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[catjac1975]

Here are a few of todays new cultivars. View at your own risk. The viewing of daylilies is highly addictive.

I WARNED YOU! Hahahaha!

 

[desertlady]

Love those curls!!

 

[so lucky]

Since Marshallsmyth was the OP on this thread, I guess I can put this here. I wonder how he is doing, and if he ever got his internet problems fixed. I miss his silly/wise/educated input. Guess he is as busy as can be up there in the mountains.

 

[thistlebloom]

I love that dark one on the bottom Cat
Oh, and the top one's real pretty too,
and the two ruffled ones are gorgeous!

 

[catjac1975]

Told you.
The big ruffles are called "chicken fat" A hilarious term coined by southern breeders.

 

[The Mama Chicken]

Since Marshallsmyth was the OP on this thread, I guess I can put this here. I wonder how he is doing, and if he ever got his internet problems fixed. I miss his silly/wise/educated input. Guess he is as busy as can be up there in the mountains.

I was wondering too. Hope everything is well with him.

 

[digitS']

Cat, your season seems to be just about the same as mine.

I only have 2 varieties of daylilies but they have both just begun to bloom. They must be terribly rootbound but look just as vigorous as ever .

Someone, I think Lesa, commented on the beauty of potato blooms. In my simple, potager notions on plant breeding - I think about trying to develop a new potato variety. I have no idea how this might work since potatoes are usually propagated vegetatively, from the tubers. But, that's true with the daylily, also. Does that mean that they are a genetic mix from the get-go?

(Yes, Marshall could lend some enthusiasm for these kinds of experiments, even amongst the novices. )

Steve

 

[catjac1975]

You cross the pollen of one onto the stamen of another. The resulting seed is the cross. The seed will give me the fist bloom in 1-3 years. Usually 3. If you cross pollinate the potato flower of one with another you will get a cross. I don't know if the produce actual see. I have never noticed any. I'm sure there's a website to fine out the info on potato crosses.

 

[catjac1975]

http://www.ehow.com/info_8597521_potatoes-crosspollinate.html
Here is what I found
Seeds
Potatoes can be grown from seed by harvesting the small tomato-like fruit when it softens. Soak the seeds in water or blend the fruit briefly with water until the seeds are clean, then dry them on a paper towel. Planting seeds can overcome the problem of seed potatoes that are damaged and do not survive the winter well. Plant the seeds in seed trays, and abandon seedlings that are not strong or healthy. Creating new varieties can take many years and generations. The Shepody potato, which has been extremely successful in Canada and the United States for making French fries, took 13 years to develop.



Read more: Will Potatoes Cross-Pollinate? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/info_8597521_potatoes-crosspollinate.html#ixzz208s1GDY7

Cat, your season seems to be just about the same as mine.

I only have 2 varieties of daylilies but they have both just begun to bloom. They must be terribly rootbound but look just as vigorous as ever .

Someone, I think Lesa, commented on the beauty of potato blooms. In my simple, potager notions on plant breeding - I think about trying to develop a new potato variety. I have no idea how this might work since potatoes are usually propagated vegetatively, from the tubers. But, that's true with the daylily, also. Does that mean that they are a genetic mix from the get-go?

(Yes, Marshall could lend some enthusiasm for these kinds of experiments, even amongst the novices. )

Steve

 

[HotPepperQueen]

I figured I would join in on this thread! Considering I just read through all 22 pages of posts

Tomatoes

Peppers

Green Beans

The big garden

Radish, Parsnips, and Carrots

Onions and Garlic (that look terrible!)

Cucumbers

More cucumbers and potatoes (and a random tomato plant)

My biggest garden embarassment at the moment- Gourds (in there somewhere!) and Sunflowers


For some reason this year poision ivy has been my most widespread weed. This has never happened before and my neighbors aren't having this issue at all. It has been a steady 90+ degrees for the past two weeks so gardening in jeans, long sleeved shirt, gloves, and boots hasn't exactly been the most appealing thing ever, that's why the Gourds look so bad (most of the poison ivy is over there). This fall I plan on spraying the bejesus out of all of poison ivy with roundup out there and hoping for the best!