When to divide & replant rain lilies
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Asiatic lilies---should I divid them?
Comments (13)They really don't need to be divided as often as you think. The plants themselves will tell you when it's time as they will become very congested and not bloom well. I have left them in place for as long as 5 years before needing to dig and separate and replant. If you do decide to divide this year, wait until the flower stalk has ripened and aged to brown and the foliage is dry, in late summer/early fall. Dig carefully, divide or separate the bulbs and replant right away....See MoreWhen should you divide lilies?
Comments (1)Never cut more than 1/3 of the green stem off, the leaves and stem are feeding the bulb to produce next years blooms. Wait until this fall when the entire stalk and leaves have yellowed. Then you can cut them down, dig the clump and carefully separate the bulbs and replant the larger bulbs. You can replant the others in another area or share/trade them with friends. When I deadhead lilies I cut off only the faded blooms at the base of the pedicel....See Moredug up giant lily bulbs too soon (to divide & store) - help!
Comments (10)Charlotte, you said to let y'all know what I decided to do. Well, I got some manpower to help so I took advantage and dug up entire garden. HAD TO, due to invasive ginger lilies taking over in back. And as I'd said, all lily bulbs were already out. Or so I thought. Once we started ammending soil, we found even MORE Â again HUGE with lots of roots. Once I break them all up IÂm sure IÂll have over 100+. NO WAY am I going to try to repot all those so am thinking of just replanting them now. Question 1 ÂHostaholic said they are never really dormant so have I harmed the ones I pulled out before by letting they lay for couple weeks in dry, shaded area? They still look fine. IÂm letting the stalks die back naturally on the ones I pulled too early, others are just bulbs with roots, then some smaller ones (corms?) Have I killed any of them by waiting too long? Question 2 - Most of the big bulbs have nice root system. Not going to be able to plant ALL of them, so which is better for planting now? Dividing the big ones or using smaller bulbs but with no roots or does it matter? Question 3 Â Do you just slice them in 1/2 or 1/4's leaving on some root? What about the pieces that fall off that look like artichoke leaves? Will they grow? Question 4 Â Can you interplant in between lilies? Trying to compensate for when theyÂre done blooming but you still have stalks. Need something that can compete with the shade the lily foliage creates. Something that might start blooming late summer into fall? And preferably something tall? (IÂm also going to post this one as a separate question since it doesnÂt really belong here. But like the feedback IÂm getting from yÂall HERE :o) Thanks everyone! Bonnie...See MoreDividing dietes aka African iris aka fortnight lily
Comments (3)back in the stone age .. lol ... pre WWW ... when i HAD A TON OF SOMETHING .... i just went at it ... tried a bit of everything ... took some with a big gob of soil ... bare rooted some.. just to look at whats under there ... potted a few if i had pots and media around [gave them away as garden gifts if they lived] and most importantly.. left some.. in case my mad scientist experiments failed ... stuff that is usually deferred until fall ... or very early spring .... its all about a full sun plant.. and its water needs in the heat of the summer ... so if you manage water properly .. you can probably overcome it all ... now listen close ... you sound like a newb ... its supposed to be -23 here in MI tonight ... and you are talking like summer is already here ... even in CA.. ITS NOT HERE ... in fact... i would think your current status is not much different than my fall ... the sun is low in the sky ... so the soil will hold water for the transplant... days are mild ... and nights cooler ... so i would bet you can go for it ... all this.. and i have no idea what your plant is ... and am too lazy to look it up ... its all about.. turning your thumbs green by experimenting ... just do some ... water deeply.. supplement such in summer... and i bet you win ... there is an iris forum ... but i dont know its current status.. some of them were upset with GW .. prior to the switch over.. posts are free.. so duplicate it over there ... good luck ... you are going to have to try hard to kill a TON of one thing ... lol ... NEVER let the over-abundance of info on the WWW stop you from simply trying .... you win some.. and you lose some .. so be it ... its called gardening.. in fact.. one definition of a green thumb.. is that you have killed every plant 3 times ... before you won the battle ... but pssst ... dont tell anyone.. most of us give up long before buying the plant 3 times ... lol .. and find things we cant kill ... lol ... ken...See Moretinoco
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