My cutting is just a guess. I try to look for a pointy end and nip
there. I'm not sure whether I actually cut anything off, because once
the skin gets scraped, the seed underneath is white, so seeing white
doesn't mean the seed itself has been cut.
If I can't distinguish a pointy end, I just cut anywhere. I try not to
cut anything off but just slice into the seed.
When the new SIGNA seeds arrive, I guess I should set up a working
space with a magnifying glass on a stand so I can actually see what I
am doing.
Diane
On 8-Jan-10, at 4:50 AM, Ken Walkup wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
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