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Thanks for that Chick. How quickly did the misting show
up?
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From:
c*@bridgewoodgardens.com
To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
Sent: 04 April 2001 13:33
Subject: Re: Korean Snow
I didn't make many crosses with the plant last year but I got a
reasonable percentage of streaked and misted plants.
Chick
Ian Chrystal wrote:
Does anyone out there have any experience of breeding with
Korean Snow? I was talking with Mike Shadrack, and
discovered that both of us have used it as a pod parent, and neither of us
have any obviously streaked seedlings to show for our efforts. Mine
were sown in mid-January, and there was reasonable germination, and the
seedlings are now at the two leaf stage under 24 hr.
lights. It occurred to me that:- a) the potentially streaked seed might have a shorter
viability. b) the variegation might not as
yet be evident, being of a misty nature. My pollen
parents include a late flowering Dorothy Benedict. The seed was frozen
during the interval between collection and sowing Mike also commented that he had poor results generally this season
for streaked seedlings, including normally successful breeders like
Christmas Tree Gala. My results have also been below average with the
notable exception of a streaked nigrescens elatior, which has produced an
above average percentage of variegated offspring. Ian Chrystal i*@hosta-holic.freeserve.co.uk
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