Re: HYB: pod success

Hi

I didn't keep stats on my % of takes last season, but there were some 
cultivars that were outstanding in the take department.

For me:

Pod parents- Altruist, Avalon Sunset, Blonde Bombshell, Captains Joy, 
Conjuration, Master Touch, Mesmerizer, Picante, Silverado, Yaquina 
Blue, outdid all others tried.

For pollen:- About Town, Black Tie Affair, Captains Joy, Costa Rica, 
Enhancement, Indigo Princess, Local Colour, Mesmerizer,  Night Magic, 
Picante,Scarlet Embers and Sierra Grande were the best.

So far, I have over 1000 germinated from over 2500, with some still 
coming. Have potted on over 200 and eagerly await results.

As this is my first 'real' try (I didn't know where to put the pollen 
correctly before) have learnt lots.

For one thing.  Even if you think it doesn't have pollen and hasn't 
gone on, mark the cross as I have several with unknown pollen that I 
had thought wouldn't make it.

Regards

Dian Mitterer
here in frosty South Australia, at the start of wine country.
( approx reg 8)








--- In iris-talk@y..., Linda Mann <lmann@v...> wrote:
> So how many years do I have to shoot hoops to reach a 30% 
average? :-<
> Although successes this year did follow more or less a normal
> distribution, there were those two days in the middle when I got as 
many
> pods as I really needed.  As for you, it was the later blooms that 
were
> more likely to set pods.  Not necessarily on the cultivars I 
especially
> wanted tho. It sure would be nice to be able to know when it's the 
day
> that it's going to work.
> 
> When I made the pallida crosses, I had about a 30% success rate, 
but I
> was only trying to set pods on about 6 blooms, and I put lots of 
pollen
> on them morning noon and night.
> 
> Neil in NC said:
> <On the order of 30% is a more typical average.  There are those few
> days, hours, however, when just about everything takes. >
> 
> --
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
> 
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