Re: daylily seeds

Dear Mr. Martinson:
  Since you are apparently breeding daylilies, might I ask if you have 
taste-tested any of the flowers?  I've been looking for types with 
flowers that are better than the usual, somewhat peppery types.  The best 
I've found so far is "Chicago Red" whichhas thick petals and is sweet 
rather than peppery, but it's not a very heavy producer.  You can see my 
interest in daylilies and other plants at http://www.hevanet.com/lonrom

Subject:     Re: daylily seeds
Sent:        11/2/98 8:14 AM
Received:    11/2/98 8:24 AM
From:        Don Martinson, dmartin@post.its.mcw.edu
Reply-To:    seeds-list@eskimo.com
To:          seeds-list@eskimo.com

>Hi all,
>I collected some daylily seeds a few months ago, and have had them in the
>fridge for about 8 weeks.  From what I've read, they need that much time in
>the cold before they will germinate.

I harvest my hemerocallis seeds as soon as ripe (sometimes as early as
August) and store them in a zip-lock bag filled with just-moist coarse
sphagnum until the spring. Then I remove the bag from the frig and store 
at
room temp until I observe the seeds beginning to germinate.  I then remove
the germinating ones from the bag to larger pots for growing on.  I've
found this zip-lock bag method to work very well for most types of larger
seeds.

Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
d*@post.its.mcw.edu

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