1. Easter Lilies Lilium longiflorum By Jessi Spry

2. History Native to Japan and its surrounding Islands. In 1898 bulb production in the US started. They can be grown for cut or as potted plants. Michigan is #2 producer.

3. Popular Cultivars Ace Medium height, large number of flowers, dark green leaves, and pyramidal shape. Nellie White Shorter plant, broader leaves, most popular grown.

4. http://www.ag.auburn.edu/landscape/Elily.htm

5. Propagation Most fields are grown in the western portion of the United States. Scaling is done to the bulbs to prepare them for planting. Machines are used to harvest bulbs.

6. Propagation continued Then the bulbs are graded on their circumference. (5-6, 7-8, 9-10, and 11-12.) The bulbs are then shipped in boxes with peat moss packed around them

7. Requirements Cooling Required 40-41°F for six weeks Case-Cooling Bulbs are shipped in crates, and my be more delicate to planting.

8. Requirements continued Pot-cooling When bulbs are received plant them, allow the roots to grow, then place them in the cooler. http:www.umass.edu/umext/programs/agro/floriculture/floral_facts/lily.htm

9. Media, Water and Fertilizer Media pH 6.5-6.7 May use a soil or soil-less mixture Has a high water capacity Need sterile media

10. Water Plants need water, or flower buds may abort. Fertilizer For a healthy plant use 220 ppm nitrogen, as a liquid feed. To increase plant height decrease salt. http://garcia.efn.org/~fodor/Page_Under_Development.html

11. Temperature, Lighting and Height Control Temperature Lilies do not like temperature changes. The warmer the faster and taller that plants will grow.

12. Temperature, Lighting and Height Control Temperature To slow growth down, use cooler temperatures. Night temps63-65  F Day temps73-75  F

13. Lighting If light is not maximized you may have poor height and poor leaf color. Height Control You can use temperature to control height. Light can control height. Chemicals can also help control height of the plants.

14. Insects Aphids Bulb mites Fungus gnats

15. Bulb Mite http://ipmwww.ncsu.edu/INSECT_ID/AG136/mite2.html

16. Bulb Mite http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_dictionary/bulb_mites.html

17. Fungus Gnat http://www.ink.org/public/kda/phealth/phprot/giflist.html

18. Disease Root rot To avoid use clean soil Viruses Name corresponds to what they do to the plant. Fleck Streak Curly-stripe

19. Root Rot http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/CASDEPT/PLANT/gwm_graphics/077jpeg

20. Handling When first flower opens sell them. To avoid pollen discoloration on flowers remove anthers http://aggiehorticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/lily/lily.html

21. Websites Kansas Department of Agriculture and Plant Protection & Weed Control Program Kansas Department of Agriculture Plat Protiction and Weed Control Program Forbes Field Building #282 P.O. Box 19202 Topeka, Ks 666190282 http://www.ink.org/public/kda/phealth/phprot/giflist.html (Fly gnat Picture) 3/28/01 BULB MITES © Copyright 2000 by the American Hemerocallis Society, all rights reserved http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_dictionary/bulb_mites.html (Mite Picture) 3/28/01 Bulbmites http://ipmwww.ncsu.edu/INSECT_ID/AG136/mite2.html (Mite digram) 3/28/01

22. Websites http://garcia.efn.org/~fodor/Page_Under_Development.html (Watering Picture) 3/28/01 EASTER LILY Commercial Greenhouse Production http://www.ag.auburn.edu/landscape/Elily.htm (Potted bulb Picture) 3/28/01 University of Massachusetts Extension Production of Hybrid Lilies as Pot Plants Prepared by Tina M. Smith,Regional Floriculture Agent http:www.umass.edu/umext/programs/agro/floriculture/floral_fac ts/lily.htm (Potted plant Pictures) 3/28/01

23. Websites Easter Lily http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/lily/lily.html (Lily flower Picture) 3/28/01http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/lily/lily.html Penn State Department of Plant Pathology 212 Buckhout Lab, University Park, PA 16802 (814)865-7448 FAX: (814)863-7217E- Mail requests for information about the department and its extension programs to ppath@psu.eduppath@psu.edu This site was designed by Boalsburg Internet Partners August 1997, Historic Boalsburg, PABoalsburg Internet PartnersHistoric Boalsburg, PA http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/CASDEPT/PLANT/gwm_graphics/077jpeg (Root rot Picture) 3/28/01