Re: Re: HYB: Seedlings

I think that makes us addicts.
   
  I've heard some of y'all mention planning during the winter to make certain crosses come bloom season.  How do you get your plans to the beds?
   
  I spent last winter (04-05) while I was computer poor writing out what I call cross maps. 
   
  First I made lists of which irises 'belong' in which strain, (strain = breeding goal) and gave each strain a code;  F is of course flat, P in pink ink is pinks but P in blue ink is plicata. (I'll have to redo the codes when I get a home computer) 
   
  Each cv gets a seperate notebook page, and the strain(s) that iris belongs to are listed at the top of the page with the cv name.  Then all cvs that share a strain with the subject iris are listed down the page with appropriate  strain notations.  
   
  When I am making crosses that page represents intentional crosses using that cv as pod parent.  I flip the notebook open to a cv's page, scan down the page at the crosses I want to make and the code tells me why I wanted to make that cross.  Some cultivars fit into two, three, or even four strains, so I can pick from availiable pollen whichever cross gets the most done.  Once I've made the cross I put a little Avery polka dot on the page (the page is in a sheet protector) next to the pollen parents name, so that I won't accidentally repeat that same cross in the same season.  (When I get my computer I'll set it up so I can just print out a page each season and use a pencil/pen mark) I have a seperate page at the front of the book for those crosses that just sound good but have no strain.
   
  So how do y'all get from the drawing board to the bed?
   
  Christian
  ky

Linda Mann <lmann@volfirst.net> wrote:
  Barbara, I know what you mean!

After bloom season, there are pods from crosses that make absolutely no
sense to me. I save the seeds, but maybe don't plant them.

Then the following year, in mad pollen daubing mode, I may make the same
cross again! Reasons for the cross may be obvious when comparing the
two cultivars in bloom, but pretty obscure after bloom season.
Especially for those unplanned crosses.

Example: HOLD THAT TIGER X KIWI CHEESECAKE. What in the world? The
"plan" was to cross HTT with to see what kind of health it
might pass to its children. Probably KC was the only thing available at
the time with width and good pollen.

made. Every single cross had a reason behind it at
one time.
Barbara Null
Tyler, TX zone 7b/8a>

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