Sorry, wasn't me. Although I've heard of folks cutting pistils it is not something I do.
Becky, it may have been Polymerous or Juli's post in this thread that you remember....
The thread "I am having problems crossing daylilies" in
Daylilies forum
beckygardener said:
I just have to ask this question ....
Why such a desire to cross for pod instead of pollen to create seeds? What changes in the hybridizing from a seedling created from a pod vs. a seedling created from pollen?
For me it is a matter of my choice in pollen parents. I can spread the pollen from a chosen pollen parent with a majority of the characteristics I'm looking for to a lot of pod parents, make the seeds, then decide what crosses best match my goals for planting. If a plant won't set pods I might not want to use it's pollen unless there is a very specific cross with it that I want to get seeds from. After learning which plants are difficult to set on, I may make a note for the next year to use it's pollen in a few select crosses, as a major pollen for crosses or not use the plant at all.
