Mayo62 said:Maurice, when do you start and stop giving the high nitrogen fertilizer?
I start in May and I am about to fertilize for the last time in the next few days.
Do you keep fertilizing during the winter?
No, as Sue mentioned, the ground here is snow covered, sometimes deeply, from some time in November until the end of the first week in April. There is often a thaw for a few days in January but usually after that the snow cover is continuous. Snow can arrive here in early November and stay continuously until the January thaw or sometimes does not arrive and stay continuously until late in December.
@Sooby do you apply a specific amount of N per plant or per square foot/metre? Part of what I was trying to say above was that it's the amount as much as the analysis. In other words, to use an exaggerated example, one person could be using urea at 46-0-0 yet be applying less N per plant/area than someone using 5-10-10 but at a higher application rate.
I have not applied a specific amount of nitrogen per plant or per area so far. Unfortunately it has been haphazard 'tests' in which I choose one or more cultivars to treat more 'kindly' than normal to see if that has an effect on their growth or flowering. Because of the way daylilies grow I am not certain that applying a certain amount of nitrogen per plant or per area is optimum. I expect that applying a specific amount per fan or even better per fan size or weight would be a better method to achieve optimum fertilizing.
