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Starting lilies from seed

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Posted by cognitiveblonde 6 (My Page) on
Thu, Apr 30, 09 at 15:50

I collected a bunch of seeds this past fall with the intention of starting them indoors. After misplacing them for a few months (woops), I put them in a plastic bag with soil as per this website:

http://www.lilies.org/growingfromseed.html

I do not know what type of lily they are (they were dark red with yellowy-orange throats), but I assumed they were hypogeal seeds. Now I am a little nervous about all the green shoots coming from them. I started them in early March and they seem to be outgrowing the bag already.

Do I put the bags in the refrigerator like the website suggests, or should I take them out and plant them?

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  • Posted by morz8 Z8 Wa coast (My Page) on
    Fri, May 1, 09 at 12:42

If you are seeing green, I'd say plant them, skip the dark refrigerator - they are going to need light.

A seed is hypogeal when the cotyledons (green seed leaves) of the seed remain inside the seed - normally a hypogeal lily seed will produce a root (radical) during the first warm period, need to experience a chill before the cotyledons emerge in the second warm period.

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I often start lily seeds and there is nothing unusual about the seedlings or the germination. The only reason I don't do more from seed is because it is so slow to grow to blooming size. Starting from scales is easier, faster and more sure. Al

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