Re: HYB:101:Basics

   I'd like to offer a number 4.
  4.  Start by listening and working with those who've been there before
you.
  A single day spent with an emeritus hybridizer will save you years of
learning
  it the hard way.  And you'll feel very special for having shared the time.
Kitty Loberg, northern Calif.
>
> I'll start by passing on a couple of the things I've learned over the past
18
> years. I'm definitely NOT an expert, since I've not studied genetics. My
> intention is to get the ball rolling. And I'm hoping some of the REAL
> hybridizers
> will contribute to the threads.  Questions are allowed too!
>
> 1. This one is mandatory!  Hybridizing should be fun.  Otherwise, it
becomes
> work and people like grinning Bill won't want to do it!
>
> 2.  If your intention is to JUST have fun?  Go to it.  Cross anything that
> strikes your fancy and enjoy the results.
>
> 3. If your goal is to achieve (anything) spend the time to do research.
The
> current discussion about the online data base is what prompted me to begin
> this thread.  The data base can greatly shorten the time it takes to do
this
> research.  (I've yet to apply most of this myself . . . did I mention that
I
> can't find my pass word?)  What took me several winters buried in books,
catalogs
> and R & I's can be shortened to a few busy days/nights with the data base.

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