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Old 06-11-2006, 02:43 PM posted to rec.gardens.orchids
Susan Erickson Susan Erickson is offline
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Default What are the issues?

On Sun, 5 Nov 2006 17:19:05 -0500, "Kenni Judd"
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All of which begs the question of, what's a hobbyist to do with 1000 of a
particular clone or cross? That's a lot of plants for me to handle ...
Kenni

The easy answer on that is that they will have a higher percentage die
off from compot stage to first bloom. So they see if they can e-bay a
flask or two, double their expected ability to handle plants and pitch
the rest. Cost of doing business is sometimes the unsellable gets
tossed even if you paid for it.
SuE
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