Growing daylilies from seed, questions

Discussion in 'Seed Starting / Propagation' started by Catherne, Aug 4, 2017.

  1. Catherne

    Catherne New Seed

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    Hello everyone I am new here, I realized this year that daylillies have seed pods. I have had my garden for about 3 years.
    I started some daylily seeds in a moist paper towel in baggies 4 weeks ago, now what? I have never tried to grow daylilies from seeds, the seeds I have are seeds from my own flowers and ones I bought off ebay.
    Do I just plant them in soil now? I will be starting them inside and planting them in my garden later.
     
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  3. Jerry Sullivan

    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    Hi Catherne,
    If your seeds have sprouted then by all means plant them. Be sure the soil stays moist but not wet. you should see a small green sprout that will get 6 to 8 inches tall. Like a blade of grass. This is all you can expect the first year. Next year they will emerge and grow to about a foot tall. The Third year you may get a small flower or two. In the forth year you will see flowers. Pictures will help. Disease and animal pests are almost non-existent. It takes awhile for flowers so be patient. I have hundreds of daylilies from seed over 40 years and it is always interesting to see what mother nature has crossbred.

    Good luck,

    Jerry
     
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  4. Catherne

    Catherne New Seed

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    I have about 150 seeds in the fridge now, I used the paper towel with peroxide and water mixture in a baggie method. They need to stay in the fridge for another week that will be week 4, after I reach week four, do I just take them out of the fridge and set them outside in the baggie still? This is all new to me with seeds.
     

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