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Update: Current Cuttings – Day 25

Good news and bad news. First the good news.

4 of the 6 treated cuttings and 1 of the 6 non-treated cuttings have several roots between 1/2″ and 1″ long. I’ve separated them out into their own pots. I did notice a couple of the non treated cuttings had what looked like bumps that will soon be roots. There is a lot of new growth and I’ve already had to pick off blooms.

Now for the bad news. I believe there is a fungus among us. The leaves started turning a bit dark and wilting on some of the cuttings, mostly the older leaves.. It happened almost overnight. I mixed up a peroxide/water spray and treated them. Not sure if it will make a difference or not. I should have opened up the plastic covers earlier. Some of the leaves got so big they were up against the plastic and stayed pretty wet due to the condensation. I knew better than to let that happen but ended up getting busy and forgetting I wanted to do something about it. The next time I try this I am going to use 2 liter soda bottles with the bottom cut off to keep the humidity up. I can leave the cap off and get more air flow.

I had ended up swapping out the 40 watt bulb for a 60 watt bulb in the rooting chamber. I was able to keep the soil at a pretty constant 72 F throughout.

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Daylily Propagation

Like I don’t have enough to do to keep me busy…

stella-seeds-in-jar

I ran into an article about starting daylily seeds and thought I would give it a try. My peroxide was a little old so I don’t know that it had any effect whatsoever but the water is still clear and free of slimy stuff so perhaps it did.

In a nutshell… Last year I harvested some seeds from my Stellas as they ripened. Its easy to tell when they are ready as the little seed pods open to reveal black seeds inside. I gathered the pods and put them in a box on my back porch. The porch is protected and heated somewhat, so it stays about 15F higher than the outside. The lowest it got out there this winter was the high 20s. The seeds sat there till March 9 when I placed them in the water/H2O2 mix. I used more liquid than the above link showed. I didn’t realize it till I had already placed the seed in the jar and didn’t want to risk pouring them down the drain. All in all there were probably about 25 seeds. This jar was placed in a cupboard in the kitchen where it was kept dark and in the high 60s/low 70s.

stella-sprouts

Fast forward to March 17, just 8 days later and 5 have sprouted! I’ve planted these 5 in cups of soil under the lights down stairs. I can’t wait to see what I end up getting.