an extra year’s dormancy. A dormant variety needs 2 years of dormancy to produce bloom. So the stratification period in the refrigerator is the first season; the dormancy period in the very early spring is the second season; while the emerging new growth that year is the third season, or cycle of growth. This way, there is a good chance for first year bloom and excellent second year bloom. It’s a way we Northerners can keep up with the speed the southern climate allows the southern hybridizers. (Almost!)
Bluethumb
- Alberta,
Zone "3b"
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Karalyn
My Weather
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 12:51 pm EST : |
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Wow!your daylilies are awesome!Do you sell named varieties that aren't patented anymore?
Do you sell Little Missy?
Karalyn Idaho Zone 6 |
Karalyn
My Weather
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 12:58 pm EST : |
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Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 11:19 am EST :
It seems a lot of the newer daylily's are all over a hundred some much more closer to two. But I guess they come down in a couple years. I have wondered how much the daylily's that I have bought were when they were first released, like Strawberry Fields Forever, I bet that was 100-150 lily.
I would like to get Happy Halloween, Halloween is my favorite holiday. I would also like BELLA SERA, I like purples a lot.
I have a lot of learning and reading to do. One can go over board with so many pretty daylily's.
Happy Halloween
Boy that Happy Halloween is awesome! What is the story on this daylily now that it is 2008?
Karalyn Idaho Zone 6 |
Guff
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 01:53 pm EST : |
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Happy Halloween , you can get 1 or 2 fans for around $25-35 at the lily auction, depending on who's looking and bidding. There is a buy now 2 fans for $34.99. I haven't picked it up yet, been saving for Tet Lavender Blue Baby.
http://daylily.com/cgi-bin/auction.cgi?cultivarseover20&1202656190
http://daylily.com/cgi-bin/auction.cgi?cultivarsgnew&1201741373
Guff
- NY,
Zone "?"
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Guff
| | Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 04:04 pm EST : |
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I had checked my seeds today, and noticed a couple had germinated in the fridge. Hadn't planned on growing/starting any until spring.
3 seeds Unchartered Waters x Voices In Fog
3 seeds Fortune's Folly X Destined To See
I doubt the Fortune's Folly cross will make anything nice, but you never know.
Guff
- NY,
Zone "?"
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Guff
| | Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 05:19 pm EST : |
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I couldn't resist, $15.01 for 1 fan. Won it last night at the lilyauction, no one else bid on Happy Halloween........ :)
Guff
- NY,
Zone "?"
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Notmartha
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| | Posted on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 06:54 am EST : |
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very pretty-congrats!!!
Notmartha
- mi,
Zone "6a"
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