Re: Signa seed

Anja,
The californicae are a little different to germinate. They are a cool 
temperature germinator. I experimented with a few of these, a while 
back, and here is what works: Put the seeds in the toe of an old pair of 
panty hose. You can put several different seed lots in, just tie each 
off in its own individual space, and be sure to keep a record. Then, 
hang the panty hose in your toilet tank. Every time you flush, the seeds 
get fresh oxygenated water. After a month, sow the seed and then keep 
them at around 50 degrees F/10 C. In a few weeks they will start to 
germinate. These directions were from the Pacific Coast Iris society, 
they have been passed around for a few years. It really works. In my 
experience, it seems to be important that the temperature is around 50, 
and it takes some time at that temperature. If the toilet thing does not 
appeal to you, you can just put the panty hose in a jar and change the 
water daily, but it really is easiest the other way.

Ken

Anja Pansin/Wolfgang Zirkel wrote:
>
> After a lot of trouble at work it felt like christmas coming home and 
> getting my signa seed letter today. I can not personally thank all the 
> donors because I do not know their email addresses so I chose this way 
> to say THANK YOU to all the donors and all the people involved in the 
> seed exchange. Special thank you to Dennis for your wonderful job as a 
> webmaster. I love your pictures and the website is so easy to 
> navigate. Hopefully this spring I will see some blooms on my Signa 
> seed seedlings from my first signa seed order in 2008. Germination on 
> my 2008 and 2009 seeds was excellent. Only the douglasiana seeds did 
> not germinate.
> We are having a very long and cold winter here in South West Germany 
> (Schwaebische Alb). I am in zone 6b but it feels more like a zone 4 
> winter. I think this is a good hardiness test for my seedlings.
> Anja
> 



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