They are much lighter weight and easier to move than similarly-sized clay or pottery, which allow for easy rearrangement of the container during summer. Pre-moisten potting soil before filling your container. Put a small plastic label underground next to the bulb for future reference, should the top label fade or be lost, and cover your bulbs completely. Lightly pat down the soil to firm it.
Leave about two inches between soil and the top rim of the container. Add a marker label for easy reference and do not water lilies again until the potting soil is dry two inches below the surface. Lily bulbs are designed to store moisture in the fleshy scales that make up the bulb; they do not swim well, so if you allow their soil to stay constantly wet the bulbs will most likely rot. When sprouts emerge, sprinkle one tablespoon of balanced granular fertilizer around the sprouts, but not touching them.
Water pots as normal, and add another dose of fertilizer when the flowers are budded and just beginning to open. We like Rose fertilizer or similar formulas, but you can also use a time release mixed into the top two inches of soil. The first number in a fertilizer should always be lower than the other two e.
This simple twice-a-year feeding will keep your lilies in prime shape for up to three years before bulbs need to be divided in autumn or winter.
In Midsummer, top-dress soil around stems with compost or aged manure. Successful strategies for over-wintering lilies include moving containers under decking, beneath a roof overhang, into an unheated greenhouse, cold frame, or into a cool garage for winter. Keep in mind that soil in containers should stay slightly damp, but not be soggy. Dig lily bulbs in late fall after all the foliage has died down.
Dig a circle around the plant about 8 inches out from the main stem. Dig carefully—bulbs may have grown tissue in any direction from the stem.
Pry the bulb mass up from underneath gently with a garden fork, disturbing as few roots as possible. Gently rinse clumps of dirt off so you can see how many bulbs you have. Cut the stem off at the neck of the parent bulb and set it aside on a piece of newspaper. Twist adult bulbs apart and dust the necks and any breaks with a plant fungicide powder, sold in garden centers. Inspect the bulbs for signs of rot or damage from rodents and discard damaged bulbs. Do not let lily bulbs dry out; if you must delay planting, wrap them in muslin or cheesecloth and keep them in a cool, moist place like a refrigerator vegetable crisper.
Place each lily bulb, roots down and neck up in a hole with its roots spread. Back fill with garden soil amended with compost and humus while holding the bulb 4 to 6 inches deep, depending on the size of the bulb. Water well and mulch with about an inch of well-rotted compost and leaves for winter protection. At the absolute latest, you should transplant Asiatic lilies about one to two weeks before the predicted first frost.
This will still give the bulbs plenty of time to store up the energy and nutrients they need to survive the winter. Transplanting lilies too frequently may hinder their growth or cause them to not flower for several years. If you have a flower garden with peonies too, you may have questions about transplanting them.
Head over to this article for more info: When To Transplant Peonies. Here are the steps you should follow for the best results. Remember that it is best to wait until the fall to dig up and transplant your bulbs.
Instead, start digging about 3 to 4 inches out from the base of the flowers and work your way around in a circle. You should dig about 6 inches down into the dirt. You may have to slowly work your way around the bulbs again to loosen the soil better. Continue to work around the bulbs until you can pry them up easily.
Next, you will want to divide the lilies. To do this, you should gently pull the bulbs apart from each other. You will need to brush off the dirt first to see where the bulbs are joined together. After pulling the bulbs apart, separate them into three groups based on the size of the bulb. The size of the bulb will determine how quickly the lilies will bloom. Large bulbs should bloom during the next growing season, but medium and small bulbs may take anywhere from 2 to 4 years before they bloom.
You will also want to look for any bulbs that are showing signs of disease or rotting. If the bulb is soft, falling apart, or has black mold or mildew on it, the bulb is no longer good. You do not want to plant it because any disease could spread to other plants. You can throw the bad bulbs into your trash can.
For the bulbs that are good, you should separate the actual bulb from the brown foliage left behind by the previous stem and flowers. Grab the bulb at the base of the stem and gently twist the stem until it separates from the bulb.
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