Re: [SpaceAgeRobin] Re: SA Pod

Hello Chris,

> Wow, 1300 seeds, that is an impressive amount.

Three pods left to gather and I'm up to 1398 seeds.  Deciding on which 
crosses to store in the freezer is the hardest part.  I already have quite a 
few stored, but it always a temptation to plant some of every cross and I 
can't handle that many.

> Prepared space issues are here as well, I just dug a 10' x 20' bed
> that took me almost an entire day to complete and there's more to go
> so I can plant seedlings.

Only a day?  That would be several weeks with a pickaxe for me!  I'm working 
on one now and it's slow...and very, very hot.

> BTW, your TBIRD seedling did have the odd bloom or two with those
> tiny spoons at the end of the horn.  I'm still not convinced that
> it's entirely happy here though, it doesn't grow like wild fire here.

All the blooms this year had those tiny spoons.  The appendage is flat and 
attached to the fall for a bit then ends up with the spoon.  That's the 
standard look for it's appendages though it has had a few horns and a few 
misses in the past.  I like the appendages.  I'd like them to be even longer 
without getting wider - sort of like strings.
The plant is a very strong grower and prolific bloomer here.  Those are the 
strengths here.  I think form could be better and the colors took me a bit 
to get used to.  It's easily the most consistant giving appendages from 
first bloom to last.

> Oddly enough, my three rhizomes of EAGLE CONTROL grew seemingly out
> of control but not a single bloom stalk.

Unfortunately I don't find that odd.  That has been the characteristic here. 
It bloomed this year for only the second time.  But the plant grows well. 
The clump is quite large. This year was easily the best year of bloom I've 
had and it held onto the horns really well.  I tried for pods using the 
Tbird seedling but didn't get any.  I was hoping it would be more agreeable 
about blooming in your conditions.  I wonder if that is true elsewhere?

Daylilies are a bust for me.  They are gradually declining.  The deer like 
them and the water limits and scorching heat aren't to their liking.  Hostas 
are hard.  I had a few for a couple of years, but ultimately the dry, hot 
summers got them.  They required a lot of attention in the summer.

Donald 




 
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