Monday, May 11, 2009

I have hybridized daylily seeds from 2006. Will they grow if I plant them this year?

Plant them immediately, right now, even if you have to dig thru the snow. Plant them now.





I planted mine in December here in Chicago every year. And they come up;





Now on Hybrids, those of course revert back to the originals, who knows what you will get on those. I am surprised to learn that there are hybrids in daylillies as that pollen is airborne quite easily and what would you cut off without disturbing the pollen base on these? I know they say hybrid, but i doubt it.

I have hybridized daylily seeds from 2006. Will they grow if I plant them this year?
Try it and see. Some seeds will not grow at all if you are crossing hybrids. Sometimes the seeds of hybrids will be sterile. That's one reason they make say, grapes, from cuttings instead of seeds.
Reply:Finally somebody else into daylilies. I also crosspollinated my daylilies and saved the seeds for this year. I just asked a similar question yesterday but got no answers.


Last year when I planted the seeds nothing grew. This year I was much more careful collecting them and recording. I do have them in the refrigerator but I'm not sure when to plant them. Good luck.
Reply:yes they will daylilys are very easy to grow and need little maintanance they will do just fine.
Reply:yes. but this time of year if they are not in the freezer, you might want to put them there for a couple weeks before planting. As they defrost in planting they will grow.


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