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Old July 22, 2009   #7
tjg911
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ok, i am wrong and i need to remember this softnecks can become hardneck nonsense because it is deeply ingrained in my head.

today i called a local organic farmer who i bought all my stock from initially. we stay in touch each year to compare harvests and sometimes i buy different varieties i don't have. i asked him and he agreed this can't happen.

he did remind me that sometimes a softneck will put up a scape. now i have seen this and thought it was odd but it is a low % of plants that do it. maybe this re enforced my idea about sn going hn.

buying more nootka rose from rich cuz i did not plant it last fall and i'm replacing german red with nr. i still have 2 bulbs of nr and they are hard as a rock and no shoots growing out of them. 12 month storage, how can you beat that when all the porcelans have been finished due to sprouting by early to mid april.

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