Re: Re: CITY LIGHTS/AB seedcount

I asked because I crossed Domingo with a TB this year, and I think I got 
like only 8 seeds.  Another ABxTB cross gave me about 18.  I was use to 
getting 60 plus seeds with my TBxTB crosses, and thought maybe something was 
wrong.

Margie V.
Oro Valley, AZ.
Zone 8/9
IrisLady@comcast.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "donald" <donald@eastland.net>
To: <iris-photos@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 5:25 PM
Subject: [iris-photos] Re: CITY LIGHTS


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>> Donald, is that common for an arilbred cross like that (to a TB)
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>> few seeds?
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> It's not rare in my experience, but usually the seed count tends to
> be higher.  12-20 seeds are more the norm.  Some pods have more, and
> some have only the few seeds.  Crossing AB to TB doesn't give as
> many seeds as TB to TB generally.  For me, germination of the TB x
> AB is also lower than the TB X TB seeds as a percentage of the
> number.
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> Donald Eaves
> donald@eastland.net
> Texas Zone 7b
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