I have a small yard, and a bad habit of coveting too many prospective parents. I leave virtually no realty for trialing my own seedlings in the ground, which is obviously problematic.
Truthfully, I am suspect of, and dismissive of the seedlings I have created that seem to perform better than the named and patented cultivars I own, typically dismissing the inferior performance of my highly-acclaimed, purchased, patented cultivars as being due to cultivation or rootstock (I presumably dote over my babies more than those that are established in the ground.)
How much realty do you more experienced hybridizers dedicate to growing and evaluating your seedlings, and when you feel you have seedlings of merit (certainly much fewer than 1 in 100 in my case) how to you go about further evaluation, even potentially with an eye to the possibilty of introducing it to market?