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Re: Hemerocallis help needed



As Buckminster Fuller once said, "It's all going to be o.k.".  Or something
like that.  Daylilies are the most "perennial" perennial there is.  I
inherited a daylily farm when I bought this place 5 years ago (in the dead
of winter; the former owner didn't even mention the daylilies until the
"walkthrough" because he was afraid it might scare me off!).  Since then
I've accidently left whole clumps of the things in the field for a whole
season and they've always recovered from the ordeal.  Nothing could be more
forgiving.

Suggestions for transplanting:

cut the leaves to about 4 or 5 inches (no need to measure; just guess)

amend the soil with moo-poop and plant daylilies

water regularly

forget about 'em

As for the ones that didn't bloom this year, toss a little fertilizer on
them when you think about it.  Some now, and again in the Spring would be
fine.  Mulching with a good compost is also a good idea.

If you're dividing a really old clump, the best way to do it is with two
perennial forks.  Jam one into the center of the clump.  Jam another so that
they're "back to back".  Pull down on the handles in opposing directions.
The clump will split very nicely in two;  keep repeating as needed.  If you
don't have these forks, get them; you'll never regret it.  Alternately, just
cut through the clump with an old kitchen knife. Whacking off the foliage
beforehand is helpful.

This is not something to get stressed-out over.

Keith



>
>I'd like to add a few questions of my own to this topic  -
>
>This past spring, I resurrected some daylilies that had been swamped out
>by a huge bed of asters that always outgrew the daylilies and therefore
>pretty much blocked out the sun, not to mention what might have happened
>to water and soil!  I transplanted the daylilies fairly carelessly and
>they took immediately but I haven't gotten any blooms this year.  Is
>there any possibility they have been "destroyed" (if that is possible)
>by the years in the aster bed? By the way, they had not bloomed in the
>past couple of years in the aster bed but I was very bad and had ignored
>them until this spring.
>
>Help!
>
>Deb of Medfield, Massachusetts
>zone 6
>
>
>S.J.S. wrote:
>
>> In the processing of digging/dividing/moving my tall bearded iris to
>> their own beds, I had to dig out bunches of daylilies. I ran out of
>> time/energy/daylight and  left the bare-root daylilies out of the
>> ground
>> for several days. I am not sure how to go about resurrecxting these
>> plants. How short short I trim them? How long should I soak them prior
>>
>> to replanting? How often should they be watered once they are planted?
>>
>> Soil amendments?
>> I also found some that are 20 yrs old (they have metal markers) that I
>>
>> know haven't been divided in years. It is almost impossible to get the
>>
>> dirt out of the root clump. Any hints??
>> Thanks,
>> Jill
>> NC Zone 7(b)



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