Great idea Guys Let me know if I can help Eric Duma Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 18, 2021, at 11:37 AM, Michael Homick via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > For a number of years Paul and I ran the North American Lily > Society's seed exchange. During that time I was thinking of a program that > would take the seed exchange one step further in its evolution. The seed > exchange is great for crosses of new hybrids that can be raised as the next > generation. I always wished there could be something similar for the > notable species selections and historical hybrids. With that in mind I > propose a new program that we are preparing to run with. > *S.T.A.R.T.S*. > *Seedlings, Transplants, And Regenerated Tissue Selections*. > What is that, you may ask. > It is a means of getting the old historical lily Lilium hybrids back to > their vigor of bygone years and making Lilium species and selected species > available to lily growers at what I hope will be a reasonable cost. > > This program will at first be offered to USA growers, but perhaps in the > future, internationally. When the pandemic is over and NALS starts having > physical shows, it will certainly include Canada. > > If you are growing historical lilies or have uncommon species or a species > with traits not usually found commercially, I would love to hear from you. > I am looking for *buds, but* not the kind you smoke. > > For more information on this follow the link below. > http://www.gpbotanicals.com/starts/ > All discussion is welcome, let's work together on getting this program > running > All the best, Michael Homick and Paul Machado > michaelhomick@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>