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Lilies help please.
How do I know they are Lilies? Ask Lonnie.
seriously I have lilies in pots, which have done very well. This is their third year, should I perhaps take them out of the pots and treat them like onions, then replant next Spring in fresh compost? all pertinent suggestions most welcome. |
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Lilies help please.
Take off any seed heads as they appear.
leaving stems and leaves intact. leave in pots. top dress with bone meal and layer of fresh compost. Feed now every fortnight until end september with tomto or other high potash fertiliser. Place under shrub or tree until they restart into growth next spring, just for protection . They will survive, improve and increase stock each year for some years if left in pots as long as they are fed at right time.. regards Cineman "Broadback" wrote in message ... How do I know they are Lilies? Ask Lonnie. seriously I have lilies in pots, which have done very well. This is their third year, should I perhaps take them out of the pots and treat them like onions, then replant next Spring in fresh compost? all pertinent suggestions most welcome. |
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Lilies help please.
"Broadback" wrote in message
How do I know they are Lilies? Ask Lonnie. seriously I have lilies in pots, which have done very well. This is their third year, should I perhaps take them out of the pots and treat them like onions, then replant next Spring in fresh compost? all pertinent suggestions most welcome. "cineman" wrote Take off any seed heads as they appear. leaving stems and leaves intact. leave in pots. top dress with bone meal and layer of fresh compost. Feed now every fortnight until end september with tomto or other high potash fertiliser. Place under shrub or tree until they restart into growth next spring, just for protection . They will survive, improve and increase stock each year for some years if left in pots as long as they are fed at right time.. They actually do not like being out of the soil so drying them off like onions is certainly not a good idea. Also you may have some bulbils forming at the leaf axis and these can be used to increase your stock, when the stem dies back take off the bulbils, some will already have grown roots, and pot up and treat the pot as suggested, will take a couple of years to get to flowering size. They have different immature leaves BTW. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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Lilies help please.
Bob Hobden wrote:
"Broadback" wrote in message How do I know they are Lilies? Ask Lonnie. seriously I have lilies in pots, which have done very well. This is their third year, should I perhaps take them out of the pots and treat them like onions, then replant next Spring in fresh compost? all pertinent suggestions most welcome. "cineman" wrote Take off any seed heads as they appear. leaving stems and leaves intact. leave in pots. top dress with bone meal and layer of fresh compost. Feed now every fortnight until end september with tomto or other high potash fertiliser. Place under shrub or tree until they restart into growth next spring, just for protection . They will survive, improve and increase stock each year for some years if left in pots as long as they are fed at right time.. They actually do not like being out of the soil so drying them off like onions is certainly not a good idea. Also you may have some bulbils forming at the leaf axis and these can be used to increase your stock, when the stem dies back take off the bulbils, some will already have grown roots, and pot up and treat the pot as suggested, will take a couple of years to get to flowering size. They have different immature leaves BTW. Thanks folk. |
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