Seedfork said:@JAVann, Welcome to the forum.
The white specs might just be from aphids. I have never had scale on my daylilies, not saying it is not, but I have not seen scale on anything here but some shrubs.
Can you provide photos of the white specks and the gray/blue spots?
I am in Alabama, and the daylilies could live in well drained 5 gal. buckets permanently here, but I can't say for mid Ohio ( of course they would eventually need to be divided ). I am thinking that a 5 gal. bucket is way too deep and will be far to heavy to use to temporarily hold daylilies. I would use something not nearly so deep. I think in a pot or a bucket drainage would be very important. I would also try and use a very light weight soil.
I live in a warm climate but I still mulch my daylilies for the weesuppression it provides. They do very well with mulch, and the mulch I use is mostly leaves, grass clippings and pine straw, it decomposes and improves the soil. I add more every year.I use the mulch to build up wet areas and often the plants are pretty much growing in the mulch that has decomposed.
Hello!
Thank you for your reply! Since I'm so new here & really don't get on places like this much, I'm having a lot of problems getting use to posting on here as to where to click to post! So if I'm not to fast getting back to you or any one, I'm really sorry! I'll get the hang of it, soon, I hope!😁
I'll try to get a few photos for you but right now it's raining here in Knoxville, Tn & most likely will be until sometime Sunday! I should be getting back to you by Monday!
I guess it sounds kinda crazy that I want to take my Daylillies to Ohio when we move! I had never seen Daylillies like these! I was only use to seeing the little orange or yellow varieties that you see growing wild in spots! We just happened to pass by a gentleman selling Daylillies in a huge lot that was going to be a new business area. He apparently sold some of his Lillies every Spring like this, just to get more business at his Daylillie farm, that just happened to be about 2 miles away from where we live & we had no idea! But I think he's out of business now , he was ill & sold his Daylillies farm & the new owners must not have done very well because they have been gone! These Lillies were so unusual & nothing like the wild types! Some I have are almost as big as dinner plates! What I do find strange is that after having them for so many years is they are developing a fragrance! It's lovely & they smell better after dark especially if it's hot & humid! Do all Day Lillies develope a fragrance or did I just get lucky?
The little white spots are in 2 shapes, teeny tiny grains of rice that seem to be on the leaves & teeny tiny round balls that are mostly on the edges of the leaves & are mostly on just one plant but I'm starting to see them in small parches on a few of the other plants! They need to be thinned but I just figured I would wait & thin them when we move.
Thank you once again for getting back to me & I will work on getting you the pictures! I hope we don't get as much rain or storms as predicted! It seems to rain here so often! I'm over it!
