Re: HYB: Freezing Iris Seeds
- Subject: Re: HYB: Freezing Iris Seeds
- From: l*@hotmail.com
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 03:11:26 -0000
Talking about freezing stuff, how about if you wanted to cross an
early bloomer with a late one? Wonder if one could freeze pollen?
Take it from the early one, save it and pollinate the late one.
Has anyone ever tried?
Laetitia
--- In iris-talk@y..., Paul Tyerman <ptyerman@o...> wrote:
> <<
> guess is that it would not. Your example of human "seed" being
frozen and
> remaining viable when thawed is excellent. Interesting thinking.
Bill
> >>
>
> Bear in mind that the freezing we're talking about of human "seed"
is not
> done in your average freezer (which your seed would usually be done
in).
> Cryogenic freezing (which is more what we're talking about)
involves snap
> freezing something to a level where all activity ceases. Shoving
something
> in your freezer takes time to freeze, thereby causing damage that
would not
> necessarily be done by snap freezing.
>
> I have NO idea on the effects of freezing on iris seed (I only
found out
> recently on this list that you CAN successfully freeze the seed)
but I
> think comparing it to human embryo freezing etc is not quite the
same
> thing. Just wanted to point that out.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Paul Tyerman
> Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9
> p*@o...
>
> Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Crocus,
Cyrtanthus,
> Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about anything else
that
> doesn't move!!!!!
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