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japple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:03 AM
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Question about daylilies.
There is a bed of daylilies, about 20' x 4' in the front of my house that I would like to get rid of. I wouldn't mind just a few, but they multiply so fast and take over, then the bed gets filled with weeds and bedstraw and I can't mow around it, so I'm thinking I just need to get rid of the whole mess. I want to decrease the amount of time I spend weeding. Can I just mow them down for now and then dig them up in the fall? I don't want to use chemicals.
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noamnety Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:22 AM
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1. Offer them up for free on Craigslist
Ask people to come with shovels and containers or bags to put them in.
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 10:19 AM
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2. Freecycle is good too!
I'm always sharing the garden wealth. :D
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murray hill farm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 02:33 PM
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3. I sooooo love daylillies...
if i lived near you, i would come and dig them up....but I do know what you mean. I am overwhelmed with ferns..ha!
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 03:17 PM
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4. Got a Chinese restaurant close?
Daylily flower buds are an ingredient in hot and sour soup and some other asian dishes. Fresh is way better than dried.
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Blue Gardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 04:15 PM
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5. Depends on the kind of daylily
We have the orange "ditch lilies" around here that are very plentiful. Those I would mow. Anything else I would keep.
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