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Ton_hannink
My Garden
| | Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 03:38 pm EST : |   
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Suzy, I have at least 4 young plants of 'Betty Corning'. They have not have problems during Winter. Here is a picture of a plant.
Ton_hannink The Netherlands |
Suzymac
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My Garden
| | Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 03:59 pm EST : |
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These are beautiful plants, Ton ! You will be the first to have flowers from these seeds. By the looks of your plants you are far ahead of
me with your results ! I have problems with Betty C. seedlings kept indoors over the winter and have lost many. :>( My other seedlings are fine.
As you know, I crossed the BC mother plant with lots of other clematis throughout the summer, so you should have some VERY interesting flowers ! I am extremely anxious to see what you will
get !
Please show us ALL of them when it happens. I am hoping a few of yours may flower by end of summer, if you are very lucky.
Thank you so much for the update.
Suzy
Suzymac Massachusetts zone 6-A |
Rogervanloon
| | Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 04:29 pm EST : |
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Ton! I think I saw those plants today, when I was in that greenhouse that you use! Are they from seed that Suzy sent you?
Anyhow, they should turn out to be fascinating plants, in any case: perhaps
- self-pollinated Betty Corning?
- open-pollinated BC (who knows what the bees brought)?
- hand-pollinated with some LFH or perhaps something form the viornae group?
I wonder if you will be able to decide what it is when you see the flowers!
Rogervanloon
- Flanders,
Zone "USDA 7b"
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Ton_hannink
My Garden
| | Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 04:32 pm EST : |
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Yes Roger, you have seen the young plants of the seeds which Suzy have sent to me. My own 'Betty Corning' does not give fertile seeds.
Ton_hannink The Netherlands |
Rogervanloon
| | Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 05:04 pm EST : |
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Ton, I think that there is one factor, as to seed setting, which is often overlooked: the temperature at the time of meiosis (fertilisation).
For example, I get loads of fertile seed from some of my Camellia's, if the temperature when they flower is high. The rest of the summer is of no importance. If we have a very good summer (but cold weather at flowering time) they don't set seed.
Perhaps we should try to do our pollinations mainly when the temperature is high!
I wonder if that could be the reason why Suzy gets fertile seed and you don't.
Just a thought.
Rogervanloon
- Flanders,
Zone "USDA 7b"
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Bcollingwood
My Garden
| | Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 06:07 pm EST : |
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Ton
I've got four healthy seedlings, too; the germination (only came up 6th March) period was 425 days.
Very exciting!
Bcollingwood
- Manchester,
Zone "UK"
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Ton_hannink
My Garden
| | Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 06:17 pm EST : |
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I have potted my last seedlings about one month ago.
Ton_hannink The Netherlands |
Suzymac
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My Garden
| | Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 10:42 pm EST : |
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Brian, this will be a first, I think. Especially with the crosses I did. I know of no other crosses with BC that have been raised or marketed, do you ? There's no telling what is in the works, but you two gentlemen have the very first that I know of !
Good luck to you both !
Suzy
Suzymac Massachusetts zone 6-A |
Karalyn
My Weather
| | Posted on Sunday, April 02, 2006 - 01:23 pm EST : |
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Congratulations, to the both of you! I can hardly wait to see what the blooms turn out to be! Wow! 425 days! Amazing! 
Karalyn Idaho Zone 6 |
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