HYB: seedling selection?
- Subject: HYB: seedling selection?
- From: L* M*
- Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 13:28:59 -0400
Another offlist question that I can't answer:
<.... what criteria do you follow for deciding which seedlings are
keepers? After the initial easy to spot "dogs" - I find it hard to
decide which ones I should let go of. I find redeeming qualities in
almost all of them. And see potential crosses because of their genetic
make-up. And I don't want to throw out a potential gold mine.
Any advice?>
I am starting to have too many seedlings piling up so need to figure
this one out too. Like you say, the dogs were easy to pitch, and most
of the rotters went on their own. The ones I'm having trouble with are
the ones that might be rebloomers but haven't yet, the ones that were
damaged by late freezes, but might be nice in a good year, and the ones
that have the potential to be parents towards my goals, if only they'd
be able to bloom normally, produce viable pollen, or make pods.
The only advice I can give is to write down your goals, print them out
in big type, clip them in the front of your hybridizing notebook, and
re-read them as you evaluate seedlings. Just too many opportunities &
possibilities out there to follow them all! From reading the "annual
newsletters" in the front of several smaller catalogs, I think this
problem faces all hybridizers.
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Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
American Iris Society web site <http://www.irises.org>
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