. I'm not experienced with daylily seedlings much, but I have crosses that shut down in the fall regardless of the weather. I'm guessing they are plants that show dormancy. Sometimes it is all of a particular cross and sometimes it is just part of the cross with the rest remaining green and growing. When they first did it, I thought all of those had died (which was sort of a relief 
), but after a long rest they all began to grow again. In the end, I don't think any of them died. In fact, some went on to outgrow others that stayed green and healthy. They did it the second time this fall. This was not caused by freezing temperatures, but the weather had cooled off and the days were shorter. The first year they did it, I'd have tossed some of the seedling pots except I didn't get around to it and since they were in the same location as those that stayed green and growing, they kept getting treated the same - and later they all began to grow again. All that is to say that maybe everything you are seeing is not due to life's interference. Some of it may be due to the genetic character of the seedling. Those roots look fine, IMO.
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