Seedfork said:So I guess growing the plants to blooming size and evaluating them, then deciding which ones to grow on further, then growing them in the field for three more years would be a pretty good evaluation of the TC plants.
That's if they actually evaluate them.
This is just IMHO so take it as you will since I don't know any of the info on how they grow them.
You have to remember these are field grown in the Netherlands for 3 years so who knows if they actually evaluate them or not. If they grow the daylilies there like at the tulip farms (endless stretches of flowers) I really don't know that they could properly evaluate them or not. I don't know how long a tissue culture daylily takes to grow to mature size but they may just grow them for 3 years to get a good size on them or just to make sure they look similar to the mother plant. Shoot it may take 3 years for them to bloom depending on their weather I suppose. I would imagine it would sort of be like growing a seedling in some areas where it takes 3 years to see a bloom depending on how long their seasons are.
Honestly, I don't see how anyone who mass produces plants on the scale that some of these places do to wholesale to who knows how many companies, nurseries, big box stores, etc could possibly evaluate them all. I could see them looking at the blooms to make sure they look similar to the mother plant but I can't see how they could possibly make sure they all have the correct height, bloom size, bud count, and any thing else that needed to be correct.
here is one of the question and answer you form Wild's
1. Some are asking if they may be Tissue Culture plants. Some of these are divisions purchased directly from US hybridizers like Charles & Heidi Douglas at Brown’s Ferry and potted and some are propagated by tissue culture and field grown for 3 years in the Netherlands prior to be inspected and shipped here and then potted.
The inspected part is not an evaluation in my opinion. They are inspected in order to be shipped to another country and that is basically just someone looking at the plants and making sure they have no visible diseases or pests and you pay them a fee and they sign a paper saying you can ship.
