I am finding it difficult to obtain the plants I need in sufficient quantities. In the past I have worked with hops which are incredibly easy to cultivate from cuttings and grow very quickly. I also have worked with E. coli which equally is easy to grow and potentially give you answers overnight. Now I am getting used to working with Rhododendrons and Oomycetes and everything is a lot slower. I feel like I have been here almost a year and I'm only just ready to begin my first field experiment and I still don't have the plants I need and I want to begin in July. I really don't want to push this back another season to the Fall.
On the more positive side I have been given the opportunity to do some additional work to supplement a colleague's data working with P. ramorum. This will be exciting for me as I will gain experience working in containment with this pathogen. But yet again I am in need of additional plants of specific cultivars and of a certain size and it is difficult to find nurseries who can supply me with the numbers I need in the short time frame that I have.
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If you identify a foolproof way of quickly propagating Rhodos I would be very interested. My propagation produced less than 20% success for Rhodos with slightly better rates for Azaleas (40-50%).
I'll let you know, but I think we are going to rely on nurseries to supply us rather than spend a lot of time cultivating our own. After all the nurseries are all set up to do the cultivating and so on for us. Perhaps next time I visit a nursery I can get some tips from them on how they get a good success rate on Rhodie cuttings.
C
P.S. it's sooo hot here right now, 33C today, I'm overheating!
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