Brian - I am delighted to see you here! Welcome! I've been following your blog for quite some time! I have found it very helpful in breeding for rust resistance. Thank you for sharing all that you do! You are not only a fine hybridizer, but an impressive writer like Maurice! How lucky for us to have both of you on ATP!!!
I am also on the yahoo email "daylily rust group" . I am the one that asks all the dumb questions, which others so patiently answer.
One of the problems with rust is that there are more than just one strain of rust. A plant may be resistant to one or a few rust strains, but perhaps not all of them. That is something that is currently being addressed by sharing rust prone daylilies within the group. I think it is a great idea. I know you are on board with that idea, too!
I have a question for you .... what made you choose the name "onagadori"? I know it is a rare breed of chicken. Maybe "you" are a rare breed as a daylily hybridizer or is it in reference to breeding chickens?
Do you breed that particular species of fowl?
I find your work fascinating. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas, research, methods, and results!
