Re: Pollen Strike Rates/ Fw: BUGLES AND HORNS

I'd prob get about 40% takes on my crosses

Colleen Modra
Adelaide Hills
South Australia  Zone 8/9

colleen@impressiveirises.com.au
www.impressiveirises.com.au



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelly D. Norris" <kellydn@frontiernet.net>
To: <SpaceAgeRobin@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 12:57 PM
Subject: RE: [SpaceAgeRobin] Pollen Strike Rates/ Fw: BUGLES AND HORNS


> (With sincerity) I feel bad now..I didn't realize that success rates
> were that much lower for others.  I didn't mean to be whiny but I am
> usually used to about 30-40%.  Last year I had right at 40% and I
> thought that was kind of low.
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> What do others have for success?  I can't believe I am actually doing
> something right!
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> Smilin' thanks to Bill!
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> Kelly D. Norris
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: oneofcultivars@aol.com [o*@aol.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 9:48 PM
> To: SpaceAgeRobin@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [SpaceAgeRobin] Pollen Strike Rates/ Fw: BUGLES AND HORNS
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> In a message dated 5/24/2004 9:56:10 PM Central Daylight Time,
> kellydn@frontiernet.net writes:
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> I think at last count I had
> less that 10 takes out of 42 different crosses. 
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> If I understand your numbers correctly, you are having a very high
> pollen strike rate compared to what I normally encounter here.
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> I've had some seasons where I collected only one seed pod for each 100
> attempts. More often though the success rate here is better than that.
> 
> This has been an exceptional year for me. I get about one such year out
> of every three. My success rate this year is 17.55%, a little worse than
> 1 in 5. Your success rate exceeds mine.
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> Congratulations! Keep jabbin', dabbin', daubin', or smearin' whichever
> you do. You are doing something right!
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> Smiles,
> Bill Burleson 
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