Mona, I too am having some pods break open too soon on
smallish pods. But, this has been the worst season for
daylilies that I have ever seen. First, the plants came up a month
too early due to hot days, then the days and nights were too cool,
and the blossoms would not open, any of them. Then weather
was and is too dry, and the plants really really prefer rain to our treated
water here. Really difficult to find a nice bloom to take photos.
I keep crossing anyway, many have aborted. Just too dry. Can't seem
to water enough. Recently we got about an inch of rain, and the
blooms were huge and gorgeous for a day. The leaves perked up too.
Then all of them went back to ugly. I have been so aggravated that I
gave some serious thought to forgetting this whole daylily thing. I wanted
to begin selling this year. Hard to evaluate over 700 plants when they are
ugly. We planted over 2400 as well. With ongoing construction on the
house, and having to deal with all manner of problems, I have had little
time to respond to posts. However, things will soon be back to normal.
I may have a few photos to add later, if they aren't too unsightly when I
review them. Guess I shouldn't complain when only one year so far
has been a dud.
