Re: OT-BIO John Lyall

From: "John Lyall" <jlyall@unitec.ac.nz>

I live in auckland N.Z. I've been hybridising JI's and a few SIB's for 
about 8 years. They were housed in poly bags on marginal shelves 
of ponds on a south facing clay site, but have just moved to North 
facing volcanoc soil site. A lot more sun and heat stress.
The parent stock i've used are various  mainly USA bred JI's and a 
lot of bee pods.

I'm currently accessioning all eight years woprth of random and 
planned crosses into a database to find out what ive really got. 

I grow the JI's in a mix of peat, sieved soil, sand, palm peat 
[compressed coconut fibre] and clay placed at the bottom of the 
poly bag to stop the nutrients/fertiliser leaching out too fast.

I get a lot of flowers from mid Nov. to Jan. and sporadic blooming 
on through till May [this year] or June[ 98].

I use the JI's in a pond setting and am breeding for height among 
other things. A recent big 6 falls blue double at 1.7 metres and 
good substance is the best.

I thought I was breeding for blues in particular, but I have got some 
new hard lilac/grey 6 fall sanded and veined that look interesting.

Current project a] digging pond number 4 and  b]  being more 
selective about what I keep [more compost].

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