Everyone Can Breed Daylilies
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The competition (which could also be considered models or used as a supplements or companion books): | The competition (which could also be considered models or used as a supplements or companion books): | ||
− | [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. | + | [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.] |
− | [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://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.] |
You must read these to understand the task involved in creating a really good book. | You must read these to understand the task involved in creating a really good book. | ||
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# Why breed daylilies? | # Why breed daylilies? | ||
# Starting to breed daylilies. | # Starting to breed daylilies. | ||
+ | ## Choosing what to cross. | ||
## Pollination. | ## Pollination. | ||
## Labelling pollinated flowers. | ## Labelling pollinated flowers. | ||
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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 == | == Advanced Techniques == | ||
# The science of breeding daylilies. | # The science of breeding daylilies. | ||
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* [http://www.daylilies.org/2007DaylilyFertilityTips.pdf Daylily Fertility Tips - American Hemerocallis Society] | * [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] |