Rick--to answer briefly one of your earlier posts:
No I never have grown any seeds nor run any studdies with fasciated lilies--other than the Regale you know about where I'm growing those offsets. I think that would be a good curiousity study given the time, however. If you're thinking of the one in the picture above--that's not fasciated. What happened there was last summer when that extreme 105'F heat hit so suddenly, everything was 'frozen in time' (bad pun). This one usually has good pyramidal form but all upward growth just came to an abrupt stop with that heat and hot wind.
That is half inch hardware clothe and that is the bottom you see in the picture. I'll use one fourth inch on the top. I'll explain and show pictures when I get into that later.
Concerning the little late arrivals--my goal is to try and get at least one good leaf inder lights--then I know I've at least got a bulb the size of a BB pellet and I know I'm safe. And I'll reevaluate then and decide what to do next and still try to keep schedule. The separation of the mature ones from the late arrivals appears very successful after almost three days now.and the outlook for 100% success appears likely. I think it was the onset of cooler temperatures that prompted the germination. Funny, isn't it; how a little germinating seed knows exactly when it's best for it to emerge. After all, these seeds had gone thru some very high soil temps outside last summer! Ahh--the wonders of nature!. I always knew these seeds were there and alive too. I went in and did an exploratory after the first few and no more germinated just to see. And the two seeds I examined were alive, plump and appeared to have a tiny sprout protruding. I peeled the skin/shell of one side and found a firm solid, white oval disc inside. These two were replanted and marked --and these also have now sprouted. So, I knew they were there--it was just a question of when, when, when!
Clean Cottonwood chips for next year.
