It gets quite hot here by 9 am, so I try to get outside and hand-pollinate before then. You can actually see the gooey liquid in the pistil sticking to the pollen. I, personally, like to use an artist's fine paint brush when I do my hand-pollinating. I like to gently stab the pollen down into the pistil. I must be doing something right because I get pods to set on almost all of my daylily blooms. I use the same pollen on the brush or use multiple brushes if I am using the pollen from various plants. I wash the brushes with soap and water after the daily use and set them out to thoroughly dry before the next day's hybridizing.
Another thing, too ... dips and tets aren't usually compatible for hybridizing, correct? So you have to make sure your hybridizing with compatible daylily plants as well.
Good luck, Jon!
