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This is a seed pod on Whiskers....Aurea Gold x Charles Grimaldi x? No idea who the father is. :)

This message was edited Saturday, Nov 10th 1:46 PM

It amazes me how different pods can be. That looks like the pod I got from Jean Pasco last year. She had a lot of pods on her but I didn't know that I could take a cutting with the pods on it and let it finish maturing. See, I'm learning a lot from this forum. Maybe in a few years I might be able to figure out how to hand pollinate the right way and get results.

S.

Brugie
I know you can do it. Just follow Brugman's instructions. I've got over 70 pods that are still growing!!! My first attempts only produced 3 good pods, but it's a start. I went back and reviewed his instructions, used pollen from a different variety and voila!! I've got pods. I think it was Tig that wanted to know about bringing them in, so I followed the directions for that. I've brought all the brugs into the green house, didn't prune them even if they needed it because they had buds on them. It's become another addiction, this pollinating.(some are over 7 feet tall and reaching them is a long stretch) I have no idea what I will do if all the pods mature, except share them, because my little green house is full.

Definitly not a pure aurea-but then we all knew that. Looks very candida like to me. Can't wait till I get some seeds started on that one to see much better.
Calalilly,
Surely you are going to keep at least one of your hybrids for yourself. I generally plant the ones I want the most out of all the hybrids and give the rest out. The trick is only to make crosses you want and then select the best crosses or the ones your most drawn to. The rest is luck and wishing. I sure wish we could grow them all though. I do tend to grow many more in seedling trays to select for leaf characteristics first though. Culling any most that don't show the traits I am after right from the start,stragglers, etc.

Brugman
Surely if I share and someone gets a great one, they will give a piece of it back? Yes, I will start some. I have this addiction to starting things. That's why my green house is too full already.

I know I would ;)

Me too Susie. How could anyone have the time to plant all those seeds themselves? I know I wouldn't even have the room to begin with. I'm willing to share my brug cuttings with those who are interested in them and will do the same with seeds once I learn to follow Eric's instructions. :-)

So, Susie, keep me in mind for a few of your seeds if you will. I'm like you....I love to start things from the bottom up. It is more of a challenge than starting cuttings, even tho I love to watch them do their thing too.

Yep!! I'm addicted to brugs in any form.

S.

Seedlings are my favorite as well, but only because I know each and every seedling is unique and I am addicted to trying to find that one perfect flower that will slowly emerge and show itself first in my garden. Beats having to wait to get others hybrids at anyrate. Of course some of those other hybrids are to die for. Why make the same cross as someone else if you can have their cross and work on it from there. No point in going backward when one can go forward...or as they say...theirs no point in reinventing the wheel....Rambling on as ever.

you see where your rambling has gotten us all don't you???? LOL!!! pollenating, watching seedpods as anxiously as flowers, planting seeds, learning!!!!!!! ack!
:)

Okay, Gloria, old buddy, old friend of mine, lol, you are going to have to share some of the seeds from that huge pod. I have seed pods forming on my Tyler's Pride and hope to get some new ones from there. The pods, at this time, are only about 2 inches long and as big around as a pencil. I'll have to look at some of the cuttings that I took from other plants which were forming pods at the time and see if any of them are hanging on.
Kids are killing each other, got to run before the blood bath starts. will try to get back later today.
Jackie

Jackie,
But of course my dear.