Eat The Weeds: Episode 18: The Daylily

[permiepat]

Your videos are really wonderful! Last spring I planted 50 old fashioned daylilies by our ditch. I am hoping they will go nuts and grow all through the grass there. I am slowly trying to naturalize our property with eatible plants, a little permaculture type gardening. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge! God bless.

[EatTheWeeds]

@JohannsGarden The problem is no one really knows. When you begin to change a plant you can the edibility.

[miketonon]

I have what look to be the original daylilies from your description, except there are 8 or so pedals on the flower. Are these the original variety? Are they edible? I know the house was built in 1928 and alot of the plants around the property are likely from around that time period.

[EatTheWeeds]

@miketonon Daylilies are ususally multiples of three, so eight petals would probably be some other plant.

[miketonon]

@EatTheWeeds, I'm almost positive they're daylilies. They might have 9 petals, I was just guessing when I said 8. If thats the case and these are daylilies, is this variety edible?

[EatTheWeeds]

@miketonon If it has nine it might be a hybrid daylily. I have no idea if it is edible. I would check with a local expert and or daylily grower.

[miketonon]

@EatTheWeeds, hmm, I've already eaten them raw and cooked for about a week and I'm still here. I just wonder about the rest of the plant. Like I said, the rest of the plant looks like you described, but the flower has more pedals. Thats the only difference.

[EatTheWeeds]

@miketonon Got a pciture? (And please appreciate the liability I face with such recommendations if I am not absolutely sure.)

[miketonon]

@EatTheWeeds, I understand, what ever I chose to pick and eat is my own responsibility. By the way, I made some pink lemonade today with red sumac buds, it was surprisingly good. I will try to send you a link, I don't know if I can post a link in the comments. thanks

[CanonIsaacs123]

You look like the man in the movie more 30:00 minutes in look at the guy in the coffee shop.

[TheTruthPusher]

Well not al the red and white mushrooms are deadly than,

well, maybe for those who were unfortunate enough to meet the Vikings.

[EatTheWeeds]

I know a few classic edible mushrooms. But I don't teach any mushroom hunting. The threat factor is too high.

[ChristianMuslum]

Those red and white shrooms the vikings use to go bizerk on?

I've heard there is a deadly look alike,

is that just a scare tactic?

[EatTheWeeds]

They are in a very deadly family.

[ChristianMuslum]

But do they have deadly look-a-likes?

[EatTheWeeds]

DO deadly mushrooms have deadly look alikes? Yes.

[rbvmtr]

Are you talking about (Amanita Muscaria, Fly Agaric ) which is red with yellow spots and white stock?

if so its deadly poisionous !

[ChristianMuslum]

@rbvmtr

Well they also happen to be what the Vikings used before battle.

So yes, I guess they were deadly poisonous.

[xxxBibixxx]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I can't wait to try them this year. We have some growing next to our barn by the road. I think I will also try to carefully transplant some of them to a car-free spot for next year.

[sazji]

The "original" daylily you refer to is Hemerocaliss fulva, which is a steril hybrid; wherever you find it, it was once planted. Another thing to differentiate it from Amaryllis is that whereas the Amaryllis' flowers all come from a single point on a thick scape, daylilies' flowers come from branching, tall thin scapes. Also Amaryllis flowers are enclosed in a protective sheath before they are almost ready to open. Daylily buds are exposed even when they're quite small.

[lonestarskywatcher]

Thanks Dean...I need to catch up on your videos....

[Framed1980]

LOL @ "What The Forager to do"

Love your work.

[EatTheWeeds]

Inquiring minds want to know.

[clearmenser]

Not bad at all, man. Not bad at all.

Pretty damn good actually.

Nice presence, good info. Decent speed. Pleasant voice.

I bet cha dollars to donuts he's got the discipline to keep on chuggin' through hundreds of episodes.

[EatTheWeeds]

Ha ha.... You Tube was supposed to update my original video 18 but somehow didn't so "18" got stuck where 111 would be in the line up. Oh well,,,

[dazigg]

We eat a lot of fried daylilies in West Virginia. We only eat wild ones - the orange ones you described. The old timers around here call them "tiger lilies" - I think they call them that because they're wild. But they sure are delicious and Deane, as always I heartily appreciate your video, but I hope it doesn't put anyone off on eating the RIGHT daylilies. Wouldn't want to deprive anyone of that!

[EatTheWeeds]

I don't think so. The originals are quite easy to find, and if someone tells you another one is edible have them prove it.

[squirlboy006]

and about how many of these leaves are eaten?

at 6:10

just curious.......

[EatTheWeeds]

It depends upon the individual. You will have to ... ah... conduct that research. Ohio State University says they are so. They probably got that from the work of Dr. Shiu Ying Hu (1968) who says one name for the plant in Chinese is Xuan-cao, meaning "forget-worry herb." Referencea to its affects are ancient.

[squirlboy006]

very interesting, thank you!!!

[godsend420]

hey it looks good but cant eat it thanks corporations and now u bless me w/ GMO foods

great vid dean

★★★★★

[2012solarboom]

Thanks for the info !!! are there many other Original species that have been made into NON edible hybrids?

[MrBiblia]

haha...

how bout I just stay away from em?

[EatTheWeeds]

Good. I didn't care for my original video, so this was to replace that one but somehow it didn't replace so I deleted the old one. I made it nearly 100 videos ago and wanted to change some things. I'll try to do another one this spring.

[pdsavage]

Hmm video wont play it says..An error occurred,please try again later.

[EatTheWeeds]

I think it is up and running now. I replaced the older video which I didn't care for. And if I can find some daylilies this spring I will do a Daylily II

[pdsavage]

Thanks its working,and I have tons of original day lilies all over my yard.