Re: Re: CULT: Pod setting

Well, Tom, as the adage has it  --  seeing is believing!

Toward the end of bloom season, I also mentioned that there were hardly any
bee pods this year.  There must have been a bee listening that took offense
at that, rushed back to the hive and put out the word, because within a
week, they had made up for the inactivity of the rest of the season.  This
may be the first year that I don't harvest bee pods  --  unless they're on
especially important plants!--  Griff


----- Original Message -----
From: "thomas silvers" <tesilvers@yahoo.com>
To: "iris-talk" <iris@hort.net>; <iris-photos@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 9:15 AM
Subject: [iris-photos] Re: CULT: Pod setting


> >"jgcrump" <jgcrump@erols.com> wrote:
> >It seems to me that the first couple of flowers
> >blooming on a stalk are more
> >liable to set seed than those blooming later on the
> >same stalk.  Any other
> >thoughts on this?  --  Griff
>
> Griff,
> I'm relatively new to hybridizing (but I've been
> dabbling around for a few years). I haven't yet
> noticed any difference in fertility between the first
> and last blooms on a stalk. I'll attach a picture
> showing a stalk of one of my seedlings ('Kupari' X
> 'Rosemarys Dream'). The flowers were fairly spread out
> in timing of bloom, and I know that I pollinated every
> flower on this stalk with the same pollen. It looks
> like every one "took". I'll let you know if any of
> these turn out to be balloon pods.
> Tom
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