Growing lilies in RDWC

i'm pulling a chair up for this one -- lilies are some of my favourites; it would be cool to see them in water-culture.
only ever grown them in dirt though, in containers to boot, so i don't know how much insight/help i can offer. ;)

i know they love the same bloom food as my other girls, just waaaay less of it.
 
mellokitty said:
i'm pulling a chair up for this one -- lilies are some of my favourites; it would be cool to see them in water-culture.
only ever grown them in dirt though, in containers to boot, so i don't know how much insight/help i can offer. ;)

i know they love the same bloom food as my other girls, just waaaay less of it.
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Stargazer lilies are my favorite and I'm just curious to see if I can grow a few. Not even sure if it's possible in hydro.
 
i'm curious to see if you can myself...... i know i've certainly drowned a few in my time through my own laziness (didn't dig 'em up when i should have etc.) but it should be different with oxygenated water, as opposed to stagnant wet dirt, right?

i love oriental lilies of all sorts - double and stargazer are my faves too. i had some fantastic ones called "after 8" last year -- beautiful dark magenta, full-sized blooms with nice compact stalks. there's one called "cobra" (not a cobra lily) that has the darkest colour of the stargazer family that i'm eyeing up for this year.

i grew 5 different kinds of lilies last year (6 if you include the calla, which i don't) - pics in flower garden (the after 8s are in there too).
 
I have some spider lilies in a water pot. The pot doesn't have any holes so the lilies are in mud. They'll bloom in April or something, they're beautiful.
 
oooo what colour? i really want some red ones for this year. do you happen to know if they're very toxic? that always makes me hesitate because of the kids and animals.
 
They're white and I had no clue about them being toxic. :shock:

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Crinusp.htm

Sounds delicious.

I wish mine looked like this:
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I have some alligator lilies and swamp lilies that are in the ground where it gets flooded in the rainy season. They love that.
 
i bet those asian stargazers would work in a hydro setup. the bulb can't get too wet though, it'll rot. i swoone over the fragrance. lol.
 
i hope your experiment goes well!

I have a few types of lillies that grow in my yard naturally ( no irrigation ), but i have no idea what they are because im a botany newb

within the last week or so i got a bunch of white ones about knee high that are very fragrant. I love walking by and getting a wiff. Also there are some yellow ones that are a bit slower to flower, are a bit smaller flowers, and they have just started to produce. they both have rather wide and meaty leaves at the base. These are lillies right? lol I can post a pic tomorrow.

I love walking by the patch because they are so pungent. In the fall, there were some bright purple ones ( i think they were lillies ) with these huge purple trumpet shaped flowers with long stems about waist high that smelled soooo nice and were so distinct ( and lots of ppl around town grew em too, the exact same BRIGHT purple flowers )

The problem is, the location of the white and yellow ones are not in the right place in my yard. Can I dig these up and transplant them? Is it ok to do while they are flowering or should I wait?

I would also like to propagate the purple ones. Some google searching it seems like lilys are very easy to clone, and otherwise will naturally creep and get bigger. I think I do have some overcrowding problems in this unmaintained patch. Even more googling has me learning about yet another topic I never knew was so complex. lol.

Please any tips are appreciated. I'm sorry to ask questions in ur thread, but I was going to start one about this and this seems like the right group of peeps :D
 
dtp5150 said:
The problem is, the location of the white and yellow ones are not in the right place in my yard. Can I dig these up and transplant them? Is it ok to do while they are flowering or should I wait?
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I haven't had any trouble moving them, just make sure you get the whole bulb. But yeah, I wouldn't move them 'til they're done bloomin'. Why would you want to interrupt the bloom!??! :razz:
 
yah i've moved lilies. the asian ones. also tiger lilies i've moved. and a million daylilies. to propagate you lift them after they have ripened a month or so after they bloom. just break off the outter bulblet with it's own roots and replant. but it takes a few years for it to become large enough to produce a flower.
 
PIPBoy2000 said:
I haven't had any trouble moving them, just make sure you get the whole bulb. But yeah, I wouldn't move them 'til they're done bloomin'. Why would you want to interrupt the bloom!??! :razz:
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So i dont drive or walk over them ;D Thank u for the information.

dannyboy602 said:
yah i've moved lilies. the asian ones. also tiger lilies i've moved. and a million daylilies. to propagate you lift them after they have ripened a month or so after they bloom. just break off the outter bulblet with it's own roots and replant. but it takes a few years for it to become large enough to produce a flower.
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thank you also :D
 
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