Viewing post #2587502 by plasko20

admmad said:It is difficult to give daylilies too much light indoors; too high a temperature is a different matter. Light fixtures that produce more light also tend to run hotter. Temperatures between 65F and 75F are good.

I am using six led tubes each four feet long and each producing 6000 lumens (total 36,000 lumens) over an area that measures 3 by 4 feet with mature daylily plants rather than seedlings. As a guideline both 'Stella de Oro' and 'Happy Returns' have three to four bloom cycles in seven months under those lights. Others such as 'Ming Porcelain', 'Ida's Magic', 'Court Magician', 'Angel's Smile', 'Mississippi Bill Robinson', 'Crystal Blue Persuasion', etc. only have one bloom cycle during the same period.

That sounds amazing. If I may ask a few quick questions:
(1) How many hours per day do you illuminate your mature daylilies using these lamps? What general distance from the lamps are the daylilies?
(2) What wavelengths do the LEDs emit? Full-spectrum, or something more specific?
(3) Have you ever tried to set seed-pods on the indoor-blooming daylilies? If so, were you successful in getting viable seeds?
(4) Is the temperature constant for your daylilies, or would it fluctuate? (in my case the house reduces the temperature when I leave for work which would be lower than the 65F for several hours per day, as an energy-saver. However, the seedlings are on heat-mats 24/7 which would off-set that decrease a little bit).

Many thanks.