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Post by sweetpea on Jun 22, 2013 12:50:26 GMT
This is where keeping notes and accurate labelling come in as once the flowers have gone seed pods tend to look much the same.
There always seems to be a predominance of pink colours with SPs One I used to grow which was an excellent variety but is nowhere to be seen now was Angela Anne.
I am not trying my hand at breeding any more. Doubt I would be here to see the results.
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Post by scrumpy on Jun 28, 2013 20:16:52 GMT
There is now a white with a pale lavender flush, the original pink is showing, as is the maroon.What looks like a raspberry ripple might also be coming.
So the 3 from last year, plus 4 new colours it looks like.
I think i'm going to have to prepare a separate bed at the allotment for them next year at this rate!!!
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Post by Tel on Jun 29, 2013 18:22:40 GMT
Hope you get at least one decent new variety, out of them Scrumpy  |
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Post by scrumpy on Jun 29, 2013 20:12:37 GMT
The white and cream are really good. They are producing 4 well spaced blooms on solid 20" stems at the moment.
The white with faint lavender flush looks good too. The pink has settled down with a cream base, and the raspberry ripple looks like it has cream in it,so looking forward to seeing that one when fully developed.
My aim is to get an entry in the nationals at Harrogate...mixed vase...of all the seedlings. If I can, they will be unbeatable I reckon.
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Post by scrumpy on Aug 12, 2013 19:11:44 GMT
Well we did get a vase in but it was beatable Anyway, the following are all the colour variations on the plants as they are today. The blooms are still a good size, and stems are still a good size. Lots of seed pods and more to come, though lots have fallen off. Will save as many as possible of each colour for next year. This one is a Sir Jimmy Shand lookalike  Red  Cream  White  Maroon  Pink/white  Pink/cream  Lavender Flush  Mauve  and the flush one showing stem length  |
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Post by Rosie on Aug 13, 2013 9:09:41 GMT
They are just gorgeous Scrumpy, i think my favouite is the 1st one, but i also love the pink/white and lavender flush.:0
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Post by scrumpy on Aug 13, 2013 9:21:48 GMT
They all look better close up.
The lavender flush is nice. Only one plant of that one. The one you like, although very similar to Sir Jimmy, has longer stems and has kept 4 flowers on it. Sir Jimmy can go to three quite quickly I've been told, so that may be a plus for it.
Only one plant of that one.
People that have seen the mauve one ( 2 plants) like the colour. They say it is different to any that they know. So that is promising. The pink and cream one had a bit of interest shown in it too.
The others have colours similar to ones already available.
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Post by sweetpea on Sept 16, 2013 17:32:24 GMT
Good luck with them scrumpy. You are certainly going to have your time cut out with that lot. Big problem usually is finding the space for them.
Today I harvested my first seed pod and just as I did it bucketed down so that was the end of that until they dry out again.
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Post by scrumpy on Sept 16, 2013 20:04:16 GMT
Starting to collect seeds now. Have got some of each colour. Lots of maroon and pink/cream already.
Am preparing beds over the allotment, so If all goes to plan I will have 16 of each variety, growing 164 in total. Also got a neighbour who is interested so some will go to him, and some to his dad.
Can't believe that in 6 weeks time I'll be sowing them, so I'll get a good idea of germination rate.
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Post by sweetpea on Sept 20, 2013 17:24:59 GMT
A few more seeds harvested today but nowhere near what I used to get. possibly the less good growing conditions they are in. if I can't change the position for next season I will have to make sure the ground is well prepared - groan! I can see the embrocation having to come out  |
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Post by Moonlight on Sept 20, 2013 22:51:11 GMT
A few more seeds harvested today but nowhere near what I used to get. possibly the less good growing conditions they are in. if I can't change the position for next season I will have to make sure the ground is well prepared - groan! I can see the embrocation having to come out |
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Post by sweetpea on Sept 21, 2013 12:00:09 GMT
A few more seeds harvested today but nowhere near what I used to get. possibly the less good growing conditions they are in. if I can't change the position for next season I will have to make sure the ground is well prepared - groan! I can see the embrocation having to come out Hope you didn't think it was for the sweetpeas  I don't really use that, just suffer in silence, well usually. |
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Post by scrumpy on Sept 29, 2013 19:59:44 GMT
Still collecting. Got enough of each variety to grow 16 plants, but I want to double that to give me more choice when planting out.
One particular variety, the mauve one, has produced some aweful shrivelled seeds, so I had a bit of a play with them.
I soaked 6 of them for 24 hours last Sunday, by Monday they had taken in water nicely and looked like proper seeds, sowed them and all 6 have germinated. I don't usually soak them, but if I have some more shrivelled seeds of other varieties I'll do the same.
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Post by scrumpy on Jun 30, 2014 22:58:41 GMT
All colours from last year appeared this year. Some were more reliable than others. The best were the white ones, pink/cream and Sir Jimmy lookalike. 70% came true. Next best was the mauve one, followed by the red one ( now classed as deep magenta) and the cream, At least half were true to form. The least reliable was the pink/white. It produced lots of shades, so I won't do that one again. The Maroon one wasn't very stable, and those that stayed true had poor spacing, so that ones on it's way. I had a bit of variation with the lavender one, but 3 look OK so I'll save them for next year. Below are 2 new colours, that look a lot better than the pictures   Will try them next year, just one plant of each. So with a bit of luck,next year I'm hoping for 100% white, sir jimmy and pink/cream. Careful reselection should improve the majenta, mauve and lavender. And hopefully a few more cream will be true. So that will be 9 seedlings in all. |
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Post by Cherry on Jul 5, 2014 16:25:07 GMT
I can tell you are enjoying breeding these new varieties scrumpy. It is very exciting. |
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