Everyone Can Breed Daylilies
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| + | The competition (which could also be considered a model or used as a supplement or companion book): | ||
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| + | [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1604693649 Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener: How to Create Unique Vegetables and Flowers] by Joseph Tychonievich, Timber Press, 200 pages, $20. | ||
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| + | You must read this to understand the task involved in creating a really good book. | ||
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| + | Our book will be more specialized and targeted, and thus provide information in more depth that is relevant to daylily hybridizing. I'd contact Joseph and discuss ideas with him about his process and feedback. I've bought his book for myself and to give to a 13 year old beginning breeder. | ||
# Daylily breeding is amazingly easy.<br>No science or talent is needed beyond beginner gardening skills. Pollinate, collect the seeds, grow the seeds, then enjoy results. It takes one year to bloom in the south, and two to four years in the north. But if you want to breed well, there are many things you can learn to improve your results. This book is organized to tell you the easiest, simplest ways to breed daylilies, and then present a number of possible ways to improve your daylily breeding. | # Daylily breeding is amazingly easy.<br>No science or talent is needed beyond beginner gardening skills. Pollinate, collect the seeds, grow the seeds, then enjoy results. It takes one year to bloom in the south, and two to four years in the north. But if you want to breed well, there are many things you can learn to improve your results. This book is organized to tell you the easiest, simplest ways to breed daylilies, and then present a number of possible ways to improve your daylily breeding. | ||
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# numerous others | # numerous others | ||
# Might be possible to integrate the Whatley "Art Of Hybridizing" articles. http://www.daylilies.org/Whatley/Whatley_TheArtOfHybridizing_1989.pdf | # Might be possible to integrate the Whatley "Art Of Hybridizing" articles. http://www.daylilies.org/Whatley/Whatley_TheArtOfHybridizing_1989.pdf | ||
