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Re: Wood Lily planting

My experience with Wood Lily does not suggest that this is true.  The
seeds are somewhat like Turks Cap, only smaller by 1/4 to 1/8 the size.
These small paperlike seeds with the actual seedlet in the center of
the paper seem to prefer shallow planting, less than 1/4 inch and I
have not had any success planting them any deeper.  This lily is
very slow to germinate, and seems to germinate when planted
in the late fall, in flats, then left to overwinter.

The alternate is similar to germinating Turks Cap, using vermiculite
and poly-cheese cloth.  Place a 1 inch layer of the vermiculite in a
sealable container about 2-3 inches deep, place the poly cloth on
top of the vermiculite.  Add water to the container and vermiculite
before placing the seed, this will keep things from floating around.

Now spread the Wood Lily seed sparsely across the cloth and seal
the container.  Place the container somewhere that will receive light
and will be warm - 80 degrees, not much more or the bulbletes or
seedlets, will cook.  60 days at this temperature, the into the fridge
or similar cool place where you can maintain 40 degrees.  30-45
days cold treatment.  You should now have a bulblet in the center of
the paper seed which can be planted shallow, less than 1/4 inch.

The alternate is too much work for me, and I seem to do just as well
planting directly into flats, wintering over and by mid-July I had approx.
35 out of the 72 cells showing a thin grass-like blade.  I have done
this now 2 seasons and the first year sets have been planted where
I can observe the growth, now showing bi-leave, thin grass like leafs.

I suspect that it will be at lease 5-6 years to bloom.  The fast way
to propagate Wood Lily is through the actual bulblets or scales
from digging up a mature lily.  This is not advised, since this is
probably going to be in the wild.  Perhaps you may find someone
who already has established mature bulbs, so that you could get
the garlic-like scales.  If you do know someone like this, the best
time to get the scales is in the late summer or early fall.  Only
dig next to the bulb, do not unearth the parent bulb.  Once you
dig next to the bulb (carefully), you will see if the mother bulb is
producing scales, some, if there is any, will even have a tap
root starting.

My advice is try the overwinter method, be patient and they will
grow.

Rome Hutchings
tpimg@sherbtel.net
-----Original Message-----
From: sheaffer <sheaffer@uss.net>
To: prairie@mallorn.com <prairie@mallorn.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 8:59 PM
Subject: Wood Lily planting


>I have read that lily seeds should be planted three inches deep.  I sthis
>true for "philadelphicum"?  How does this happen naturally?
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