HYB: how many seedlings?

Betty, I think you've asked how many seedlings from a cross people plant
and how they decide which ones.

This is the first year I may have to make that decision in a few
crosses.  Jim Ennenga tells me he picks the "strongest" 20% or so of a
cross to plant and <throws the rest away>.  By strongest, he seems to
mean biggest, hence most likely to bloom first.  His thinking is that
only the biggest ones will bloom in a reasonable length of time.

Not sure I have the courage to throw them away, but may hold the others
over in a big pot till I see how the biggest ones behave.
--
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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