Gene, What time of year do you separate and replant your pacific coast native lilies? Thanks, Ellen Corvallis, OR, zone 8b -------------------------------------------------- From: "Gene Mirro" <mirrog@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 5:48 PM To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Subject: Re: [pbs] Planting Lilies > I grow on a much smaller scale. I usually plunge the entire seedling pot > rootball into the garden without separating the little bulbs. I place > about 1/4 inch of soil over the top of the rootball. So the bulbs are 1/4 > inch deeper than they were in the pot. I then mulch with fine bark for > the first year, and with coarse bark for the second year. As soon as I > start using coarse mulch, I have to do serious slug eradication with bait. > I also grow companion plants over my lily beds, which help with soil > moisture and temperature. When the bulbs are almost big enough to bloom, > I separate and replant them with more room. But it’s amazing how well > lilies grow when crowded fairly close together. The bulbs become more > cylindrical, since there is only room to grow downward. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com/ > Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus Database: 2639/6106 - Release Date: 02/15/13 > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/