Tets have bigger flowers than diploids, try fertilizing to see if the dips get any bigger.

Strange Gerard - my tets bloom about the same size whether first or third year bloom. Do they look anything like the parents?

Brooke

thats the thing brooke, they do look like the parents, diamond dusting and everything? The eyes and all are there, they have been fertilized just as the rest in the garden. But all others are doing well, and like i said the dips are doing fine and they are right next to them, one opened today DIP and it was a 6"er? Another TET tried to open today, and it stopped halfway through..... but when i forced open to see if it would be full size... it was a munchkin too.

My first established TET LEEBA ORANGE CRUSH, will open in about a week, but so far the buds seem normal and growing great.

Im getting frustrated, because this is happening across the board with all the TET seedlings, so far four bloomed from 4 different crosses, and all the same small blooms.

Gerard

Gerard try researching the parentage of the tet seeds you are using. On occasion, small blooming parents will produce a much larger seedling but the small will be in the background and the resulting seedlings will be small again. I hope that makes sense. Ditto for the reverse - large plants will produce a much smaller seedling and then will be used for future small seedlings but the large gene is definitely in the background.

Your tet LEEBA ORANGE CRUSH bloom should be larger and have more substance than the dip version.

OK, I'm out of ideas, good luck and keep us posted on future blooms.

Brooke