Transcript Easter Lilies

Easter Lilies
Lilium longiflorum
By
Jessi Spry
History
• Native to Japan and its surrounding
Islands.
• In 1898 bulb production in the US
started.
• They can be grown for cut or as potted
plants.
• Michigan is #2 producer.
Popular Cultivars
• Ace
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Medium height, large number of
flowers, dark green leaves, and
pyramidal shape.
• Nellie White
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Shorter plant, broader leaves, most
popular grown.
http://www.ag.auburn.edu/landscape/Elily.htm
Propagation
• Most fields are grown in the western
portion of the United States.
• Scaling is done to the bulbs to prepare
them for planting.
• Machines are used to harvest bulbs.
Propagation continued
• Then the bulbs are graded on their
circumference. (5-6, 7-8, 9-10, and 11-12.)
• The bulbs are then shipped in boxes
with peat moss packed around them
Requirements
• Cooling
Required 40-41°F for six weeks
• Case-Cooling
Bulbs are shipped in crates, and my
be more delicate to planting.
Requirements continued
Pot-cooling
When bulbs are received plant
them, allow the roots to grow,
then place them in the cooler.
http:www.umass.edu/umext/programs/agro/floriculture/floral_facts/lily.htm
Media, Water and Fertilizer
• Media
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pH 6.5-6.7
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May use a soil or soil-less mixture
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Has a high water capacity
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Need sterile media
• Water
Plants need water, or flower buds may abort.
• Fertilizer
For a healthy plant use 220 ppm nitrogen,
as a liquid feed.
To increase plant height decrease salt.
http://garcia.efn.org/~fodor/Page_Under_Development.html
Temperature, Lighting and
Height Control
• Temperature
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Lilies do not like temperature changes.
The warmer the faster and taller that
plants will grow.
Temperature, Lighting and
Height Control
• Temperature
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To slow growth down, use cooler
temperatures.
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Night temps
63-65F
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Day temps
73-75F
• Lighting
•
If light is not maximized you may have
poor height and poor leaf color.
• Height Control
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You can use temperature to control
height.
Light can control height.
Chemicals can also help control height of
the plants.
Insects
• Aphids
• Bulb mites
• Fungus gnats
Bulb Mite
http://ipmwww.ncsu.edu/INSECT_ID/AG136/mite2.html
Bulb Mite
http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_dictionary/bulb_mites.html
Fungus Gnat
http://www.ink.org/public/kda/phealth/phprot/giflist.html
Disease
• Root rot
To avoid use clean soil
• Viruses
Name corresponds to what they do
to the plant.
Fleck
Streak
Curly-stripe
Root Rot
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Handling
• When first flower opens sell them.
• To avoid pollen discoloration on flowers
remove anthers
http://aggiehorticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/lily/lily.html
Websites
•Kansas Department of Agriculture and Plant
Protection & Weed Control
Program
Kansas Department of Agriculture Plat Protiction and Weed Control Program
Forbes Field Building #282 P.O. Box 19202 Topeka, Ks 666190282
http://www.ink.org/public/kda/phealth/phprot/giflist.html
(Fly gnat Picture) 3/28/01
•BULB MITES
© Copyright 2000 by the American Hemerocallis Society, all rights reserved
http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_dictionary/bulb_mites.html
(Mite Picture) 3/28/01
•Bulbmites
http://ipmwww.ncsu.edu/INSECT_ID/AG136/mite2.html
(Mite digram) 3/28/01
Websites
•http://garcia.efn.org/~fodor/Page_Under_Development.html
(Watering Picture) 3/28/01
•EASTER LILY Commercial Greenhouse Production
http://www.ag.auburn.edu/landscape/Elily.htm
(Potted bulb Picture) 3/28/01
•University of Massachusetts Extension
Production of Hybrid Lilies as Pot Plants
Prepared by Tina M. Smith,Regional Floriculture Agent
http:www.umass.edu/umext/programs/agro/floriculture/floral_fac
ts/lily.htm
(Potted plant Pictures) 3/28/01
Websites
•Easter Lily
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/lily/lily.html
(Lily flower Picture) 3/28/01
•Penn State Department of Plant Pathology
212 Buckhout Lab, University Park, PA 16802 (814)865-7448 FAX:
(814)863-7217E- Mail requests for information about the department and its
extension programs to [email protected]
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(Root rot Picture) 3/28/01