addys lillys

[davepratt]

addy just wanted to thank you again for the lilies you sent me last fall they took off great this spring and got a bunch of blooms out of them youre awesome thanks so much

 

[addy1]

You are welcome. They will do even better next year. Nice looking pond there.

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Lookin good Dave

 

[tbendl]

Looking good, I really like the long skinny planter box as well. Where'd you get that?

 

[davepratt]

You are welcome. They will do even better next year. Nice looking pond there.

oh they did great that was only the very first bloom back in May i probably got at least 10 blooms out of them at one time i had 3 at once they looked awesome

 

[davepratt]

Looking good, I really like the long skinny planter box as well. Where'd you get that?

i either got it at home depot or lowes cant remember got it 2 yrs ago sorry

 

[addy1]

oh they did great that was only the very first bloom back in May

Mine struggled for awhile, but I did groom them real hard and we have been cool this summer. Poor things totally ignored this summer, I usually groom them now and then have not touched them this summer.

 

[snoozer]

My lillys we awful this year. Not sure why as they have done so well for the last 6 years. Maybe they didn't like the cool summer which I loved.

 

[HARO]

That story is common this year! My lillies got maybe eight flowers out of two plants. Most years I get around twenty from each plant!
John

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Mine did good, though this is the first year I've had success with lilies so maybe I just think they did good?

 

[addy1]

They are slowing down now, 45 this am, more yellow leaves then green ones. Pretty soon going to pull them and groom them for winter.

 

[mrsclem]

Mine have stopped blooming except the 2 purple tropical ones! Been doing some reading up on when to pull those and winter them over. I have a lot of small plants in pots with kitty litter I wasn't able to get out to my usual customers. Too many to do the usual trim and move to deep water so I'm going to un-pot them, put all the tubers in to a 5 gal. bucket with netting on top and just drop the whole bucket. Hopefully it will work.

 

[addy1]

Can't see a reason it won't work. I have kept tubers in buckets of water while messing with them. One sat in a bucket for a few months, it did just fine. I have also put them in net bags and just sank (not over winter) but while in a holding pattern of what to do with them.

 

[bettasngoldfish]

They are slowing down now, 45 this am, more yellow leaves then green ones. Pretty soon going to pull them and groom them for winter.

@addy1 Do you fertalize them in the fall?

 

[addy1]

No just in the spring,
I was thinking I need to groom them for the fall, but then today 10 blooms, one around 8 inches across, new green pads hitting the surface. So they slipped down the to do list, towards the bottom