Oh.....Poor Griff! It there a lesson on betting from wise
gardens????????????? LOL
So sorry..........I know that sorry when a beautiful pod separates
to no avail! I had that nice big pod from Glowing smiles finally open
this week. As it dried it started to become more defined with large
ridges and I began to worry that it might be empty. It presented with 38
large seeds. Thought there could be 90 seeds in there from the size of
it. But I was so relieved that it wasn't empty, that I dance about at
the the thought of 38 seeds from that big beauty! Like you
say.........one never knows!!!!!!
Have a great day
Linda
On 8/10/06, J. Griffin
Crump <jgcrump@cox.net>
wrote:
Shirley -- I've never
noticed any loss of a plant that had several pods. Attached are photos
of the bases of the two plants whose multiple-pod stalks I posted. The
first is Hazelnut Delight. The stalk, which has been
removed, was from the center of the clump between the two major
fans. As you can see, the plant is flourishing. The
second is Stealth Fighter. The stalk is on the
left piece (toward the camera) of the mother rhizome shown and has
no increase on it. It may or may not produce anything once I have
snapped off the stalk, but I'm not concerned, because the other piece
and the plant as a whole are sound and vigorous. As can be seen,
another spent stalk was snapped off the mother rhizome. As it happens,
this clump was the stellar performer here this year, blooming in late April,
then sending up two more fully-flowering stalks more than a month later.
Is it possible that your die-outs
occurred after pods were set on single-rhizome plants that had no increase
to begin with? In such a case, the plant may have been heading for
oblivion, pods or not. If the plant has increase and appears
healthy, I'd encourage you to set all the pods that you can. --
Griff
zone 7 in
Virginia
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 5:05
PM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] HYB: pod
report
Hello all,
After seeing the 3 pods (huge and
healthy) I have a question. I would like to know if the rest of
you or any of you have the same problem that I do when I make 3 crosses on 1
plant. It seems here in St. Louis the plant does not give but 1
increase if any if I have 3 pods.Some plants have slowly just died after I
harvested the pods. I now only make 1 or 2 crosses per
stalk. What have the rest of you noticed on your plants?
Shirley Trio
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 2:48
PM
Subject: [iris-photos] HYB: pod
report
A while ago, when we were discussing
pods, I posted this photo and guessed which of the 3 pods on the left
would have seeds. (All are bee pods. The pod on the right is a
planned cross.) I guessed that the bottom pod might, that the middle
pod would not, and that the top one would.
Result:
All three were
empty.
I'd have lost money betting on that
top bee pod, which was as round and smooth as the planned pod below it on
the right. So, as I said before, you can't be sure till you open
them up. -- Griff
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