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Aug 30, 2015 6:01 AM CST
Name: Sue
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4b)
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beckygardener said:You can plant your seed at any time. I use a pencil to poke a hole down into the potting mix about 1 inch. It should not be a deep hole.


Is that an inch for dropping in the seed? The usual rule of thumb is twice the diameter of the seed. Given that daylily seeds aren't half an inch across, that, to me, is too deep. Remember that the seedling is using food storage from within the seed to get to the surface before it can start photosynthesizing and making its own and that food is limited. The further it has to grow to get to the light the more stored food it will use, and this can cause a seedling to be weaker by the time it can start photosynthesizing and making its own food for growth.

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