I too, am a novice at making Daylily crosses. This was my second year, but first with having kind of a plan. I had terrible success, but we had a early heat wave with temps as high as 114, so I am hoping that had a lot do with it, but I did have about 4 times as many Bee pods. I guess Mother Nature knows what she is doing. I only hybridize on the weekends, I just started a new job that works four 10's, so I will have more tries next year. Not only did most not take, but most that did would shrivel up and fall off, but there is always another summer, and I am continually learning from you guys/gals, so I have hope.