Everyone Can Breed Daylilies
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| − | The | + | The old mini-book that will be hard to beat: |
| − | [http://www. | + | [http://www.daylilies.org/Whatley/Whatley_TheArtOfHybridizing_1989.pdf THE ART OF HYBRIDIZING] by Oscie B. Whatley, Jr., AHS 1990. |
| − | You must read | + | The competition (which could also be considered models or used as a supplements or companion books): |
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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. [https://b-ok.lat/book/2529371/42f06a Download for free here.] | ||
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| + | [https://www.amazon.com/dp/1890132721/ Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving, 2nd Edition] by Carol Deppe, Chelsea Green Publishing, 384 pages, $30. [https://b-ok.lat/book/2035393/f0b7c7 Download for free here.] | ||
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| + | You must read these to understand the task involved in creating a really good book. | ||
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. | 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. In the interests of practicality, I draw the line at needing access to laboratory equipment. |
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| + | == Introduction and Basics == | ||
# Why breed daylilies? | # Why breed daylilies? | ||
| − | # | + | # Starting to breed daylilies. |
| + | ## Choosing what to cross. | ||
## Pollination. | ## Pollination. | ||
## Labelling pollinated flowers. | ## Labelling pollinated flowers. | ||
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## Evaluating seedlings. | ## Evaluating seedlings. | ||
## Naming seedlings. | ## Naming seedlings. | ||
| + | ## Selling your introductions. | ||
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| + | == Learning Intermediate Techniques == | ||
# Choosing breeding goals. | # Choosing breeding goals. | ||
## Who is your target market? | ## Who is your target market? | ||
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### Wholesale for Public works plantings (highways) | ### Wholesale for Public works plantings (highways) | ||
### Commercial growers buying varieties for patent or distinctive introduction | ### Commercial growers buying varieties for patent or distinctive introduction | ||
| + | ### Selling seed. | ||
## What do they want and why? (See ''What makes a good perennial?'' below) | ## What do they want and why? (See ''What makes a good perennial?'' below) | ||
## Ideas for breeding goals. (See ''Hybridizing goals for the new century'' below) | ## Ideas for breeding goals. (See ''Hybridizing goals for the new century'' below) | ||
| + | # Pollination | ||
| + | ## [https://theworld.com/~mhuben/pollination.html Pollination tips and techniques.] | ||
| + | # Selling your introductions. | ||
| + | ## Giving them away. | ||
| + | ## Selling over the internet. | ||
| + | ## Selling through an established daylily garden. | ||
| + | ## Selling through a professional nursery. | ||
| + | ### Patenting. | ||
| + | == Advanced Techniques == | ||
# The science of breeding daylilies. | # The science of breeding daylilies. | ||
## There is hardly any science involved in daylily breeding. You do not need to know plant anatomy, genetics, Punnet Squares, probability, pigment biochemistry, tissue culture, measuring yields, genetic engineering or any of the other knowledge of professional plant breeders. | ## There is hardly any science involved in daylily breeding. You do not need to know plant anatomy, genetics, Punnet Squares, probability, pigment biochemistry, tissue culture, measuring yields, genetic engineering or any of the other knowledge of professional plant breeders. | ||
## Plant breeding textbooks do not even list the type of breeding daylily breeders do. We do something very similar to the line breeding of animal breeders, but that is not that same as what plant breeders call line breeding. And we definitely are not hybridizing, according to the modern sense of the word, even thought we often loosely call it that. | ## Plant breeding textbooks do not even list the type of breeding daylily breeders do. We do something very similar to the line breeding of animal breeders, but that is not that same as what plant breeders call line breeding. And we definitely are not hybridizing, according to the modern sense of the word, even thought we often loosely call it that. | ||
## We are starkly ignorant of the genetics of daylilies, compared to the genetics of food crops. There are few well-characterized gene/allele based characteristics, and there is no table of which plants possess them or not. | ## We are starkly ignorant of the genetics of daylilies, compared to the genetics of food crops. There are few well-characterized gene/allele based characteristics, and there is no table of which plants possess them or not. | ||
| + | ## Flower color science. (Guzinski) | ||
## Diploids versus tetraploids and conversions. | ## Diploids versus tetraploids and conversions. | ||
| + | ### telling them apart by pollen and corolla tube | ||
| + | ### fertility | ||
| + | ### incompatibility | ||
| + | ### substance (whatever that is) | ||
| + | ## How many seedlings do you need? | ||
| + | ### the numbers game for recessives, and why tets are harder | ||
| + | ### Bell curve and regression to the mean for multiple gene traits. | ||
## Breeding pseudoscience. | ## Breeding pseudoscience. | ||
### Pod versus pollen parent. | ### Pod versus pollen parent. | ||
### Dormant, Semi-Evergreen, Evergreen have nothing to do with hardiness. | ### Dormant, Semi-Evergreen, Evergreen have nothing to do with hardiness. | ||
## Opportunities to answer interesting questions. | ## Opportunities to answer interesting questions. | ||
| − | # Breeding strategies. | + | # Breeding strategies. (What do I cross with what?) |
## Types of breeding. | ## Types of breeding. | ||
| − | ## Choosing parents. | + | ## Choosing parents. |
| + | ## Single generation goals. | ||
| + | ### Pretty on pretty. | ||
| + | ### What if? | ||
| + | ### Remake Stout crosses. | ||
| + | ### Selfing and converting to amplify traits. | ||
## Planning multi-generational goals. | ## Planning multi-generational goals. | ||
| − | ## | + | ### Example of return to white. |
## Selection. | ## Selection. | ||
| + | ### Conditions for selection. | ||
| + | ### Early selection. | ||
| + | ### Serendipity and the value of other's opinions. | ||
| + | ### Is it good enough to name? | ||
| + | ### Judging. (Garden judging.) | ||
| + | == Conclusion == | ||
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People I've thought of tapping for particular chapters: | People I've thought of tapping for particular chapters: | ||
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# Henley | # Henley | ||
# Reeder | # Reeder | ||
| + | # Guzinski | ||
# 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 | ||
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General gardening knowledge is sufficient. | General gardening knowledge is sufficient. | ||
There is lots of nonsense out there too. | There is lots of nonsense out there too. | ||
| + | Sobek IBSNE (a bee seedling), probably Itsy Bitsy Spider * Nutmeg Elf, good enough to introduce except for the high standards of Bob Sobek. | ||
Hybridizing can be cheap and low-technology. | Hybridizing can be cheap and low-technology. | ||
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| + | * [http://www.daylilies.org/2007DaylilyFertilityTips.pdf Daylily Fertility Tips - American Hemerocallis Society] | ||
| + | * [http://www.ofts.com/bill/hybrdize.html The Six Step Beginner's Approach to Hybridizing] | ||
