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Q.why are the stems of daylily splitting apart?

Zone 4 | boudreaucarl added on June 24, 2012 | Answered

The stems on the more exotic daylilies are splitting. Thought it was a critter eating it but discovered when I put the damaged stems in water, that they split again while in the water?

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Heather
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Answered on June 29, 2012

It sounds like your daylilies are "scape blasting". This article will explain more:
http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_dictionary/scapeblasting.html

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