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beckygardener said:

Why do some of you prefer TET vs. DIP daylilies? Noticing this difference in germination, now I am wondering about more of the differences? What else may be different? Larger blooms? Faster growing clumps?

I don't prefer one over the other. It's just in TETs you have more character to the blooms so to speak. Dips are usually the plainer blooms with no teeth, no chicken fat (big ruffled edges for those not familiar with the term), or the other things that can go on with TETs. I think TETs have the capability of more intricate patterns IMHO. Usually TETs have thicker scapes and more substance to the blooms and yes I would say larger blooms. Some of the dips are pretty large but the thin scapes have a hard time staying upright with those large blooms. Fred (spunky1) likes working with DIP UFs and spiders because they are more flowy (is that a word ), in other words they move better and curl more because the blooms are not as thick of a substance as TET UFs and spiders. DIPs have come along way but if you notice some of the older ones (even some newer ones), they are tissue thin and the bloom crumbles with the slightest touch or sprinkling of water; I'm not saying all but there are a lot. With the advancement in daylilies it's getting to the point that DIPs are more like TETs, but I don't think they will ever be able to do everything a TET does.

I don't think one grows faster clumps than the other either. Here I have some TETs that grow like a weed and then some that increase very slow. I also have DIPs that do the exact same thing.

There are experts here that probably can be more technical but this is just what I have observed here.