REB: HYB: rebloom breeding
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  • Subject: REB: HYB: rebloom breeding
  • From: L* M* <1*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:11:30 -0500
Chuck, I'm curious - you've mentioned several times here and on Face Book that several people have tried crossing 'California' (west coast, Oz) rebloomers with cold hardy rebloomers and with no success in getting rebloom. I think that's what you've been saying, that the rebloom genetics are different.
But isn't that what most/all of Byers introduced rebloomers were? And some of us (Betty, me, Mary Lou) seem to be getting occasional 'summer' (early fall - August) rebloom from 'sporadic'/west coast rebloomers.
Mary Lou has posted one on Face Book that's bloomed April, May, July, August and October. 10-511ARE: ((Tomorrow's Child x Feed Back) early RE X Decadence). In Illinois (or maybe she's in Indiana - I get those two "I" states mixed up...)
So I'm curious who those breeders were, what they tried to use and what climate they were in?
Have you tried to grow any of Byers introductions? Seems like I remember your posting some of them. Are any of them 'early'/summer bloomers in your climate? Have you made any crosses with them?
The more I look at pedigrees of some of these things, the more baffled I am. Lurking recessives? Doubled up gametes? Warmer temperature triggers that dont' get triggered wherever those folks you were talking about were growing their seedlings?
Curious if you have any new thoughts about the warm weather/early rebloom genetics. 

Linda Mann
east TN USA zone 7

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