Re: Pollen Exchange
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  • Subject: Re: Pollen Exchange
  • From: A* C* <0*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 04:04:04 +0000 (UTC)
Hi All,

I'm still on here, too. :-)  Just realize that my smiles don't automatically turn into smileys, though.  Ha!

My interest in pollen exchange is for the benefit of breeding for IB's.  

Intermediate iris do really well for me, but as most hybridizers know, not all the seedlings in a SDB x TB cross bloom within the height or flower size requirements.  

There is no problem in my garden saving SDB pollen until my TB's bloom, but the other way around is tricky -- trying to save TB pollen. (I do freeze it, but sometimes use it for a cross before it makes it to the freezer.  OOPS.(!))  

I would be up for some experience in a pollen exchange.  Especially since my peak bloom (for TB's) is June 20.

Adam~

Adam Cordes
Region 6 
Zone 4 (and a half...)
Hillman, Michigan  

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On Fri, 4/8/16, Chuck Chapman <db4f61431@rewrite.hort.net> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [iris] Pollen Exchange
 To: iris@hort.net
 Date: Friday, April 8, 2016, 11:42 AM
 
 Great idea.B  It will be
 at least a month before I have anything in bloom. But
 I'm willing to sendB  MDB and SDB pollen south to those
 wanting it for TBs.B  B  IB  will save and send upon
 request, rather then try to keep a library.B  too many
 cultivars hereB  to do that.
 
 Chuck Chapman
 
 
 ---- Original Message ----
 From: Robert Pries <101p@rewrite.hort.net>
 To: iris <iris@hort.net>
 Cc: Pries, Robert <robertpries@embarqmail.com>
 Sent: Fri, Apr 8, 2016 10:25 am
 Subject: [iris] Pollen Exchange
 
 Dear Iris Hortnet friends: I
 do like this forum even though it is not used much. I have
 initiated a new program called the Pollen Exchange. For more
 info check out Pollen exchange in the general index of the
 Iris Encyclopedia or click onB B B http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view/Main/InfoPollenExchange
 . 
 
 My bloom season has
 barely begun for my MDBs, so I have collected pollen from
 only a couple of Iris so far, but this exchange I hope will
 create a number of opportunities for people to try crosses
 that would be difficult without saving their own pollen in
 some cases for more than a year. 
 
 Since the SDBs were created by Paul Cook and
 Geddes Douglas exchanging pollen through the mail I can
 point to that notable success. I believe results maybe iffy
 but the amount invested is very low compared to buying and
 growing many plants. The exchange will be advertised in the
 upcoming AIS e-news letter, News & Notes, and The Dwarf
 Iris society's new upcoming E-Newsletter 'Small
 Talk'. The Dwarf Society's Small Talk will be free
 to anyone who sends me or Lyn Wilson their e-mail address. I
 hope anyone interested in Dwarf Irises will subscribe.
 
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