I am glad to know that the daylilies like epson salts, I'll give them some when I feed the roses. I just added some daylilies, so I want them to be happy.
I cut the tops and bottoms off a soda bottle and use it as a sleeve around new and sensitive plants. I leave part above the soil, the rest below. You can add a bit of sluggo It seems to help protect them from cutworms and slugs. It helps you find the plants in the early spring, also. Some people do the same with a bottomless nursery pot, but I am perpetually short of pots, so I use the soda bottles. They are easy to cut away if you don't need them anymore.
