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Posted by dlpsych 5 (My Page) on Sat, Jan 30, 10 at 11:34
I was checking out some favorite websites, and saw that Dan Hansen, Ladybug Daylilies, has several videos on his website that you can watch, 2 on dormancy, and 2 on planting seedlings. The videos are supposed to be on You Tube, but I could only find one there. The videos were interesting to watch on a cold winter day!!
Cindy |
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I found it interesting that he stated that regarding the fact that dormancy doesn't indicate a plant's hardiness was very interesting.. I had assumed that plants that were dormant automatically did better in cold places, and things that are evergreen would have a higher chance of rotting/getting squishy in freezing temperatures. is this wrong?
I really appreciate visuals in explanations and the meow in the middle was cracking me up!) |
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Thanks for the heads up. I scrolled down and he has quite a few videos available. All seem to star the tabby! LOL
Ed |
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| I found only the part 1 and 2 on dormancy when I did a search on YouTube. The cats were so funny... Julia |
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| I found if you do a search on YouTube for "Ladybug Daylilies", all of his videos are there, the others are called 'fall planting' yes the cats were too much, just wanted his attention or maybe wanted to be on the videos. crackingtheconcrete, i was kinda waiting for the experts to respond to your question, but it is my understanding that dormancy, evergreen, etc doesn't always correspond to hardiness. Cindy |
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| No worries, Cindy.. thanks for thinking aobut my ?? though. S'okay. I guess I'll kind of find out this year.. I have a massive amounts of daylilies in fabric/terracotta/plastic containers and this is thier first winter, so I'll be curious to see how they did. I think most of mine are evergreen and they're looking a tad squishy (or what is left of them) |
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| I am certainly no expert, but dormancy/evergreen/semi does not really correspond to hardiness. It merely tells you what the plant will do in winter. Will it die down, and loose all its leaves, will it stay semi-straggly (semi-evergreen), or will it stay green all year round? Now there have been some observations that suggest that dormants do better in the north, and the theory is, that they "hibernate" and the cold weather doesn't damage the leaves/crown area. Whereas, evergreens, stay up and try to keep growing during the nasty cold weather, getting beat down over and over... weakening them for the next growing season. I think Hansen's questions are great... because a lot of Dormants are not dormant at all in my garden... and I know they go fully dormant in places up north (and Oregon). I loved the videos - the cats kept me laughing the whole time. FUNNY! |
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| Cool. Thanks fairysoapgirl :) I always assumed that dormants did best in cold areas and was always torn regarding how much money to spend on semi-evergreens and evergreens in case we got a really hard winter. but the SEV and EVs always are so funky-looking, so I just got a bunch.. I guess we'll find out in a few months! :) |
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| Well, I viewed the Fall Planting, part 1 and 2 and was surprised to see them cut the roots and trim the fans on the seedlings they were transplanting. Does anyone else trim the foliage and roots before planting? |
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I was surprised to see that too. The roots were really short! I can see that it made them much easier to plant. I didn't do that with mine. The healthy roots are what made them take off last year. They always say of you trim the roots you should trim the foliage. Maybe in Florida this works.
Does anyone know the rational for doing this? As well was the bed mulched before they planted those seedlings? It would sure be a pain afterwards! |
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| I know that David Kirchhoff does the same thing and I imagine that that's where Dan picked it up. Cutting the roots allows more plants in a box and costs less to ship. When I would pick up plants from David, he would still cut them 3" long. I didn't like it because the plant has no way to keep itself upright when planted. |
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Dan just put up two new videos today, check them out, good explanations of dormant, evergreen. It was good to see the daylilies growing, especially when we are sitting in all this snow.
cindy |
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Not only do I have a DL habit but also a Japanese Maple habit. It is common practice with both plants to trim roots and foliage when transplanting. Less foliage means less nutrients the plant needs. When a root is trimmed, each root tip then sends out a number of side roots. The number of side roots vary, but this increases the surface area of the root system as a whole. The increase in root system and the decrease in foliage from trimming, help the plant recover more quickly.
Bob |
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| I have watched the additional videos. Very interesting. I hope the cats stay in the show. Need a chuckle once in awhile. Trimming foliage I thought a "do not do" as the plant uses the foliage to get nutrients to feed the plant. But when you think about all the growers who cut the foliage back when they ship and your plant still grows, I guess it becomes a mute issue. Julia |
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| I agree but they were planting young seedlings not shipping adult plants. Maybe in Florida your seedlings can grow past it but I think I will refrain from chopping anything off my seedlings when I plant them. |
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