Re: Bee Pod Seeds
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- Subject: Re: Bee Pod Seeds
- From: "* B* <l*@mail2.texnet.net>
- Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 21:24:17 -0500
From: "Lew Best" <lewbest@mail2.texnet.net>
When you say "little critters" what do you mean? also, are they to be left
outside even in cold (for us in Texas minimum around 18-20 degrees F.)?
Lew Best
Waco, TX (zone 8)
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From: N8KXP@aol.com <N8KXP@aol.com>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Saturday, August 01, 1998 3:24 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: Bee Pod Seeds
>From: <N8KXP@aol.com>
>
>
>In a message dated 8/1/98 8:13:16 PM, Shirlee.E.Lewis@kp.ORG writes:
>
><<Since I am never going to have enough land or iris
>to start a hybridizing program, it might be fun to see what the bees can
>do. >>
>
>Shirlee, put the seed in a paper cup (leave it uncovered) and place it in a
>good dry spot indoors until the first frost. In an 8" pot, place potting
soil
>(the Wal-mart kind is fine) and fill it to within 2" of the top. Pack it
>pretty firmly (I use the bottem of another pot for this) and place the seed
on
>the soil. Cover them gently with about 1/2" of potting soil. Put them
>outside in a spot where the little "critters" can get to them and leave
them
>there for the entire winter. If it's a dry winter, sprinkle them with
water a
>time or two, but normally winters are wet enough until this is not
necessary.
>In the spring, you should see little iris about mid April. Give them a
drink
>of water with 1/2 strength water soluble fertilizer. When they are about
6"
>tall (probably in mid-May) set them in a bed and treat them like any other
TB
>iris. In most cases, they will bloom the following year.
>
>Good luck
>
>Harry Wolford,
>Reynoldsburg, OH
>N8KXP@AOL.COM
>
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