Great information! Thanks for sharing! It's good to know that the seeds will do well that quickly after harvesting them. Paul, I notice that a lot of the same colors are grouped. I'm guessing it's because they were the same cross, and a lot of them look alike? I haven't had a bloom season yet, so I kind of expect a lot of them to be alike from the same cross. It's interesting that out of a group of one color, there is sometimes one that is completely different every once in a while. I'm hoping to get some to bloom next year, but thinking most likely they will need two years. That culling part is what I hope I'm able to do. I know I can't keep them all.
Brad, thanks for sharing, I know you are in your busy time for work yet, so it's great that you had time to tell us about your process. I got to see Brad's bunch of seedlings in the green house the year before last. They were some really nice big ones growing then. Those are some very nice beds of seedlings going there Brad, I can't wait to see them blooming next spring. I sure hope I can make it down there again next spring. I know how long it took to plant just the few I had last spring, it must have taken you a long time to get all of those lined out. Now you have me all excited about getting my new seeds started. I don't have as many crosses this year as last, I had to be selective due to space and time. Having a goal or a few goals, allows me to choose my crosses more carefully, and to limit the number of crosses I make. It's so fun making crosses though, that it's hard to limit them. Maybe we could also talk about the "goal" part of it, as well as just making crosses randomly.
