We make so many seeds these days that I rarely buy any, however when we were getting started in our hybridizing ventures we purchased seeds from many different LA sellers. (about 30) One time the crosses were not as marked. Twice we were sent bad seeds. These were not large purchases and I just marked off the sellers to not purchase again. I have sold seeds and would stand behind anything I sell no matter what the issue.
I have requests for seeds from my seedlings and futures but I don't want to sell seeds of anything but registered plants. I reserve my own seedlings for my hybridizing program since anyone else could take what I have and get it out in a fraction of the time it takes me since they are not doing this in tough southwestern conditions. That is why you don't have but one known hybridizer from anywhere near me and they don't even try to set tet seeds in garden condition around here. They say the success rate is too bad. The other hybridizer in our area, has all tet pod parents in pots and sets seeds in an air conditioned room in their home. Then they move them to a shade house until pods are harvested. We do everything outdoors in the gardens. Temps have been in the 100f's and 40 days no rain. But we have more seeds than we know what to do with.
This summer at our region 11 summer meeting the speaker was the king of the LA seed sellers. He sells the best crosses he makes and plants what does not sell. He expects people to get new intros from his seeds. Then he will buy your new intros and make seeds from them to sell.
I have an intro from his seeds and he wants the plant this fall.
If you are one who would register a daylily, and you buy seeds and get something special in a new plant, why would you not register it? We have some introductions from purchased seeds and I cannot keep any stock of the plants due to demands from people who want to buy them.
Ashton's 'Hook Echo' is one of the best toothy daylilies that you could grow. Tetraploid: 40" tall, 6-8 way branching, 35-45 buds, as fertile both ways outdoors in our gardens as anything we grow (even diploids) 100% pod setter. Friends in SC got a double fan division and first year blooming for them they sent him a picture of it with 20 open flowers.
Why would we not register it and make crosses with it?
