Sometimes I grow really good looking weeds until they are big enough to tell they are weeds. Al

Ive purchased probable 200+ crosses in the last three or so years this is what I look for... 1. Be a professional, doesnt matter you are not in full time business, try to send items out on a quick basis and be communicative as possible. If easier for you, do sales ending on 1-2 days and ship every tuesday or something. 2. PLEASE make sure you have no doubts about seed viabilty, dont send out seeds that our moldy, squishy to the touch. Make sure you allow all of your seed pods to ripen to maturity before you crop them. Dont try to cheet there, no matter what you do. It takes me one year to figure out who the better sellers are, I usually try a seller once or twice , I spent 50 bucks on one seller this year and none NONE of her crop of seeds she sent has been viable. Im not impressed, I use the same storage method on all of my seeds, directly into the fridge when I get them. She is the only seller with 0 percent viabily on multiple packs Ive recieved. 3. Wrinkled or raisend or plump or fat /small or large, USUALLY doesnt make much of a difference, its just in their genetic code of those parents to produce it that way. However, sometimes the smallest seeds are not viable, sometimes they are. 4. ACCEPT paypal. Some people dont like it, buts its soooo much easier for buyers, it takes them a few seconds and they are done. Now if its a primo cross, Ill write the check. 5. Make acceptable refunds/new ships, Ive recieved some moldy bad crosses this year, the sellers took care of it ASAP. Im willing to offer a digital pic of the bad seeds if need be of what they sent, thats just reasonable. 6. Be careful with your crosses, do a little bit of research, THERE is a pleathera of Stamile / kinnebrew crosses, I jump at the hanson, mason, carpenter , korth crosses when I seem them. Too many people selling the same thing, of course alot of those parents are nice, but its also nice to see different hybridizers being used. 7. dont be afraid to use your own seedlings, sometimes they are just as nice, just provide accurate descriptions and pictures of them. Try to stay away from blurry pics, it doesnt help the sale. 8. Follow this patteren and people will rebuy from you time and again, I make a list of the best sellers IMO every year. Every year 3-4 are usually the same near the top, top notch, professional and passionate sellers, who do not cheat people. RUBY, RICH, YARDMAN, ZJILDGEN, Scooter30 Ive never had a problem with them, with any of thier seeds, always VERY high germination rate. Ive had others who are very similiar and if I keep getting good results will get my business again. This is all JUST "IMO" Stuff , other buyers might have different experiences, but this is my honest opionion on sellers. Hope it helps. Silverkelt

At the direction of a local daylily grower, I have planted fresh seeds, maybe 4-5 days out of the pod, directly in cups with Miracle Grow seed starter. They grew fine, but that was summer. I also put a large number of dried seeds in a solution of 1/2 gallon of distilled water mixed with 6 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide, refrigerated them for three weeks, and began to plant them by two different methods: 1) professional potting soil placed in plastic bins with drilled drain holes, and 2) first putting the seeds in a dark closet, still in solution, for a week or more. Once they sprouted, I sowed them in plastic drink cups with the Miracle Grow. Of the seeds that I planted directly from the refrigerator into the professional potting soil, few ever sprouted and grew. I think the potting soil was too heavy and coarse for DL seeds. All but seven of the seeds placed in the warm, dark closet sprouted and grew. Transplanted to the field bed in September, they are now happy and healthy young daylilies and I expect some will bloom this spring. I started to throw away the seven seeds that did not sprout. Instead, out of curiosity, I put them back in the solution and stashed them away in the refrigerator, suspecting that they might have needed a longer time to chill. Months went by. On Feb. 1, I found that one seed had sprouted while still in the refrigerator. I wasn't sure if it would grow or not, but I planted it in a cup, anyway, and put a loose ziplock bag over it to help keep the seed starter medium moist. I set it in the kitchen where I could keep close watch over it, but nothing happened. Again, I started to just toss it, but decided to move it into a small room that is kept warm for one of our dogs. I watched it for a few days, and it didn't look like it was going to do anything. I forgot about it until yesterday. When I went to check on it, I discovered it had sprouted and was about two inches high already. I realize some of you can plant the seeds outdoors with success. Here in East Texas, fire ants carry flower seeds back to their nests. Some years back, out of 5,000 red poppy seeds, I ended up with two plants, and one of those was growing out of a fire ant mound. I'm sure it depends on where you live and what kind of critters and insects you have. I'd never trust a valuable daylily seed to nature where I live. If you have a lot of daylily seeds, and it is immaterial if you lose a few, it certainly would be a lot easier just to plant them directly in the ground. I may reach that point one day, but I'm a long way from that for now. I have made one other interesting observation about seedlings. The transplanted seedlings that were placed 6" or so apart in the field bed have been growing vigorously. In the section of bed that we thinned, those left in the bed are growing, but not nearly so well. Those removed and transplanted to a fresh new bed, with long-acting top of the line fertilizer and all sorts of other good stuff, are the slowest growing. It appears that young daylily seedlings, like many animals, may thrive better when they have to compete. Nancy

Thanks to you both; I was just about to ask the same question. I haven't tossed the seeds into pots yet. Should I wait until spring? Should the seeds go live in the vegetable drawer of the refrigerator?