Easter Lily Schedule - 2012
Wednesday, 23 November 2011 10:56
Easter 2012 falls on April 8. Coincidently this is the same date as the 2007 schedule but with an extra day for leap year. The 2012 crop follows a mid-date Easter schedule.
Lily height is always a critical concern. As all growers know the final height is dependent on how well you control stretch during the entire forcing period. Typically growers target a final height that falls within a narrow range. The Easter lily schedule (link below) is designed to produce a lily with a final overall stem length of 16”. With a pot height of 6” this would be a plant with a final overall display height of 22”. If your target overall display height is 18”, you need to produce a lily with a final stem length of 12”. You can use the charts (Fig 1 and 2) to track the weekly progress of your lilies to target plants with either a 12-inch, 14-inch or 16-inch stem.
Here is the entire 2012 Easter Lily Schedule with additional comments about plant height by Rich McAvoy, University of Connecticut
