Re: hosta-open DIGEST V1 #483

Ray:

>You are going to try and "generate some sports". Can you explain this
>further? Are you doing anything beyond Bud-isolation? Or, could it be
>that you are working with a mass amount of said cultivars?

I propably should have said "produce some sports" rather then 
"generate" as generate might imply some use of witch craft technology. 
Basically, I am propagating large numbers using very aggressive 
methods to get as many plants as possible.  Since my interest is 
mainly scientific I'm not too concerned about maintaining the "true to 
type" form of the plant to sell.  Some hostas propagate true to form 
under the most extream propagating pressure while others sport quite 
easily.  Most of the sports don't have any commerical value, but they 
are interesting from a scientific point of view to see what the 
pattern of sporting is.  For example, a base question is - do hostas 
sport in a linear fashion or in a circular fashion?  I want to 
generate these sports myself rather then rely on what others have 
produced and introduced becasue a lot of sports don't get introduced. 
Thus, I never let the regenerated plants get very large before I am 
propagating them again - not something you want to do for a commerical 
nursery if you want to maintain the true to type form.

Joe Halinar

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