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Name: Michele Cantonment, FL zone 8b              tink3472 Sep 11, 2012 9:12 PM CST |
I would like to WELCOME all the newbies and lurkers to this site. I have read in a couple of different places that ya'll are lurking  and some feel it's a little over their head because of all the hybridizing talk.I would like to say that even though a lot of people here do hybridize, most are just small, backyard hybridizers and we enjoy our gardens as well. PLEASE feel free to start a topic about your daylily interests or questions, we don't bite  We LOVE seeing garden photos and bloom photos PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE join in  www.pensacoladaylilyclub.com |
Name: Ann TN    farmerbell Sep 11, 2012 9:17 PM CST |
 We would love to hear from you.Ann (farmerbell); TN |
Name: Juli (Zone 5b)         daylily Sep 11, 2012 9:51 PM CST |
| Thanks, Michele! I am sorry that people think this forum is over their head... really, it is not! Just jump in and ask a question. About the only thing we can't (usually) help with is ID of an unknown daylily. There are just to many to know for sure. One reason I wanted to moderate this forum is that I wanted it to be a site that would welcome all kinds of daylily lovers. From all over the country - or the world! With all kinds of interests. Tell us about yourself or your interests. Post photos, ask questions..... we'd like to hear from you! |
Name: stephanie king cut bank, MT z 3a-4b Life is what you make it, so make i        rebloomnut Sep 11, 2012 10:24 PM CST |
| I also saw on another site about lurking as mostly hybridizers here. We all started somewhere in our little gardens and some of us are still just that, little gardeners. Please join in here as it is a great place with wonderful people and we never quit learning ourselves. You may have a lot more to offer that you give yourselves credit. Join the fun and Welcome. |
Name: Natalie North Central Idaho (Zone 7a)       Natalie Sep 11, 2012 10:26 PM CST |
| This is such a safe place to ask questions! I'm really new to hybridizing, but even if I didn't have that interest, I feel like I can ask anything, and it always ends up being a fantastic conversation! No one here is mean, or makes anyone like me feel stupid, and I'm so thankful for everything that I have learned! Natalie |
Name: Fred Manning Lillian Alabama   spunky1 Sep 12, 2012 3:15 AM CST |
| Please do join in, we need all the help we can get. Seeing things from a new set of eyes is always a good thing so jump in and get your feet wet, it will become addictive. |
Name: virginiarose Virginia Money talks but Chocolate Sings!         virginiarose Sep 12, 2012 3:43 AM CST |
I have been on here a few times, not as much as I should.  I have gotten great advice here and learned about bud builders which was a real surprise, I did not know they existed.I have been ordering daylilies for a couple of months now and some are in pots, 18 arrived yesterday from Blueridge and the fans were huge. I looked them all up on the AHS data base and they are good daylilies as far as bud counts and branching. He sent me 7 bonus plants and they were huge also. Today or tomorrow I will be receiving 49 from Maryott's. He was such a joy to work with. I have gotten some fabulous daylilies like GRANDMA'S SMILE, It was one of the first I saw and I did not know anything so beautiful existed, I was instantly hooked.  Will you tell me if there is any thing special you add when you plant your daylilies. I want to give them a good start.  Susan In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.....Margaret Atwood |
Name: Cynthia (Cindy) Melvindale, Mi (Zone 5b)       Hemlady Sep 12, 2012 4:58 AM CST |
| We welcome any lurkers here!!!!! I am just a very small scale hybridizer, right out of my backyard. I am no gigantic daylily farm so I can learn just as much myself as the newbies and lurkers. We talk a whole lot more about other things as well. Just look at Rita's posts and you will see that backyard vegetable gardens are just as important to us all as flowers are. Lots of great subjects to talk about here, including cooking and sharing recipes. Lighthouse Gardens |
Name: Jan Hustisford, WI   philljm Sep 12, 2012 5:31 AM CST |
| I don't hybridize, I just buy seeds occasionally, and lotsa plants. Me, hybridize? Nope. So join ME, a non hybridizer, who REALLY enjoys this forum. By the way Susan, Maryotts sends TONS of bonuses - bet you get more than 49.....  ~Jan |
Name: Michele Cantonment, FL zone 8b tink3472 Sep 12, 2012 6:29 AM CST |
virginiarose said: I add alfalfa pellets, chicken litter (manure) that's already processed and dry, slow release fertilzer, milorganite (when it's cooler), a little pinch of epsom salt. I have bought rabbit manure but it's hard to get around here. In my soil (when I planted in the ground) I would mix in the pine bark and scoop up the corners of the horse/goat pasture where all the good stuff washed down to when it rained to help with drainage because I had mucky clay before I started planting only in raised beds. Then I fertilize regularly with a water soluble fertilizer (like Miracle Gro). I have been using Daniels plant food lately and the daylilies seem to love it, could be because it's more natural and less chemical. It's not the normal 3-1-2 type ratio but they are responding really well to it. But use whatever works for you. If you have other plants that thrive with whatever you do the daylilies will more than likely love it too. Everyone's soils are different so not one specific thing works for everyone. And don't forget, we want to see photos next season www.pensacoladaylilyclub.com |
Name: Dot or Dorothy Parker Fort Worth TX (Zone 8a)     Ladylovingdove Sep 12, 2012 6:46 AM CST |
| All I have is a small city backyard garden. I do buy a lot each year and sell some seeds, but hybridizer, no I'm cetainly not that. The people on here are just SOOOO nice and friendly. Dot Besides if you join here, you get to use all these neat smiley faces.    |
Name: Michele Cantonment, FL zone 8b tink3472 Sep 12, 2012 6:59 AM CST |
| We do love our smily faces www.pensacoladaylilyclub.com |
Name: Ann Granville, Ohio  bittersweetfarm Sep 12, 2012 8:58 AM CST |
| Thanks for the welcome! I'm a very small scale hybridizer; mostly I just love watching the new seedlings grow. This is a wonderful site. Ann at Bittersweet Farm |
Name: Kayleigh (Zone 5a)       HoosierHarvester Sep 12, 2012 9:11 AM CST |
| Hi, I confess, I'm a lurker. But very busy in summer with garden, so seldom get here. Check in ocassionally and hope to be back this fall/winter with questions and comments. I too am a small scale hybridizer ... and thanks for the invite. |
Name: Julia Washington State (Zone 7a)        springcolor Sep 12, 2012 9:48 AM CST |
| Thanks, I lurk all the time. Just wanted to say I have learned so much reading your posts and your pictures are beautiful. Sempervivum for Sale |
Name: Debra Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a) Service dogs: Angels with paws.     lovemyhouse Sep 12, 2012 10:13 AM CST |
| I just grow for my own pleasure and always feel comfortable jumping right in with comments, concerns, or questions. IMO, THE best bunch of people are rightcheer! Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cackle maniacally and people back away from you slowly. |
Name: Jan Hustisford, WI philljm Sep 12, 2012 2:45 PM CST |
| everyone! Jump right in at ANYTIME - this is a WONDERFUL group of internet friends ~Jan |
Name: stephanie king cut bank, MT z 3a-4b Life is what you make it, so make i rebloomnut Sep 12, 2012 3:56 PM CST |
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Name: virginiarose Virginia Money talks but Chocolate Sings! virginiarose Sep 12, 2012 6:05 PM CST |
| Thanks everyone, for the advice and the warm welcome! I love taking pictures of flowers and there will be plenty to see. Tink, I do have Millorganite and Miracle Grow. Can you throw Millorganite into the hole when you plant them or should I use osmocote. I know my soil is different, I just want something that will not burn the roots. Jan, I was afraid of that. I have a lot of work to do but I will be looking forward to next year and a lot of blooms and big flowers. WhoHoo! Dot, I love smilie faces. Susan In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.....Margaret Atwood |
Name: Michele Cantonment, FL zone 8b tink3472 Sep 12, 2012 6:32 PM CST |
virginiarose said: I WOULD NOT throw the milorganite into the hole unless it has cooled down in your area. I did put some in the holes with my seedlings I moved to the evaluation bed and they seem fine, BUT I put some in the pots of the daylilies I divided a few weeks ago and it wrecked havoc on most of them. The milorganite got WAAAAYYYYYY too hot and the daylilies are awful looking. I actually lost several because of this. I just repotted them all today and the ones that didn't go capoot were all growing new roots, but it set them waaaaayyyyy back in growth. Now the seedlings in the beds where I added the milorganite look fine and are growing good so it was most likely the black pots that get hot anyway getting even hotter. To throw caution to the wind I would just go back and top dress (an inch or 2 away from the plant) with the milorganite so it's not near the roots and it will seep down to the roots slowly. I use Florikan (nutricote) which is like Osmocote in the hole and top dress with it. www.pensacoladaylilyclub.com |
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