Nancy I have never fertilized my families either LOL ! did you mean daylilies and let me guess you used your phone with auto correct to post this . I found your post quite humerous !

Ha! My family is too overweight already, no need to fertilize. Yes, my phone, I wonder how in the world it got families out of that. New smart phone has me outfoxed, I'm sure there is a way to stop auto correct, but with my typing skills it is also handy!

Certainly would not induce more growth when what the weather is doing is undesirable.

Thank you, what I thought but wanted to confirm.

I made the mistake of fertilizing when there was snow on the ground, thinking that as the snow melted the daylily roots would absorb some nutrients. I think the only thing I did was give the various weeds a jump start.

David (Zone 5)

I would wait also.

Nancy, I omitted any comment about chemical fertilizing as I do not use any so can't /couldn't speak to your question . I should have mentioned this in my post above. Just wanted to clarify why i didn't give you a response to your question

David, I sure hope I don't help the weeds, they do well enough already. My husband always tells me that if anyone paid for weeds, we would soon be wealthy.

No worries Signet_gw I was giggling at fertilizing my families I didnt look for a response for the day lilies

Glad this was cleared up. I thought "families" must be a reference to their scientific classification, and was about to try it out in my next day lily conversation.