I have amazing initial results from an experiment.
I bought some Gibberellic Acid (GA) to experiment with daylilies since very little is known with hemerocallis and this growth factor (there are reports that it enhances seedling germination, but I wanted to test effects on the plants themselves).
My experiment is laid out in the picture. 60% (3 of 5) of treated (bottle sprayed) seedlings have made scapes in 9months. Versus 0% (0 of 14) of untreated seedlings. One single seedling from each of 5 crosses was chosen for treatment, and each cross is grown together to keep their environments as identical as possible (but separate crosses are grown in separate planters, and planters were grown in 2 different locations).
The results speak for themselves, and are statistically-significant. This looks to be the way to go if you want to see your seedlings flower sooner rather than later.
Caveat: I am reporting this now, during scaping with buds, so I have not actually seen a single flower as yet. I assume they will bloom.
If you are as impatient as me to see new seedlings bloom these results might be useful to you (if the writing is too small on the figure you can click on the image to make it larger).
