tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719904028437546988.post5100324147229796811..comments2023-09-27T02:21:20.210-07:00Comments on Lee's Daylily Potpourri: Planting seeds 1 . . .Lee and Jean Pickleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08092490614404949294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719904028437546988.post-46478413868804869582010-08-04T18:19:26.418-07:002010-08-04T18:19:26.418-07:00"Sometimes it seems that I am doing this for ..."Sometimes it seems that I am doing this for myself." I know what you mean. I just started a blog at http://mrfancyplantsnursery.com/blog1/ I really am doing it for myself. I'm using it to take notes of what's happening around the garden so I can remember next year. I wish I'd started it in the spring. If anyone else finds it interesting so much the better... I really enjoy your blog, I'm sure others do too. <br /><br />I grow daylilies on a much smaller scale than you, and this is my first year trying hybridizing. I don't think my method would work on such a large scale as yours. It takes too much time to pack the tubes with soil and they like to fall over when you put them in the trays - you really need three hands. I only planted around 1000, and haven't even gotten all of them in the ground yet. <br /><br />Take care and keep blogging.<br /><br />Mike McDonaldAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05604737791408462932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719904028437546988.post-3119442377998535592010-08-04T08:13:01.881-07:002010-08-04T08:13:01.881-07:00Mike,
Your method sounds interesting, also. Daylil...Mike,<br />Your method sounds interesting, also. Daylily roots love depth, which you give them with the 6" long PVC pipe. Thanks for looking at my blog and making a comment. Sometimes it seems that I am doing this for myself.<br />LeeLee and Jean Pickleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092490614404949294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719904028437546988.post-64604678717417489162010-08-03T13:58:55.921-07:002010-08-03T13:58:55.921-07:00Hi Lee, Love the blog. I plant my seeds in 6 inc...Hi Lee, Love the blog. I plant my seeds in 6 inch sections of 1.5 inch PVC pipe. One seed per pipe. I keep these in a bed of 1" deep water. I get good germination and roots are 6" long in about 6-8 weeks and ready to plant out. As long as I didn't pack the soil too tight in the tube the seedlings slide right out. I label each tube with a grease pen as to the cross made. The tubes are reusable after a bleach bath, and should last longer than I do. An added bonus, I have some seedlings that didn't get planted yet still in the tubes for 6 months that are doing as well and the ones I planted out.<br /><br />Take care<br />Mike McDonaldAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05604737791408462932noreply@blogger.com