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Re: Rejuvenating daylily bed

Garden Nut wrote:
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> Any ideas on what I can do to add some soil nutrients
> without pouring in new soil?  Has anyone had good luck
> adding the alfalfa pellets at this stage?

Diana, I've had good luck with adding even a thin layer of composted
manure (the bagged kind) along with organic fertilizer such as a 5-8-5,
or even 5-10-12 (good for bulbs as well) and digging it in well.  If you
add alfalfa meal, use it lightly and add potassium and phosphorus, since
alfalfa is nitrogen-rich.  Too much nitrogen will produce daylily
foliage at the expense of flowers.

And hi, all -- I'm new to this list but have been on the perennials
list for a while.  I have a city garden in Chicago with almost 40
daylily cultivars -- would like dozens more but space is an issue!

Anne LD

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