Re: [SG] - Easter Lilies
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- Subject: Re: [SG] - Easter Lilies
- From: M* T* <m*@CLARK.NET>
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 00:36:19 -0400
You're welcome from my end, Denise.
The blooms will dry and fall off eventually. If they hang on past their
prime, you can pull them off anytime. What you want to nip off is any seed
pods that look like developing at the end of the flower stem once the
petals, etc. fall off. It's right at the tip - a longish (inch or so)
thickened bit that swells when seeds are under way.
Even plants in houses can sometimes get pollinated by the stray insect,
tho' not often. Lilies outside will try their best to make seeds and
unless you want to sow some, it's best to remove the pod so the plant
doesn't use up energy making seeds and puts it all into the bulb. I nip
them off as a matter of course, just in case, once the petals collapse.
But, you want to leave the flower stalk until it yellows and starts looking
really ratty. Lilies use that stalk, like the leaves, to make food for the
bulb.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Denise Holder <DENISEHOLDER@PRODIGY.NET>
> Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 5:54 PM
>
> Thanks everyone for all the good information. Marge, should I leave
> the spent blooms on too, or just the foliage?
>
> Thanks,
> Denise
