Re: nail clippers and germination

Diane,
Why don't you give us some detail on your technique? I've experimented 
with seed cutting in the past, sometimes with good luck, but I found it 
very hard to tell which end to cut with some species.
Ken

Diane Whitehead wrote:
>
> I get so discouraged by iris germination that takes forever.
>
> Pacific Coast Iris are great - not only do they relish the conditions
> here on the Pacific coast, but they germinate in a month. No fuss.
>
> Almost everything else is completely different.
>
> Last week I hauled in my ungerminated seeds which had been through all
> the changing of the seasons prior to now, sometimes close to freezing,
> but never frozen, and did some surgery with nail clippers. I have
> done only two lots so far, and have ten more to go.
>
> Great success so far! Nipped January 2 and pushing out radicles
> today, January 5. After I nipped, I wrapped them in a little bit of
> paper towel, put them in a plastic bag, and kept them in my kitchen
> ( temperature about 18 C, about 62 F, in the daytime, and a bit less
> at night.).
>
> Iris hookeri collected in Newfoundland From last year's SIGNA
> exchange. 3 nipped, 3 growing.
>
> Iris ibericum elegantissima from the AGS exchange, which had been
> soaked before sowing in Dec 2007, to no avail. 3 nipped, 1 growing
> already.
>
> On to the rest of the pile.
>
> And when my 40 packets of NARGS seeds arrive, they are going to be
> treated to some surgery a lot sooner than the earlier ones.
>
> Diane Whitehead
> Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
> maritime zone 8, cool Mediterranean climate
> mild rainy winters, mild dry summers
>
> 



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