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- Pull torch lobes out of seeds
- Collect seeds of torch lilies
- Torch lily seeds need a cold treatment
- So you sow torch lilies
- Do not plant new torch lilies outdoors before spring
- Tips & Tricks
Pull torch lobes out of seeds
Torch lilies can be multiplied, among other things by sowing. Collect seeds from the ornamental shrubs in the garden, which produce flowers in particularly beautiful colors. Also in the garden trade you get a variety of torch lily varieties, which you can sow yourself.
Collect seeds of torch lilies
In order to harvest germinable seeds from your torch lilies, the inflorescences must remain on the plant even after they have withered.
Only when the seed is ripe, so it can be removed by shaking, the now dried-up flower may be cut.
Although torch lilies are not poisonous, you should keep the seed so that it is not accessible to children and pets.
Torch lily seeds need a cold treatment
Even collected seeds need a longer cold period right after the harvest. Otherwise, they will not germinate later.
Put the seed in a freezer bag and store it in the fridge for the winter. Then you can sow it from next spring.
So you sow torch lilies
The seeds of torch lilies can be sowed from spring to autumn. It germinates within two to four weeks at a temperature of 20 degrees. The seedlings are set up bright and kept well moist. But avoid waterlogging.
When the plantlets have developed four to six leaves, place them individually in small pots filled with potting soil. There they stay until planting in spring.
Do not plant new torch lilies outdoors before spring
Young torch lilies may only be planted in the perennial flowerbed or the garden in the spring.
Torch lighs planted in the fall have too little time to grow properly. They do not survive the winter.
You need to be patient until the flowering of your offspring, as the plants seldom flower in the first year.
Tips & Tricks
Torch lilies can also be easily propagated by division or the separation of young plants. Older perennials develop small rosettes that you can cut off in the spring of the mother plant and transplant to a new location.