AVSA Magazine Article on Propagating Fantasies
Any thoughts about this? The article was written by Pat Hancock and is in the May/June 2014 issue. Summarizing: Pat Hancock says she loves "fantasies", but has found them to be variable, and...
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Thank you so much for summarizing this article. Has anyone else ever heard of this? It seems unusual that it would just surface now if Pat ran into it many years ago. My mom liked fantasies but I'm...
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It makes perfect sense - you are always closer to the original when you propagate this way.
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Shouldn't suckers be as good or better?Added: Okay, when I tried to see if suckers or bloom stems were "better," I found that Violet Barn mentioned propagating fantasies by this method on their bloom...
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The article mentioned that she tried suckers for Buckeye Especially Mine, but thought she got better results from the bloom stems. I don't think the technique is new, but I usually see it mentioned...
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Do bloom stems work better with chimeras than suckers? Diana
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No idea. I've only tried bloom stem propagation twice on my chimera sport of Ness' Midnight Fantasy, and failed miserably both times. Went to mush in under a week. Maybe I should look into clonex or...
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At what time do you remove the bloom stem before the flower opens or after it has faded ?
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I hope someone knows the Answer, Pat. I do not!
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I joined the avsa last week. I don't know when the magazine subscription will be activated but it sounds like very interesting reading. I have a yukako bloom stalk down right now that is about...
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This past Sunday (Sept 21) was a "Back-To-Basics" workshop, at TAVS. Our president (Sayeh Beheshti) did her demonstration on this topic. She removed all of the buds, before they opened, leaving only...
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One of the only things I do know....you need to have large leaves on the stalk. They have a name and Arthur's "dog ears" comment reminded me. The larger these are, the better. When they are small, it...
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