When we checking on Lilium washingtonan growing wild in some areas of California, they were growing in wet areas mostly, getting to photograph them close-by was a tough job as they were surrounded ny thorny bushes will dig up our Species Lily Chase photos Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 15, 2022, at 9:02 PM, Eric via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > Thanks for all the food for thought. A couple of the points you brought up about transitioning I had not considered before. > I may have let the seedlings get elongated prior to moving them. Watering them in well maybe another issue, having lost them in the past I may have underwatered them to avoid damping off and thus didn’t get good soil contact. > I’ll let you know how it turns out > Thanks > Eric Duma > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 15, 2022, at 8:16 PM, Gordon Hogenson via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> >> The question is what was the actual cause of death when transitioning from >> the baggie to soil. Was it really fungal disease? I never used sterilized >> soil and sometimes the compost has some white mold on it, and it still >> works. I use organic potting soil with added perlite and generally do not >> lose seedlings of Western American species and hybrids. The losses that >> occur for me during this transition occur because of several reasons. (1) >> not checking the baggies and having elongated seedlings that are weakened, >> (2) rough handling during transition to soil, (3) not watering thoroughly >> to ensure contact between the root and the soil, (4) overheating and drying >> up before the root has had a chance to firmly establish in the pot. To >> prevent that last problem, I don't put the newly transplanted seedlings >> directly under the heat of the fluorescent lights right away. I wait a day >> before putting it under the lights. Before that, I place it in the room >> somewhere near my light setup, but not directly under the light, and not in >> the path of direct sunlight. Room temperatures of anywhere near 70 F / 21 C >> are OK, but too warm conditions may be detrimental. >> >> If it is fungal disease killing these seedlings, but not harming your other >> lily species and hybrids, then that is an interesting problem. I am in the >> Pacific Northwest and of course, my natural environment might have a fungal >> biome that is more compatible with these species. However, I would consider >> the above issues first. >> >> Gordon >> PNW near Seattle but in the foothills, zone 7-8 >> Crocus and snowdrops looking good on warm winter days >> >>> On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 2:51 PM Rick Rodich via pbs < >>> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >>> >>> Pasteurizing soil with steam is a good idea, because it is somewhat of a >>> selective killer. In theory at least, the bad actors are killed, and many >>> of the good ones are not. Rick Rodich >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pbs mailing list >>> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >>> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >>> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>