This year I tried sowing rhododendron seeds for the second time (first time were a disaster) .I’m very much a beginner both with rhododendrons and gardening, but seeing the small seeds germinate, and grow into small plants has been absolutely trilling. One of the seed lots. Is from the seed list from the Danish Chapter of ARS no: RF 256/07 - R. luteum CW. From Kulakkaya, Turkey –collected by Hans Eiberg. (The same seeds have been distributed from ARS 2008 as no: 162) It was sown 31st of December 2007 in brown peat with perlite 70-30.And planted outside in the mid of May 2008 in my garden in Hvidovre, Copenhagen -Denmark. It has been growing very fine and today I have 58 healthy plants between 5 to 20 cm. Now the exciting thing is that the 10th. Of august 2008. I discovered a small pale yellow flower on one of the plants. The plant is only 9 cm. flowering only approx., 8 month after sowing. For the professional nursery people this might be a “normal” thing. But for a beginner (me) this I absolutely fantastic. In short I have been told that the genetic explanation to my miracle is that there has been a development error and got to do with an error in the regulation of a gene. The rest of explanations I will leave to those that have the knowledge and are capable of explaining… If there is anyone with same experience with this seed number I would be happy to receive an e-mail:mikkel-massage@hotmail.com
If there is anyone out there that haven’t tried sowing rhododendrons or other plants I can recommend it. Watching the small plants slowly growing into something “unknown” It’s fantastic!
Under den daglige inspektion af min ”rhodo-børnehave” og frønummer R. luteum RF 256/07 (R. luteum CW. Gode mørkegule storblomstrende former fra Kulakkaya, Tyrkiet - Hans Eiberg) opdagede jeg til min store forundring og endnu større glæde en lille blomst efter kun ca. 8 måneder fra såning. Jeg sendte straks et par billeder til frøleverandøren, Hans Eiberg, for at sikre mig at der ikke er noget ”galt med mit lille barn”. Og heldigvis skal planten ikke i kompostbeholderen foreløbigt. Hans kunne fortælle ”at der indimellem sker udviklingsfejl. Planterne har vokset kraftigt og der er sket en fejl i et gen. Resten af planten kan godt være i orden”. Men fremtiden må vise om det bliver hædersplads i haven eller komposten… Den bliver i hverttilfælde spændene at følge. Hvis der er andre der har lignende eller andre spøjse oplevelser med samme frø nummer må i meget gerne sende en mail: mikkel-massage@hotmail.com
frøene er sået d:31-12-2007 i brun spagnum og perlite:70-30. Sat i bænk udendørs midt i maj måned. Og planten der "blomster" er i ca. 9cm. Høj. Frøene har spiret/vokset meget fint. jeg har i dag 58 planter mellem 5-20 cm. Høje.
frøene er sået d:31-12-2007 i brun spagnum og perlite:70-30. Sat i bænk udendørs midt i maj måned. Og planten der "blomster" er i ca. 9cm. Høj. Frøene har spiret/vokset meget fint. jeg har i dag 58 planter mellem 5-20 cm. Høje.
