Observation after the rain

8 years ago

With all of the rain that the Southern Tier of NY has received since Sunday, I have never seen the blooms look so good. They are larger than usual and the colors are much more rich and deep. There is no way for me to water these plants like that every year. The water bill would be outrageous. Then I started to think about various hybridizers' water bills and how large they must be. For many years, I have been trying to figure out how my plants don't always look like the hybridizer's pictures. It must be the water.

I did not get out there to take any pictures due to all of the rain, but I did take a stroll around the garden when it was drizzling after work. It was just astonishing to see the blooms after they have been really pumped up with water.

With all of this rain, there have been no opportunities to hybridize.

David

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dick_in_ohio

8 years ago

Why many hybridizers are in Florida - long warm growing season and water. Many pump from the big aquifer there and don't have water bills other than the cost of running a pump.

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daylilybedmaker
Original Author
8 years ago
Dick,

Thanks for the info. I should have been more specific about which plants really impressed me. COBRASKIN NECK TIE, JERRY HYATT, HEMAN, VENUS FLYTRAP, WOLVERINE, and DRAGON FANG. There are all hybridized folks who live in Ohio.

David
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hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
8 years ago
We have noticed the improved bloom after a good rain too. Thankfully, we are on a well so our costs for watering are minimal. We have been watering constantly in the dry and hot weather this summer. We wish we had an in ground watering system. Dragging the hoses over 1.7 acres is a pain.

Nancy
mantis__oh
8 years ago
People always ask what fertilizer to use. I always respond, "Water is what is most beneficial." But any bloom can look good when pumped up with water--that is why you need to carefully examine plant habit/bud count when visiting these irrigated display gardens.
Julia WV (7a)
8 years ago
I do have a rain barrel to use for new plantings only. I fertilize when the new planting goes in the ground and then nothing after that. We are on well water so can't be using what we need for the household.

After 4 days of rain the garden definitely benefited . I have 2 daylilies yet to bloom..... Piedmont Paleface and Rouen Cathedral which are ML/L bloomers and sending up their scapes.
samhain10 - 5a
8 years ago
Has rained here today and things are also looking pretty lush. Nancy(hoosier) I am most grateful that I have no more than a quarter acre or so to haul the hoses around, and even more grateful that I have the well that allows me to do so. I hadn't thought closely enough of some of you who don't have ready access to water when needed.

Alex
samhain10 - 5a
8 years ago
Of course, I have to add that we have about 6 months of winter here; just in case anyone starts to envy me.