They should germinate in 7-10 days,but I have had seeds from the same cross germinate over a period of several weeks,all in the same pot.Dormant varieties need to be stored in the fridge for 6 wks,or they may not germinate.If you are going to store your seed,air dry them for about 3 weeks before putting them in the fridge or they could mold. Evergreen and semievergreen can be planted right away or stored in the fridge.

Betsy

Hi Jean, Everyone does this differently. I never refrigerate any of my seeds that I am going to plant this year. The fresher they are, the better germination I get. I only refrigerate seeds that I plan to store. If I do plan to store them, I dry them for 2 or 3 days first. I have had seeds take any where from 2 weeks to 6 weeks to sprout...so don't give up yet. Also, this year when you have seedlings 3 or 4 inches tall, why don't you plant a few in the ground (instead of a larger pot). This is what I do and once they are in the ground, mine really take off. You could try it and compare. Good luck,
Kathy

I'm no pro with daylily seeds, but last year I started with fresh seeds & had great germination with no cold treatment.

ngraham, did you soak your seeds at all or just planted them directly in the soil?

Well, I really thank all of you for answering my questions.last year I planted a few seeds that I had pulled off the Stella's and some Little Wart pods.AndI don't remember how long it took for them to germinate,Not long I don't think,but gee, that was a year ago,so didn't remember what I done last year with them mini seeds.The ones I have planted this time,I put them in water for a couple hrs,and they floated,which surprised me.I thought them things would stay on the bottom, not float,so maybe they not any good anyway.but I am trying anyway.They sat on my counter for a couple weeks,while I was trying to decide if i should put them in the fridge or plant them.I think 6 of the seeds was from a pod off Buttered Popcorn,and right now,i don't remember what the others were off of.I have it on a little marker which DL it came off of. My other seeds set on the counter for 2 weeks,and I finally put them in some little medicine bottles that my Blood Pressure pills came out of and put them in the door of the fridge.I thought I need to find out if these has to be in the fridge for 6 weeks first before I start planting them.A few of the seeds,I really want them to germinate and grow,as some came off my one Strawberry Candy, and the others has come off a couple unknowns thatr was given to me and they are so pretty peach color and pale yellow and are rebloomers.
Kathy, I will try a few as you suggest and plant them soon as they are a few inches high.Maybe they might grow faster that way? Right now,i am guarding a little plant that came off my Strawberry Candy scape.I cut it off and have it planted in a 4 inch pot,in the shade.Its looking good so far and hoping it grows.
Betsy, thank you, these little seeds I planted about a week ago,hasn't started coming up yet.Keeping my fingers crossed.

Jean

I have to admit I'd not even considered the EV or DOR etc. thing and since most of mine are dormants , I guess my experience of having to refrigerate them for good germination isn't the case when it comes to the EV or SEV ones. The last time I forgot to refrigerate just one particular cross, I only got three out of a limited number of ten seeds to germinate, but the following year with refrigeration got 100% to germinate, with a different cross!

katladie, I didn't soak or anything. I did keep the soil pretty damp til they started to germinate. Took about 2 weeks if I remember right before they started to take off. Some are quite a nice size this year. I did keep them inside & grew them in a sunny window overwinter. I think I lost some during the winter. I wish I had planted them out in May or so, but got busy & didn't plant til it got quite hot. I believe if I had planted them early, a few would have bloomed, they got quite large even in the smallish pots I had them. And I just originally planted them in 6" pots, they were quite crowded. I ended up with over 50 daylilies that I planted out, if they survive this heat. I think I did start out with about 70 seeds, so I did lose some either they didn't germinate, or during their potted stage. I know I lost some because they were so crowded.

Some people swear by stratifying the seeds(placing them in a cold environment for a period of time) and others say it makes no difference. I have tried to research this and what I have found from some agriculture univerisities is that stratification seems to increase the temperature range for germination. So if you do stratify, the seeds will germinate over a wider temperature range thus giving you a better chance of getting them to germinate. Does that make any sense?
Charlie

That is what I read also,Charlie.That's why I said may not germinate.As you said,it doesn't mean that if you don't refridgerate they won't germinate,just that there is a better chance that you get a better rate of germination.How does this apply to crosses of dormant and semi and evergreens? Not sure. I bought fresh seed from Viewpoint(D) x Margo Reed Indeed(SE).Of 13 seeds,1 germinated. They were not refridgerated. The temp was a constant 75,lights 16 hrs per day.

Betsy