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Re: [SG] Hosta EnduranceVigor

Hi Peter,

There is some controversy over the matter of allowing 1st year seedlings to
flower and bear pods.  From my own experience,  this has not harmed my
seedlings in any noticeable way, that I can tell.  I'm sure this is quite a
strain on any young plant, and perhaps more growth would take place if the
energy required to set pods were redirected into root/leaf
production....don't know, but it sounds reasonable.  However, I've not lost
a seedling due to allowing it to produce.

Sherryl Sandersfeld zone 7a
s*@ionet.net

At 04:07 PM 4/4/98 EST, you wrote:
>Remarkable hostas aren't they?
>
>Hosta seedlings here (just a handful) are preparing to bloom
>after less than six monthes from seed...just found a venusta
>seedling (could fit in a coffee mug) with a scape this
>morning and near it a seedling from Ran Lydell's PERIDOT
>(hyacinthina  stock) with a scape.  They have gotten water
>and fish emulsion and anti-aphid spray and 24 hour lights.
>I can already see the lavender color on a flower bud on a
>(non streaky) seedling out of Bill Nash's hybridizing-for-streaky line.
>
>Can anyone tell me from experience of the efect of flowering
>on seedlings?
>
>Peter Brandt-Sorheim,  Mt. Morris, NY
>
>
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