Re: REB:Breeding (was TR)

Batty

What I seem to be finding is that rebloom is pH related. Some Sutton
stuff doesn't rebloom for me (pH6.1) but if I sell it to someone who
has alkaline soil (as Suttons do) it reblooms for them. Some like
DoubleShot seem to rebloom everywhere. A few seem to rebloom better on
acid soil but not many. Rebloom is definitely a matter of a whole
mixture of factors.
Have you tried using DoubleShot? I haven't used it much.

Colleen Modra
Adelaide Hills AUST
zone 8/9

colleen@impressiveirises.com.au

----- Original Message ----- 
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To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 5:35 AM
Subject: [iris]REB:Breeding (was TR)


> In a message dated 10/18/2005 2:28:04 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> colleen@impressiveirises.com.au writes:
>
> <<<Matrix looks good in my garden (much better than it's  offspring
> Renown) but it's not a good parent. The problem is that just
because
> something is a nice iris doesn't make it a good parent and then
some
> other irises make spectacular parents. The problem is sorting them
all
> out.>>
> The sorting thing is a problem.  For various reasons, I'd not
bloomed  MATRIX
> or RENOWN until lately.  I though I had RENOWN years ago, but it
wasn't.  I
> really liked the one I had better.  Isn't that the way of  it?  I
only made
> one cross with it, but I liked what I got.  Now it  goes into that
never land of
> the unknown!
>
> The conversation about MATRIX and red crosses was very interesting.
>
> As to the performance of RENOWN & MATRIX in my garden, I'd have to
go  on the
> past 14 months and I'd say they are neck & neck.  RENOWN has
produced 2
> stalks (in the past 3 weeks) and MATRIX has produced 3 stalks, 1
that  got frost
> bit last year, and two that are out there now.  No spring  bloom.
>
> Seems like people have used them both quite a bit.  Since I've not
used them
> in breeding before, I thought I might sidestep some common
problems.  I've
> been reading, and trying to absorb and digest information  in a way
that will
> keep me from going down the same path others have already  walked.
>
> I'm encouraged by the newer things Innerst has introduced.  Although
I'd
> never have used ANXIOUS.  I'm not inclined to breed with SA as they
aren't among
> my favorites.
>
> In my program, it's necessary for at least one of the parents to
have the
> ability to rebloom here, in my garden.  I can't imagine how many
seedlings  I'd
> have to raise from two California rebloomers in order to get a KY
rebloomer.
> It could be anywhere from one to a thousand!  Or  more!
>
> Not that I haven't made those crosses in a moment of weakness!
Pollen  is
> pollen after all!  <vbg>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Betty W. in  South-central KY Zone 6
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