My goal is some toothy daylilies that will grow well in my area. This was my first year for trying some crosses, and I got off to a really late start in all ways -- didn't start pollinating until it was too warm (like about 100), didn't harvest the seeds until it was waaay late, and didn't start planting until December. And I don't think I have very good germination from my own crosses -- I need to try things differently this year. But here are the best of my crosses and number of seedlings as of about ten days ago when I last counted:
Bass Gibson X Spacecoast Irish Illumination - 5 seedlings so far
Stippled Starship X Alien Force - 3
Way Cool X Alien Force - 2
Spacecoast Starburst X Bass Gibson - 6
Bass Gibson X Rose Heat - 13
And there are a few others with either 1 seedling or none at all.
Then I decided I should maybe try purchasing some seeds through the Lily Auction:
Full Of Treasure X Dental Academy - 5 seedlings
Paula Nettles X Worthy Of Distinction - 5
Sun Bear X Vampire Bat - 2
Lemon Raspberry Delight X Forever Knight - 4
Relevant Graffito X Wickedly Wild And Wonderful - 6
Peppermint Pinwheel X Dragon Fang - 6
Fabulous Black Pearl X Casper's Revenge - 7
Much better germination, which tells me I must be doing something wrong with my own crosses. So I have some work to do...
But still, I'm pretty satisfied for the first year -- now then, where do I put them when it's time to pot them individually? I can see where this is going... YIKES!
