How to Sprout Lilies: A Detailed Guide to Practical Methods

Lilies prefer cool climates, are highly sensitive to temperature, tolerate low temperatures fairly well, and do not tolerate high temperatures. The suitable temperature for scale sprouting is 15-25°C; above 27°C they go dormant and do not sprout, and they require low-temperature sprouting (adventitious root germination). Before sowing, soak the scales in well water with a disinfectant added for 20-24 hours, drain the water, then sow, and use shade netting to lower the temperature. You can also use "moist scale" sowing, that is, 15-20 days before sowing, after grading the scales, soak them in a 1:500 solution of carbendazim or captan for 30 minutes, rinse briefly, and take them out, then place them in a cellar or a cool indoor room, spread the scales on the ground or on the cellar surface in a layer about 7-10cm thick, and then cover with soil or fine sand. The covering soil should be at the moisture level where it forms a ball when squeezed by hand and crumbles when dropped. After 15-20 days of "moist scale" treatment, when most of the scales have produced white roots, they can be sown.