Re: Easter Lilies
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- Subject: Re: Easter Lilies
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 05:25:44 -0500
Well, Don, have never forced a lily, but checked my files and Linda Darnton
on Lily list posted this in response to a question re: the amount of
chilling time needed when trying to grow lilies in warm zones - may be
useful for you:
"Vernalization: Six to eight weeks of temperatures below 40F should be
sufficient (according to the B&D Planting Guide)"
As for time from breaking dormancy to flowering...haven't a real clue.
Would think it would depend a lot on available light as well as heat.
Think most plants forced for spring bloom are in greenhouses with precisely
controlled light and temps....but may be off base..
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Don Martinson <llmen@execpc.com>
> Date: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 8:24 PM
>
> As long as we're on the subject of Easter Lilies...
> After years of looking at them in catalogs, I purchased a variety of lily
> called Casa Rosa, which appears to be the same variety as the common
Easter
> Lily (L. longiflorum).
> I've potted them up and they are now chilling.
>
> My questions: Do they need the same chill requirements as the tulips,
etc.
> planted for forcing, i.e. 12 to 16 weeks? Also, how long should allow
from
> bringing them into warmth to bloom time? I don't know the date of Easter
> 2000, but I'd like, if possible to time them to bloom then - or is it
> already too late to do that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don Martinson
> Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee suburb)
> USDA Zone 5 (-10 to -20F)
> AHS Heat Zone #4, Map at:
> ( http://www.suite101.com/userfiles/79/hz1024.jpg )
>
> l*@execpc.com
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