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yesterday by
Lex-CC
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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.
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#1 of 3 posted
yesterday by
 HubertG
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Sounds OK. I'm in Australia and I don't bother with the fridge treatment. I do use dilute bleachy water to clean the seeds once they are removed from the hip, then rinse them with clean water, let them dry on some tissue then plant as soon as I can.
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#2 of 3 posted
yesterday by
Lex-CC
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Thanks very much for the information.
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#3 of 3 posted
yesterday by
Lee H.
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I’d recommend joining the Rose Hybridizers Association (rosebreeders dot org), and getting their book “Rose Hybridizing For Beginners”. Lots of good ideas, and they have an active forum on such subjects.
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