Man, I am about to finish typing my message then I accidently close the window. Ok let me type it again. I have also started daylilies from seed for the first time. I remember how excited I was about it too! I tried the ziplock bag method i.e. I placed some seeds in ziplock bags full of moist peat moss and sealed them. 3 weeks later there were no signs of germination, so I open the bags to let some air in and to let the peat dry out a bit too. 3 days later I have on my hands 2 sprouts! Now all the seeds that I put into 2 ziplock bags have sprouted. The 3rd bag containing seeds that I pretreated by soaking overnite have still not germinated and I am still waiting. (it has been a month now) Also, I did put some seeds into pots with regular potting soil. Those have not sprouted as yet also. So it lead me to think that the best conditions for germination is peat moss a bit on the drier side but not completely dried out and some humidity. I don't know why the pretreated ones have not germinated. But I would say wait a little longer, or maybe if you have a few extra seeds you can try the ziplock bag method while periodically opening the bag and letting the soil dry out a bit? From the posts I have read, everybody had their own way of germinating daylily seeds. I got some really good information from these forums. Good luck! Hope it works out!

I germinated some this year too - after 2 weeks I gave up, sat the trays in my sink to clean up later. About 2 more weeks later I noticed some green. Upon closer inspection I had about 20 daylilies started.

So be patient! There is still hope!

I have had luck with starting them in the fridge. I get a gallon jug, put a capful of bleach in, fill with water. Take some of the water out, wash my seeds. Put them in a zip lock bag, stick in fridge. A wk. later, take them out, wash them in the bleach water, put them back in the fidge. I take out what is germinating and plant it. I keep doing this until they have germinated, throw the mushy ones away. Someone on the forum told me how to do this and it works for me. Mint

Many of the newer varieties which have a lot of evergreen parentage in them will germinate readily in a light mix at room temperatures, but some of the less evergreen varieties profit from refrigeration for a bit or just sowing outside in the fall as they ripen.

George

Just wanted to let everyone know that I got my first three tiny little signs of germination today!!!!!!!! I am sooooo excited now!

Be patient and of course fresh season's seed is best.
I'm over the other side of the big pond and our climate is milder, I bought some seed earlier this year (then autumn here) tried the baggie method with moist moss and they were shooting within days and 98% gernmination I have (erghhhh? lovely but awesome) around 90 little plants now in 5 inch pots.

I was just reading posts and found this one I posted last summer. I bought tons of daylily seed this past fall and winter on ebay and started them indoors. I had excellent germination and I have over 150 seedlings ready to plant out here as soon as the temps warm up a bit. I just planted about 50 more seeds! I'm so excited!