I think I'll introduce myself a little. About 23 years ago or so I grew some lilies, and I also grew some from seed. I think I had a few trumpet and asiatics bloom from seed, some which I had bought and some I crossed myself. Then I got somewhat discouraged with lilies because of botrytis and when we moved I didn't get more lilies. Several homes later there were a few lilies in our current home when we bought it and I have thought about getting more several times but I always looked too late in the season and things were sold out but this year the lilies I passed on the street inspired me and I got my lily order in early when the selection was still good.
I was looking at a lot of sites online and I stumbled on this one and started looking at all the photos of everyone's seedlings and I was overcome with a desire to grow lilies from seed again - I remember the extreme thrill of seeing my seedlings bloom when I grew them before, even though they were nothing very outstanding. Back when I was growing lilies in the early 90's I went to an event, sort of an open greenhouse event or something, that had lots of the new Orienpets and I was longing to grow them but the types I wanted were either not available or too expensive. Now I have a longing to try them from seed so I joined the NALS a couple of days ago and ordered 5 packets of seed from the exchange divisions 6 and 8 and I am looking at everyone's pictures of their seedlings and reading the threads relating to hybridizing and growing lilies from seed.
Our current home has sandy soil with terrific drainage and I think if I am more careful about fall cleanup hopefully I can keep the botrytis at bay.
