I didn't realized the nitrogen/water problem was so "common" with lilies to actually be named! Maybe it's me who should be rethinking... I'm going to have to bring this up with some of the North Star Lily Society members. I can say that years back when we had falls in the more normal range, there were 2-3 really wet ones, and I worried all through the winters that bulbs would rot. (I didn't even know about the nitrogen/water relationship.) They always came through unscathed. But, I don't fertilize much, as my soil is already rich clay and varying amounts of compost. Perhaps I should have prefaced my preference for 10-10-10 over 0-10-10 with a caveat of my normally more hands off approach.
We are trending dry falls now, and we are currently in a drought with only a trace of precip since mid August and continuing. Very bad for woody plants especially.
