I have a 15 gallon, battery powered sprayer that I mix a water soluble fertilizer in and spray over the seedlings and all other daylilies here once a week when the weather is above freezing. I also use a 12 month slow release fertilizer which is applied as soon as they are planted and watered automatically every other day. Again, I must get the seedlings in the ground before Sept 15 to see most of them bloom the first year.