Thanks so much Becky, I've been meaning to get on and complement you and everyone else on their seedlings. I really like your unusual forms, and the Drink the Light x God Save the Queen baby is gorgeous!! JWWC, love your patterns and let us know if you register your "expect Grace" seedling. I got a ta da spot already picked out, and close enough to keep my walking down. Doing this hybridizing thing with a prosthetic leg has proven to be a bugger some days when your sure you've walked a mile or two just dabbing pollen and tagging.
Daniel I think you're on the right track and it's awesome you're getting help from Cindy and others. I gotta say I really do like your N. Tiger Eye X Mineral Springs seedling a lot. If it opens flat and the color holds it will probably be a good breeder. And the first bloom is always blah and that one looks good. I'll be shipping you new seed out either tomorrow or Friday. I'll check and see if I have a seedling or two potted that may fit what your going for too. I saw where you were interested in patterns. Tets and dips? The plus side of being just a few years in, you can narrow your objectives like all the breeders talk about and not suffer from what Oscie Whatley called Filo (Falling in Love Obsession). That way you don't have to worry about checking tags and going what in the world was I thinking with the Keys to the Kingdom X Christopher Moody cross. I am gonna plant those in the first wave just in case the AHS ever adds a new Quasimodo award category.
Amber, I saw you're wanting to add some variety and like using God Save the Queen a lot. I'm sure I have some seed that will fit the bill. My green house got converted back to something called a bedroom when my son had to move home for the end of Winter into Spring. I probably have some Lambertson, DeVito, Emmerich crosses that would fit the bill for helping build a blue/pattern/toothy line. No cost if your interested. I do sell seed, but only current year ones. These seeds are perfectly viable though and should still give you a good germination rate. I kinda think of the seeds in a corny way as my babies and if you or anyone else starting out wants to get a little jump start, message me and I'll try to help you out. I didn't foresee the losing my grow room thing and would rather help a passionate newbie out than waste perfectly good seed I actually put quit a bit of effort into. Anyway happy hybridizing everyone and thanks for sharing your seedlings. I love looking and seeing a bit of where other hybridizers passions are.
Final question. I know they have a classified section on here for sales, but what I was wondering is, besides the trade button if you post a pic in the data base; is there a method for hooking up for trading on here? I'm gonna be dividing after harvesting pods and, was thinking I probably have some daylilies people might be interested in for breeding and vice versa, and hey it saves having to make room in the sale field and saves money too. Actually that last part is probably not true. I'm sure even if I do some trading I'll find a way to spend way too much on a season end buying frenzy anyway. If there is such a place, I'd be interested to know where I need to go, or if anyone would be interested in doing any swapping let me know and I'll make a list of what I think I'll have. I'm rust free as of today and haven't really seen any leaf miner issues to speak of either. Started spraying this week as a preventative measure. Thanks again for this post Daniel. It's been fun to see everyone's work and I hope to see more.
