Best Article About Hybridizing “Hybridizing: Is it for you?” by Lori-Ann Jones – Fall 2013
Curious about making your own daylily crosses, but not sure where to begin? In “Hybridizing: Is it for you?” Lori-Ann Jones walks through what getting started actually looks like choosing a goal, picking the right parents, staying organized, and learning to be selective as seedlings bloom.
This is a practical, experience-based guide written from a tetraploid hybridizing perspective, with plenty of small, actionable tips you can use immediately.
What you’ll learn,
- Start with a goal
- Know your ploidy
- Pick smart parents
- A simple starter crossing plan
- Tagging + records that won’t fail you later
- Seed handling basics
- What happens after seedlings bloom.
