Re: TC and OS

Chick wrote:
> 
> Any time I can start a discussion that gets people upset with one another I get
> a rare sense of accomplishment.
> 
> Jim, I don't do tc and don't know a lot about it, but question why if tc is as
> reliable as division, why are there so many culls in tc.  Are the culls only
> related to variegation patterns or do they cull plants that are not identical
> for any other reasons.  According to Alex Summers, the 'Aphrodite' tc plants he
> got had many different petal counts, so there are apparently some differences
> there too.  It also seems to me that some of the tc I have had don't seem to
> grow well as a group, but that could be due to cultural conditions.
> 
> Chick
> 
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Chick and other Hosta Friends,

I promised in a previous post that I would address the questions about
tissue culture that you raised in your reference post. I must apologize
that I have changed my mind and will not follow through with my promise.
Instead, I have decided to write an essay/article on the subject of
"Culls from Tissue Culture". I intend to answer such questions and
issues as:
   
   1. What are they?

   2.Describe them!

   3.How and why do they originate?

   4.Who says so?

   5.How frequently do they occur?

   6.Are they useful, valuable, worth keeping?

In witing the article I will try to cover the questions you raised as
well as others that  come to mind. I will "publish" this essay on the
"hosta-open" e-mail forum, addressing it to a wide spectrum reader
audience of hosta gardeners, nursery people, hosta breeders, collectors,
TC Lab operators and others. I will try to use the information that I
have obtained from various sources.

I hope this news and decision, partly inspired by our recent TS and OS
Discussion, will add to your "rare sense of accomplishment".  

Jim Hawes Oakland MD
hawesj@gcnet.net
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