Radicle Developments

Just before bed last night (3/14/16) I remembered that I hadn't checked the daylily seeds yet. Lo and behold, a few of the seeds are showing more radicle. There is still nothing more than a few millimeters, but it's progress.

Most of that progress seems to be in the ones at room temperature. The ones without the paper towel seem more developed, but the sample size is so small I can't be sure of the significance.

Due to time constraints, I am going to let the seeds progress a little more before I start planting. I will wait until one of the following happens:

• All of the seeds in one bag have a radicle showing
• A seed's radicle is about a centimeter long (or somewhere between 0.25 and 0.5 inches)
• I feel like planting them

On Friday (3/18/2016) the ones in the fridge should be planted, radicle or no radicle.

Daylily Update

On Saturday (3/5/2016) I bought some daylily roots, which is a form of daylily purchase that I have not read about anywhere. There were 4 packages: Pardon Me (3 plants, dip.), Frosted Vintage Ruffles (3 plants, dip.), Final Touch (3 plants, dip.) and Blackberries and Cream (2 plants, tet.). All of them but the Frosted Vintage Ruffles were trying to sprout in the packages. I potted them up in a compost/wood chip mix.

Today, I took some of the daylily seeds out of the fridge as per my original plan. 5 of sets with paper towels had dark spots on the paper that may have been mold. I replaced the paper towel pieces in those bags. They should show signs of sprouting by 3/23/2016.

Sprout Report

Within 24 hours of Hemerocallis stratification commencement, the supposedly tell-tale white spots began appearing on the seeds. As of this writing, no further indications of radicle emergence are evident.

As of yesterday (3/2/2016), one pair of dicotyledons has appeared in each of the Primula containers. I have no idea whether they are Primula rather than weed seeds. It's only been 10 days (11 days shy of expected germination time), so I suspect they are weeds.