OT: Lilium
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- Subject: OT: Lilium
- From: "* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 11:21:28 +0000
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JErnst209@aol.com wrote:
>
> Another newbie question from a lurker.
>
> I started all the seeds that I asked for information on earlier this spring,
> and much to my chagrin, all of them are showing signs of life. One, Lilium x
> aurelianense, germinated at about 98%. I potted them all up and put them
> outside on a north facing porch, were they are getting taller and darker green
> each day (both good signs to me). The second one that has germinated is the
> one that I am unsure of how to handle, Lilium martagon (white). They have
> sent down a white tipped root, and in my procrastination of writing and asking
> what to do about them, they've now also formed a small bulge in between the
> end of the root and the seed pod. They're forming a bulb, right? I think
> that this means that once this is done, they will need a cold period, and then
> they will put out a green shoot? Is this right? If this is the case, then
> should I just leave them in the petrii dishes, that they were started in, for
> this cold period, or should I pot them up? And at what point do I know that
> they have formed as much of a bulb as they are going to, so it would be time
> for the cold period?
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Karen Ernst
> Highland, MI
