Hi! I've just started with rose breeding. I'm in the UK.
I've just crossed a few roses in my garden and hope to collect the hips at the start of October.
I'm trying to think through the best plan as I will be away for a couple of weeks in early October....
Here is my current draft plan:
At the start of October, remove the successful hips, wash briefly in dilute Milton (hypochlorite), rinse in water and store each hip in it's own individual little bags in the fridge whilst I'm away. Then, extract the seeds from the hip, wash the seeds in Milton and rinse in water. Place the sets of seeds in individual little bags with a damp piece of tissue, in the fridge, for a couple of weeks. Then plant out seeds in a tray and leave in the garage over winter.
Please can people advise if this seems reasonable. I don't want to lose my first precious crosses!
Thanks very much in advance.