Re: CULT: Is this weird, or what?

Griff
That is great information!  Thanks so much!  I am now armed for any such 
follies!  Hope you have a great Holiday season!
Linda

From: "jgcrump" <jgcrump@erols.com>
> Linda  --  Yes.  It sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.  Sometimes the 
>stalk 
> rots, but not usually.  If the stalk doesn't rot, the pod will mature.  The 
>seed 
> pod needs to be drawing moisture, but I believe that the nutrients are 
>already 
> in the stalk.  Another trick I use is to stick the stalk in a raw potato.  
>To do 
> this, I use a screwdriver or other tool of the same diameter as the stalk 
>to 
> punch a hole in the potato so that it fits tight.  I tend to use this 
>method 
> when someone accidentally breaks a pod off and there is only a short bit of 
>stem 
> left.  A large potato provides a solid base for a stem of a few inches in 
>height 
> and also provides nutrients, I believe.  This can also be resorted to if a 
>stalk 
> sitting in water rots.  Cut it off well above the affected area and stick 
>it in 
> a potato.  If the rot hasn't spread up, it will mature.  --  --  Griff
> 
> --- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Bruce & Linda 
>   To: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:51 PM
>   Subject: Re: [iris-photos] CULT: Is this weird, or what?
> 
> 
>   Are saying that the pod matured in a bottle of water! I had no idea that 
>it 
> could do that. Did I understand you right?
>   linda
> 
> 
> 
>     Sorry for your balloon, Linda.  Some years there seem to be many more 
>than 
> others.  Actually, this pod had a very close call.  Shortly after I took 
>the 
> photo, I found extensive rot at the base of the stalk.  I had to dig the 
>plant, 
> cut the stalk and set it in a water-filled wine bottle.  Thank goodness, it 
> matured just fine after several weeks.  --  Griff
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Bruce & Linda
>     To: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com
>     Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 6:15 PM
>     Subject: Re: [iris-photos] CULT: Is this weird, or what?
> 
>     Good for you Griff!  I had one that looked just like that!  I was so 
> excited.  When the pod started to dry it wasn't opening at all.  Finally 
>after 
> it was dry on the stalk for weeks, I removed it and found that it was a 
>balloon!  
> Completely barren.  I just wanted to cry!  Oh well....maybe next time!  
>     Linda
>     Lascassas, TN
>     Zone 7
> 
>     Maybe some of you have seen pods like this, but it was the first for 
>me.  
> The cross is SILVER TRUMPETS x BRAVE NEW WORLD.  I thought maybe something 
>like 
> Obe Wan Kenobe was going to jump out full-blown.  Yielded 39 seeds.  I 
>haven't 
> deliberately tried for space-agers before, but I think I'm gonna get some 
>here.  
> --  Griff
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  • Subject: Re: [iris-photos] CULT: Is this weird, or what?
  • From: "jgcrump" j*@erols.com
  • Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:26:36 +0000
Linda  --  Yes.  It sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.  Sometimes the stalk rots, but not usually.  If the stalk doesn't rot, the pod will mature.  The seed pod needs to be drawing moisture, but I believe that the nutrients are already in the stalk.  Another trick I use is to stick the stalk in a raw potato.  To do this, I use a screwdriver or other tool of the same diameter as the stalk to punch a hole in the potato so that it fits tight.  I tend to use this method when someone accidentally breaks a pod off and there is only a short bit of stem left.  A large potato provides a solid base for a stem of a few inches in height and also provides nutrients, I believe.  This can also be resorted to if a stalk sitting in water rots.  Cut it off well above the affected area and stick it in a potato.  If the rot hasn't spread up, it will mature.  --  --  Griff
 
--- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] CULT: Is this weird, or what?

Are saying that the pod matured in a bottle of water! I had no idea that it could do that. Did I understand you right?
linda


Sorry for your balloon, Linda.  Some years there seem to be many more than others.  Actually, this pod had a very close call.  Shortly after I took the photo, I found extensive rot at the base of the stalk.  I had to dig the plant, cut the stalk and set it in a water-filled wine bottle.  Thank goodness, it matured just fine after several weeks.  --  Griff

----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce & Linda
To: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] CULT: Is this weird, or what?

Good for you Griff!  I had one that looked just like that!  I was so excited.  When the pod started to dry it wasn't opening at all.  Finally after it was dry on the stalk for weeks, I removed it and found that it was a balloon!  Completely barren.  I just wanted to cry!  Oh well....maybe next time!  
Linda
Lascassas, TN
Zone 7

Maybe some of you have seen pods like this, but it was the first for me.  The cross is SILVER TRUMPETS x BRAVE NEW WORLD.  I thought maybe something like Obe Wan Kenobe was going to jump out full-blown.  Yielded 39 seeds.  I haven't deliberately tried for space-agers before, but I think I'm gonna get some here.  --  Griff

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