Easter LiliesLilium longiflorum

ByJessi 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• Medium height, large

number of flowers, dark green leaves, and pyramidal shape.

• Nellie White• 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-CoolingBulbs are shipped in crates,

and my be more delicate to planting.

Requirements continued

Pot-coolingWhen 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• pH 6.5-6.7

• May use a soil or soil-less mixture

• Has a high water capacity

• Need sterile media

• WaterPlants need water, or flower buds may

abort.

• FertilizerFor 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

• Lilies do not like temperature changes.

• The warmer the faster and taller that plants will grow.

Temperature, Lighting and Height Control

• Temperature• To slow growth down, use cooler

temperatures.

• Night temps 63-65F

• Day temps 73-75F

• Lighting• If light is not maximized you may

have poor height and poor leaf color.

• Height Control• 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 rotTo avoid use clean soil

• Viruses Name corresponds to what they

do to the plant. Fleck Streak Curly-stripe

Root Rot

http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/CASDEPT/PLANT/gwm_graphics/077jpeg

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 Pathology212 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 ppath@psu.eduThis site was designed by Boalsburg Internet Partners August 1997, Historic Boalsburg, PA http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/CASDEPT/PLANT/gwm_graphics/077jpeg

(Root rot Picture) 3/28/01