I have a question about daylilies in pots.
First, I will say that I've never tried it, and don't really plan to do so. However, my partner and I purchased a number of daylilies during the recent Mecca here in Florida, and seven or eight of them are still in the pots they were growing in.
I have noticed that in the gardens where most plants, if not all, are grown in pots, the pots are placed so closely together that they are almost touching each other. Few if any of the pots themselves (ie, the plastic containers) receive any direct sunlight which, of course, bakes the moisture out of them.
We don't plan to plant our purchases until later this year, certainly not until three of them bloom - they're full of scapes at the moment.
I have them lined up along one side of the house - a side that isn't in direct sunlight until a little after noon. Some of the outer leaves on these plants are beginning to turn brown, despite the fact that they're watered regularly, sometimes twice a day.
Thinking back to how the pots were kept at the gardens where we purchased them, most of the actual plastic side of the pots were ever exposed to direct sunlight.
Which has led me to the theory that because the pots themselves are now exposed to direct sunlight several hours a day, the soil in them is heating up and causing this damage.
Does this make sense?
