Maybe it's the beer, but I thought a counter discussion to the difficult pod setters would be interesting and fruitful.

This year, hands down, the easiest pod parent that I had was INDIGO DRAGON. Accepted pollen both from spiders and non-spiders, conversions, toothy parents, you name it. JAMMIN'S MAGNOLIA BELL was another easy setter, along with FANCY LACE.

On the diploid side, I had the best luck with YANKEE PINSTRIPES, EMERALD STARBURST*, and GREEN IMPERIAL PIGEON.

* Interestingly, a lot of pods set, but many of them developed a load of empty seed casings!

Hahahahaaaaa

It's the beer! Heck, I wondered the same thing after starting the other thread, James.

Best pod setters:

KRYPTONITE, Polston
SEARCH FOR GREEN PASTURES, Korth
STAR-GIRL, Gossard
THE LADY OF SHALOTT, mine
BOB FAULKNER, Polston
TET ROSE F KENNEDY, but with only one or two good seeds in a pod
HAZMATTER'S BALL, Davi
GEORGE JETS ON, Yost
FARE THEE WELL, mine
and
UNBRIDLED SPIRIT, Rice, 60 one year!

Steve

FARE THEE WELL



KRYPTONITE

STARGIRL

SEARCH FOR GREEN PASTURES

I have several good pod setters but most are dips.
Stargate Portal
Emerald Starburst
Magic of Oz
Starman's Quest
Brushed by Bluebirds
Memories of Oz
Rosy Lights
Mapping Pennsylvania
So Lovely
Indian Giver
Firestorm
Gudrid


TETS
Momentum
Old King Cole
Spacecoast Cranberry Kid
Bangkok Bay
Spacecoast Starburst
Evermore Lights
Ruffled Strawberry Parfait
Larry's Obsession
Heartbeat of Heaven
Baracuda Bay
Raspberry Candy
Strawberry Candy
Highland Tower
Tropical Romance
Pennsylvania Bucktails
Golden Tear Drops
Forestlake Ragamuffin
President Ronald Reagan

A few of my best pod setters this year :

A LOT LIKE LOVE
AL'S PEACH TOWER
DEEPWATER HORIZON
DIVA'S IN DIAMONDS
FOOLISH DRAGON
ONE MORE ANGEL
PANIC IN PRESCHOOL
PAWPRINTS ON MY HEART
REDNECK REUNION
RIBBIT RIBBIT
WHITE EYES PINK DRAGON
WOMEN SEEKING MEN

I decided to cross mainly tets this year, but HAKUNA MATATTA has always been an easy pod setter.

This year, my best pod setters were:
OLALLIE KEITH STONE'S SUNSET - I was blown away by this - it took everything (except the one accidental TET pollination I did to it :lol:)
ROYAL FROSTING - this was a bud builder for me this year, too, and took most pollen I set on it
LIBBY'S TRAIL - took between 80%-90%
RUBY SPIDER - took between 90% - 100% of what I set on it, except for the test pollen I put on it (I had a mystery plant that I tested on dips and tets to determine ploidy and came to realize it is most likely a dip)
OLALLIE RED - probably took about 80%-90%
OLALLIE KEITH - probably took about 80%-90%

Interesting lists. Steve you have a few I'm thinking of adding so knowing they set pods is nice! I only tried 2 blooms on THE LADY OF SHALOTT because it was a new plant and one of them took easily. Do you recall who made the conversion of the Tet RFK that you have? I have a piece that refuses to bloom for me.

For me, I pay most attention to those that will set seed in 90 degree temps. Barbara Mandrell and Symphony of Praise were best in that department.

Here are some pretty easy pod setters for me from this year's crosses.

DIPLOIDS:
Crystal Blue Persuasion
Emerald Starburst
Emerald Toucanet
Green Sunshine
James Fennell
Lillian's Woman's Touch
Little Miss Independent
Magic Of Oz
Malachite Sunbird
Sophisticated Statement

I also seem to remember having pretty good luck with ROSE F. KENNEDY and WILD DREAMS, but I'm not positive.

TETRAPLOIDS:
Cutting Loose
Dental Academy
Dragonfly Dawn
Entwined In The Vine
Fashion Icon
Fiesta Flirt
Geometric Wizard
Ice Crystal
Lillian's Stuff & Such
Linda Touchstone
Random Kindness
Roseate Stained Glass
Serenade Of Springtime
Waves Of Joy
Wickedly Wild & Wonderful

Betty - It's interesting to Entwined in the Vine on your list. I've never been able to set a pod on that one, although the pollen produced seed for me.

I also have Entwined In The Vine, but haven't tried setting a pod. I noticed in the database that it say, "Fertility notes: difficult pod parent most years."

I remember that it would not set pods early on, but then later everything I put on it took. Go figure... The pollens I had success with on it were from AMETHYST PRISM (10 seeds), AZURE PRISM (17 seeds), OLLY OLLY OXEN FREE (10 seeds) and WAVES OF JOY (8 seeds). And though I didn't record it, I'm pretty sure there was more than one pod on some of these. So this must have been a good year for pod setting for good old ENTWINED, at least for me.

Don Eller, James

It is pod fertile only, but oh my, does it make beautiful babies.

My avitar is one.

Your avitar is a fine lookin daylily!

We had high temps here early and two weeks of 100+ so a lot of mine didn't even bloom. That being said, here are the ones that were really in the mood:

Tets:
Jerry Pate Williams
Viva Glam Girl
Dragonfly Dawn - big time!
Stand Up and Cheer

Dips:
Schnickel Fritz - this always does well
Jelly Basket
Wild Dreams
Carolyn Mersiovsky
Pea Green with Envy
One Eye Willie

One that doesn't have many offspring in the registry, and is not the latest and greatest but sets pods like mad here whether by human or bees is 'Wisteria', so I assume it may be under-utilized.

Well, sooooo glad to see Dragonfly Dawn come up on several lists! I have to agree and I don't even own that one. But I have many seeds/seedlings from it and the children are very fertile too!

Sue - Your Wisteria is a beauty! I think there are a LOT of under-utilized daylily cultivars that would probably make great parents!