While I was out in the Gh today I found 2 pods...the dried up one is candidia double white X L'amour ( even though I killed L'amour I did get to use the pollen last fall) The other pod is off the same plant and........I CAN"T READ THE TAG!!!!!!!
GGGRRRRRRR it really ticks me off,I try to be soooo good about taging evey pollination I do and it fades on me.....
The really dry one is the CDW X L'amour....do you think the seeds will be any good?
Well pop those babies open and let's have a look. Bet they will be just fine if they didn't germinate in the pod.
Hurry and plant them CC or send them to me. LOL
I agree with both the GAls above! Hurry and pop them open and send them to me,LOL!!
Root, you and I make good Brug Beggars, don't we? LOLK
Hey I never miss a chance!! I know CC,I asked for a seed and got a whole Pod!! and they all most all came up,I shared 2 plants with Jeff today.
CC,Knows how I kid with her,I have drooled so long on her LE,she sent me some seeds to shut me up!!!
Pretty good, Root. LOL
CC been there done that....LOL the best laid plans...yadda yadda yadda...:-)
Well, do WE have seeds? Might as well join in the begging, right?
I don't know how much my (very little) experience will help, but here's what I did last summer. I cut pieces of different colored satin ribbon, a different color for each pollen & attached each one to a label marked with the cross & the date. I figured that if the ink faded, I would still know the pollen by the color of the ribbon. Some of my pods didn't take & I left the marker with the ribbon in the pot to see if they would fade beyond recognition down in the soil with the constant watering. They didn't fade at all.
I have a bunch of yearling seedlings from the seeds that you sent me. They should start blooming soon, some of them have buds, and they are outside ready to grow!
Open it CC ... and lets see!!!
Yeah! Open it up and let us see what's inside!
I had one like that CC and they germinated!
Ronna, I did the same thing last summer. I had run out of tags so I used 4 colors of ribbon. It worked great and the brugs looked so festive. Then when the pods started to ripen I could not find where I had the key of which color was which pollen. I now have tons of seeds marked X gold ribbon, X white ribbon etc. LOL. I may toss them! But the pollen I used was RK, L'Amour, and Rosamond so it hurts. LOL
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Use the "Minnie Pearl" tags, but then tape over the writing so it won't fade.
Kell do you need my address?!?! Don't toss them,lets start an absentminded seedbank,seeds for new folks,that do not care what the cross is,LOL!!
I use a sharpie and write on the stem, and then I can't read my shorthand!
I use paint markers and it doesn't fade
I use nursery tags..the kind you tear off a roll and feed one end thru the other till they tighten down.A lifetime sized roll is expensive..but hey..what price can you put on accuracy.. :-)
I still use the Industrial Sharpie, it never fades, nor washes off, so DON"T get it on your clothes!
Where do you find the industrial sharpie, Hibiscus?
Karyn, CDW x L'Amour should be an excellent cross. You might obtain your own double PINK!!!
Walmart, Lowes', any office supply store.
Thanks, Hibiscus. I'll check Walmart and see if I can find one.
Gee Ada, you are not giving me much confidence! LOL. I have been using the rub a dub dub pens. Will they fade as some point? I used to use pencil and I just love being able to read the black ink so easily now.
I'll take a picture tonite.....
heres the pods open....lots of seeds!
Oh my gosh, get the soil boiled. You are ready to plant. I hope that pod from CDW will produce something really special.
WTG CC ... got them planted yet. Will keep my fingers & toes crossed for something really good!
Best of luck for a beauty from these, CC.
Kell, I'm using the Rub a Dub pen also and also the Sharpies. Which ever I can find at the time. LOL
Get them going CC! I keep my fingers crossed for you!
Yep.we are all Rooting for you!!!!
