beckygardener said:mid-season bloomer, but not a re-bloomer. Mid-season meaning July or August? This is the middle of October!
When is midseason depends on your climate, so it is basically whenever your peak bloom starts. July or August sounds late for your peak to start.
beckygardener said:It is warm here and will be through December, I could absolutely have late or re-blooming daylily flowers.
You'd also have to compare the conditions when the scapes are initiated, which would be several weeks prior to when you can see the scape (or several months before you can see it where I am, because winter intervenes but scapes are starting in fall). As I think Maurice has mentioned, Arisumi's research found that daylilies forced at 85 degrees F didn't flower as well as those forced at 75 F and it doesn't get very hot in summer where Bill is. Do any others on ATP in Florida get continuous bloom all season and would they get as warm in summer as where you are?
beckygardener said:That is why I ask about the fertilizer or what Bill might be doing to prompt late blooms like this. I want to know his secret if there is one! My climate would be a good climate to have late or re-blooming daylilies, so how do I get my plants to cooperate?
In the quote I gave above from his website, he says they get plenty of water (which people often associate with rebloom), and elsewhere on his site he says daylilies are heavy feeders which would imply he also keeps them well fertilized. What fertilizer do you use, and how much?
