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- Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:18 am
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: Unusual Species to Use?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 137
Re: Unusual Species to Use?
R. xanthina has perhaps my favorite name. As a kid I read a series of fantasy books by Piers Anthony set in a fictional country named "Xanth." Alas, my seedlings of R. xanthina died back too far each winter here in Zone 3b to ever get more than a smattering of blossoms, so I removed them. I think ev...
- Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:36 am
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: Rose seed germination - new M.S. thesis
- Replies: 7
- Views: 526
Re: Rose seed germination - new M.S. thesis
I hate to be that guy, but there's a common grammatical error in the very first sentence! Kind of curious how they let that through.
- Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:26 pm
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: Seedling/genetics question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 422
Re: Seedling/genetics question
Another rose to look at is "Ruglauca." I got some fertility out of that, I think. Not full rugosa fertility. I may have posted seedling pics on the forum here if you search it for that. (use google: "site:rosebreeders.org ruglauca"). The first hurdle to jump for your seedling will be if it has good ...
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:43 am
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: Yellow Species Roses?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 448
Re: Yellow Species Roses?
to elaborate on Kim's paragraph above, when you put species pollen onto a modern reblooming rose often selecting successful crosses is as simple as finding the seedlings that don't bloom their first season. Technically if the modern rose had been self-pollinated then all of the seedlings would have ...
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:37 am
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: How to distinguish between wild roses?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 222
Re: How to distinguish between wild roses?
There really is only one way to find out if their dwarf stature is genetic or environmental...I hope you collected a few of the hips. :)
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 7:38 pm
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: 0% germination, what am I doing wrong
- Replies: 8
- Views: 350
Re: 0% germination, what am I doing wrong
Seven weeks is not a super long time....any way to put the germination trays back in the fridge? A lot will depend on the seeds, too. I often get zero percent from polyantha seeds, for some reason. If you can find a seed and cut it open with a fingernail clipper (sacrificing it as you'll probably da...
- Thu Nov 05, 2020 4:39 pm
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: Need Advice - I'm Just Starting Out
- Replies: 10
- Views: 617
Re: Need Advice - I'm Just Starting Out
Hi jwdykes, 2. Don't start out worrying about polyploids and diploids. There are some really good triploid roses that come from crossing diploids with tetraploids. Ploidy is relevant to breeding, and some problems can arise crossing ploidy, but when you're getting started I'd say ignore ploidy and h...
- Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:03 am
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: Wasagaming seeds
- Replies: 6
- Views: 525
Re: Wasagaming seeds
A drop or two of dish soap in the water may cause more to sink so you can get a better idea of potential viability.
You could also consider hacking a few open with a fingernail clipper to see if the embryo inside is withered or plump.
You could also consider hacking a few open with a fingernail clipper to see if the embryo inside is withered or plump.
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:49 am
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: 2020 Seed Exchange
- Replies: 10
- Views: 775
Re: 2020 Seed Exchange
I'm interested in The Fairy and Hansa, partly because of their diploid status which makes them likely to have not self-pollinated. Therefore some potential for interesting and varied OP seedlings?
- Sat Oct 17, 2020 12:53 pm
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: This is news to me
- Replies: 12
- Views: 737
Re: This is news to me
This sucks. They'll get after me for not including all the proper "TM"'s and "(r)"'s and "PW"'s in my catalog and facebook posts. I've already gotten a call from Spring Meadow about not including TM or some shit like that on my facebook posts. Baileys has always been chill and a great place to work ...
- Wed Sep 30, 2020 9:55 am
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: Splash and Dash equals Bad Technique?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1533
Re: Splash and Dash equals Bad Technique?
Good questions here and info from Don. I will now blab officiously about my own experiences as I sit on the couch waiting for the tea to shake off the stupor of what must have been a low-oxygen stuffy-nose night. I've noticed before that certain pollens had a tendency of producing smaller than norma...
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 8:28 am
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: Question on seedling
- Replies: 6
- Views: 711
Re: Question on seedling
Darn it, Daniel, you'll make us have to keep all of those interesting once-blooming seedlings with anecdotes like that! :)
Delayed remontancy is my pet peeve.
Delayed remontancy is my pet peeve.
- Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:25 pm
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: Sweet Spirit
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1481
Re: Sweet Spirit
Duane, I kind of took a year off from intensive pollination, and as such only pollinated about two hips on Sweet Spirit, both with pollen from CASNIT1, my cross of Canadian Shield and R. nitida. However, the enormous size of those hips speaks well to the fertility of Sweet Spirit. I would certainly ...
- Sun Sep 20, 2020 9:26 am
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: Current hips you are excited about?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 998
Re: Current hips you are excited about?
Sweet Spirit x (Canadian Shield x R. nitida)
- Fri Sep 18, 2020 1:51 pm
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: Sweet Spirit
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1481
Sweet Spirit
This almost could have been a reply in the recent thread asking about hips generating excitement. But posting as new thread to avoid thread-jacking. I’m kind of excited about Sweet Spirit. I have two plants that I keep in pots and store inside for the winter. It is a Double KO descendant, which migh...
- Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:43 am
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: 'Banshee' for hybridizing...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2755
Re: 'Banshee' for hybridizing...
Love to see those fat hips. And it reblooms. Congrats, Tom!
- Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:31 pm
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: R. Virginiana Bloom Sports
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1123
Re: R. Virginiana Bloom Sports
Congrats! Now to identify which parts are double and root a cutting.
- Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:44 am
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: All A'Twitter x Yatkan
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4166
Re: All A'Twitter x Yatkan
Having worked so hard to incorporate R. virginiana and R. carolina into my seedlings, I'm probably screwed in terms of creating a rose that's healthy nationwide. Thank you for the help in identifying downy mildew! It's probably around, but not super prevalent. We've had a somewhat easy year so far f...
- Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:19 am
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: All A'Twitter x Yatkan
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4166
Re: All A'Twitter x Yatkan
I don't seem to have downy mildew here, although I'm not sure I know what it looks like. I still have AATYAK, now growing in a pot in the greenhouse. I love the foliage. I actually have a few seedlings of it this year, but didn't make the effort to pollinate with it this year. We'll see if those see...
- Sat Jul 25, 2020 1:14 pm
- Forum: Rose Hybridizers Association Forum
- Topic: Problem with rabbits
- Replies: 3
- Views: 590
Re: Problem with rabbits
Liquid Fence might work. It is a spray that you spray right on the roses. We use it around here, mostly for deer.