Re: SPEC: Seedlings Up!
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: SPEC: Seedlings Up!
- From: d*@dynamicro.on.ca
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 15:17:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca
On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Jeff and Carolyn Walters wrote:
> The first of the 15 varieties of species and species-cross iris seeds that
> I planted outdoors has sprouted, and the winner is . . . . . I.
> missouriensis! These were seeds that Marte Halleck collected near her home
> in the foothills west of Denver in 1997 and which she sent me last year. I
> planted them in pots in late October and sank the pots up to their rims in
> soil in an open frame. Other than that I have given them no attention,
Jeff, My I mssouriensis seeds from Marte have not germinated yet. They
spent the winter outside like yours but we are in a frost pocket and
they will probably take longer.
> Of the species iris/irid seeds that I planted indoors this winter, I.
> tectorum and I. attica have sprouted, along with Vesper iris and some sort
> of Aouth American Sisyrinchium, but no sign yet from two types of PCN
I got some PCN seeds from Vicky Craig and was able to take advantage of
Rodney Barton's advice and do the initial incubation at 50-5oF which
allowed nearly all the seeds I had to germinate. A friend of mine who
had thesame seeds but not the same window couldn't get hers to
germinate. So the preincubation at 50oF is important.
I got some I versicolor seeds from SIGNA and haven't been able to get
these to germinate at all. I've just put them in the freezer for a week
and will take them out tomorrow and see what happens. Am planning to
alternate 24 hours in the fridge with 24 hours out of the fridge which I
found helped with the I typhifolia germination.
--
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca>
Zone 4/5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, Iris-talk, Soc LAs Soc JIs, Rebl IS, Canadian
Wildflower Soc.
URL for the North American Native Irises web page
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
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