Doris or Dave: I was told to keep BAP in the fridge, why do you say NOT refridgerated? Do you know something I don't
Doris/Dave is right, not all daylilies will respond to BAP and there are the ones that you think didn't respond, but the following season they explode with fans. I use the liquid on the bracts also instead of using the paste and it works fine for me. I didn't have any buds drop or pods abort on the ones I sprayed. I guess as long as you don't spray the buds they will be fine. I have heard others say they've never had bud drop either so I guess it just depends on the daylily, the strength used, how oftern sprayed (since that seems to vary by who you speak to) and where it was sprayed because some people spray the whole plant (all the foliage) not just the bracts or near crowns.
Fertilizer and water are GREAT at getting daylilies to increase and ALFALFA PELLETS is my most used product on my daylilies. I probably overuse it, but the worms love it, the daylilies love it and the worm castings left behind by the worms eating it, and I've seen no ill effects using the amounts I do. Some people say it gets really hot when breaking down and can burn the roots but I haven't found this to be a problem ( I do mix it in the soil ). The milorganite I have used gets a whole lot hotter then the alfalfa pellets seem to.
I mixed in some alfalfa and milorganite in with a few daylilies I potted up and then I had to dump the pots because someone wanted them extra early and you could feel the heat coming off of the milorganite but then I took some of the alfalfa into my hands and no heat. I have decided to wait until it cools down more before I add the milorganite to the pots.
Natalie, you are in UT so how long is your season? And if used on the daylilies after blooming is done would they have enough time to get ready for winter (how cold do you get?) since they will be increasing?
One more thing you may want to consider using, FISH or SEAWEED FERTILIZER. They are great and I have used the fish/seaweed blend from Neptunes. They have natural growth hormones in them as well. There are other brands but some use heating in the process which kills a lot of the good stuff and Neptunes uses a cold process. Seaweed/Kelp is what is used in a lot of the products that the giant pumpkin growers use to get those humongous pumpkins that win those world records.
