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A Reyt Tayty

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Lillies
« on: August 19, 2012, 19:26 »
My lillies have just stopped flowering. Previous advice said to take off the flower heads and leave the stems to just rot down. However, there are new shoots already coming up from the base of some of them. Do I just leave them to it?

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Re: Lillies
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2012, 12:23 »
Cut off the flowered section at the top of the stem so that they do not waste energy on seed production, but leave the rest of the stem and any new shoots. These are needed by the plant for stroign up the energy for flowering next year.

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Re: Lillies
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2012, 15:38 »
Lilies will always try to throw up new shoots and by cutting off the finished seed head, you give them the energy to propagate.



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