Re: HYB: Pep Talk

Thanks for the kind words, Anner.
But comparing me to Lloyd, come on, that is <way> over the top! :-( Other than sharing his desire to have bloom in spite of late freezes.
And I really do have to question whether my pathfinding is just leading me off into an impenetrable briar patch where I will be lost forever (i.e., there <is> no path to find!) Following the Withywindle (sp?) where I will wind up asleep for who knows how long inside some cranky old tree...
Hearing that today is officially the most depressing day of the year actually cheered me up immeasurably - nowhere but up from here;-)
A few more seeds finally sprouted - two sickly looking, barely sprouted seeds in one of the MATRIX crosses, still in burrito baggies out on the sun porch.
I put an apple inside one of the baggies with half a pod of seeds to give it a shot of ethylene. See if there is some ripening that will help.
Also squeezed seeds from all pods and discovered most of the seeds from one cross had mostly goo inside - seeds from this cross were suspicious looking from the start - highly variable in size, some obviously rotted right away. 
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