Over the last 14 years I’ve been trying to perfect my raising of seedlings so I can get flowers in 5 years. Previous years I’ve gotten blooms in typically 6-8 years. I’ve concluded 3 things have helped. Plant seed ASAP…
Category: Seeds
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2024 ADS Virtual Winter Break
Those that missed yesterday’s ADS zoom (Saturday) missed some excellent information from Lawrence’s talk about Australia’s Daffodils to Harold’s talk on hybridizing and making of daffodil seeds. As a hybridizer I enjoyed both very much. As a pollen dabber, I…
The former. . . Hybridizer’s Round Robin
To Becky Fox Mathews, Mike Berringer, Bill Carter, Mitch Carney, Harold Koopowitz, Bob Spots, Mary Lou Gripshover, Janet Hickman and all hybridizers and those that want to be hybridizers: I recently had a email conversation of sorts with Sara Van…
Dry Spring has made a big difference in a sucsessful seed set
I keep good records on crosses and seed set. This year has been a banner year. Past years I’ve made between 30 and 55% of my crosses actually making seed. This year it is at ~80% and the number of…