2014 Calendar

Blues Fest 2014
Greetings from Iowa City, CVIDS Members! I hope that you enjoyed the Festive Season and wish you and your family all the best in 2014. Have you grown tired of polar vortices, snow removal, and bone-chilling cold? If yes, perhaps I have a cure for your winter blahs. I hereby invite you to take part in what I'm calling "Blues Fest 2014". Here's the scoop. Last summer, I had lots of fun making over 200 successful crosses with about two dozen blue-faced daylilies. On Black Friday, I began planting over 700 seeds. The seedlings are coming along well under greenhouse lights, and I plan to start transplanting them from 72-well flats into individual 4-inch pots this weekend. However, I have a problem on my hands. I collected far more seeds than I have room for, and I certainly don't want them to go to waste. I therefore invite you to participate in "Blues Fest 2014". Would you be interested to take and germinate some of my extra seeds? I cannot promise you a Stout Silver Medal winner, but I can promise you a lot of fun over the next 1-2 years as you bring your "babies" to first bloom. These seedlings would be yours, and you'd be free to register them if you so desire. I ask for nothing in return except perhaps a single fan of your most beautiful seedlings, if that is OK with you. If you are interested to take part, you can view the crosses for which I have extra seeds below. You will see that the spreadsheet has five columns: from L to R, the number of the cross (e.g 13-XX), a photo of the pod parent and one of the pollen parent, the number of seeds still available from that cross, and a blank column where I'll type in name or names of the volunteer(s) that select(s) that cross. Pretty much every cross has at least one parent with a bluish eye or a bluish eye plus edge. The second parent may also be blue-faced or alternatively it may be a solid color (e.g. red), a bicolor (e.g. Tutankhamun or my XYZ seedling), a UFO (e.g. Marked by Lydia), or just one I decided to cross that particular morning! If you're interested to know the strategies behind the various crosses, put a glass of wine in front of me and I'd be happy to tell you all about them. I ask that you take a look at the various crosses and provide me ASAP please a list of: (a) which ones you are most interested in, and (b) how many seeds for each cross. I'll do my best to give as many folks as I can their top choices. Also, please tell me when you'd like to receive your seeds (e.g. at an upcoming meeting (which?) or when the glacier recedes in May). One other piece of information that may be helpful to you. What is the germination rate that I'm seeing this winter? Once in a while, I find a cross whose seeds don't germinate well, but that is rare. Mostly, I'm getting 50-80% germination, not infrequently 100%. :) So, in closing, I thank you for considering this cure for the winter blahs and look forward to hearing from you by e-mail or phone. Have fun! Thank you and best wishes, Jonathan Everybody starts their seedlings in a different way. Click here to access a slideshow describing how I do it. Good Luck! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CROSS	POD PARENT	POLLEN PARENT	Seeds Available	Interested Parties
13-1	Blue Jean Baby	Moments Rich in Blessings	3
13-11	Blue Jean Baby	Blue Beat	6
13-17	Tutankhamun	Crystal Blue Persuasion	22
13-31	Bright Carnival	Mississippi Blues	8
13-32	Bright Carnival	Funky Blues	8
13-33	Bright Carnival	Mississippi Blues	5
13-42	Hood College	Crystal Blue Persuasion	11
13-48	Tutankhamun	Crystal Blue Persuasion	20
13-49	Tutankhamun	Crystal Blue Persuasion	12
13-51	Bright Carnival	Funky Blues	6
13-52	Crystal Blue Persuasion	Marked by Lydia	11
13-53	Bright Carnival	Blue Beat	14
13-54	Hood College	True Blue Heart	16
13-55	Hood College	Crystal Blue Persuasion	5
13-57	Old King Cole	Knightly Treasure	11
13-58	Wizard's Eye	Crystal Blue Persuasion	9
13-59	Bright Carnival	Blue Beat	16
13-61	Captivating Smile	Knightly Treasure	7
13-67	Indian Giver	Crystal Blue Persuasion	19
13-75	Bright Carnival	Blue Bird-of-Paradise	13
13-81	Bobby Martin	Ada May Musick	9
13-83	Blue Gold Macaw	Ada May Musick	3?
13-85	Indian Giver	True Blue Heart	19
13-86	Indian Giver	Blue Crystal	16
13-89	Indian Giver	Blue Crystal	20
13-96	Tutankhamun	True Blue Heart	12
13-104	Hood College	True Blue Heart	15
13-105	Russell unregistered bicolor	Blue Crystal	9
13-108	Tranquil Waters	Monday Morning Blues	3
13-109	Bobby Martin	Blue Desire	3
13-119	Henrietta McIntyre	Bluebird Butterfly	6
13-120	Tutankhamun	Blue Crystal	10
13-125	Captivating Smile	Bird Talk	3
13-126	Bewitching Eyes	Ada May Musick	5
13-128	Lucid Moment	Bird Talk	6
13-135	Radar Love	Blue Desire	5
13-136	Indian Giver	Crystal Blue Persuasion	26
13-139	Jonathan's XYZ Seedling	Crystal Blue Persuasion	8
13-145	Indian Giver	Crystal Blue Persuasion	28
13-149	Chinese Chariot	Mississippi Blues	4
13-150	Charmed Existence	Mississippi Blues	1
13-152	Dream Sequence	Crystal Blue Persuasion	30
13-153	Chinese Chariot	Delta Blues	10
13-154	Dream Sequence	Crystal Blue Persuasion	29
13-156	Jonathan's XYZ Seedling	Dream Sequence	5
13-159	Crystal Blue Persuasion	Dream Sequence	8
13-163	Lucid Moment	Blue Beat	6
13-164	Radar Love	Blue Desire	3
13-165	Chinese Chariot	Blue Desire	14
13-176	Chinese Chariot	Bird Talk	6
13-182	Dream Sequence	Crystal Blue Persuasion	23
13-183	Dream Sequence	Jonathan's XYZ Seedling	14
13-184	Crystal Blue Persuasion	Dream Sequence	3
13-186	Charmed Existence	Bird Talk	7
13-188	Dream Sequence	Crystal Blue Persuasion	18
13-189	Dream Sequence	Jonathan's XYZ Seedling	15

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