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Feb 6, 2016 11:35 AM CST
Name: Maurice
Grey Highlands, Ontario (Zone 5a)
all my plants are way too thick for me to figure out if they are coming from the same fan or not

If each cultivar is a thick clump then chances are that you have much less rebloom than you could have - possibly none at all.

Weeds growing in daylilies compete with them and reduce their growth and flowering. However, in a thick clump of daylily fans, even when kept well-weeded, the fans compete with each other - called self-competition.

Munson, in Florida, presumably had very good rates of fan increase (probably 8 to 1 per year) and recommended that clumps be divided very year otherwise their performance suffered. I don't expect that most locations or growing conditions get that sort of increase but I would strongly recommend dividing clumps that are approaching 20 fans in size if one wants good rebloom (and of course fertilizing well for strong growth rates, etc.)
Maurice

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