Sure -- I'd love to try it again. Thank you so much, Lyle! Last year three or four of the dark daylilies I had in pots died or got very sickly, and I replaced LARRY'S OBSESSION and LINDA BECK with plants from Maryott's -- but I have to admit that I was absolutely terrible to my daylilies last year -- never sprayed them at all, etc., because I didn't know what to do. But you've educated me now, and things are looking good this year! I've only sprayed once so far, but the foliage looks great. And I need to decide on a liquid fertilizer pretty quick. I never could get my hands on any milorganite, but I do have the Osmocote and Dynamite to put on after I start with a liquid fertilizer. I'll probably just start off with a MiracleGro liquid because it's something I can get my hands on easily.
I have used the half-strength Peters on my seedlings a couple of times now, and I'll do that again within the next week. But I wish our weather would get a little more stable. Every time I think things are going really well we have a dip down near freezing at night and highs in the 50's for a couple of days. We're just coming out of one of those, but it's supposed to be 80 today -- and then another dip expected by Monday or Tuesday. No rain, of course, just cold wind that makes me have to hand water again!
Love that PEPPERMINT PINWHEEL X PINK ALOHA seedling, as you know! And would you believe that yesterday I just found both of those parents through Blue Ridge Daylilies' Ebay store? I've purchased from Bob Selman before and he sends pretty good plants, plus he has just about everything on sale, so believe me I jumped at those DF's! I've been looking for them for the past year, ever since I first saw your beautiful seedlings from that cross. And the bicolored seedling you gave me is looking good so far!
I just got disappointed with BROADWAY ELF and FANTASTIC FRINGE, though. I had found them both at Bell's but there's no way to email or order through their website so I mailed in my second order to them last week and just got the plants on Wednesday -- but they were sold out on both of those, which of course was why I placed the order! But I did get some great Salter plants, which for me are hard to find...
