Re: Seedlings
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- Subject: Re: Seedlings
- From: n*@juno.com (Nicki Shay)
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 12:57:22 -0700 (MST)
Hello, I have nothing in my iris garden that would appear to be a
seedling to transplant into a pot. Could someone clarify this for me?
Do you mean a new tiny shoot taken from the mother plant? I would love
to grow some indoors, and I do have a hydrophonic garden with huge light
overhead. Would that do it? Where could I purchase or obtain some
"seedlings?" Nicki
On Mon, 22 Dec 1997 10:29:57 -0700 (MST) z88keys@mindspring.com
(L.Zurbrigg) writes:
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>>Dear Iris list,
>>
>>I should stop lurking and introduce myself. My name is Pete McGrath
>and =
>>I live in Albuquerque New Mexico. I have been reading the postings =
>>since Thanksgiving.
>>
>>My real passion within the iris world is arils and arilbreds. I grow
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>>quite a few. I am past president of the Aril Society International
>and =
>>am presently vice president of same.
>>
>>I have been gardening for 30 years and serious about irises for
>almost =
>>10 of those.
>>
>>I wanted to jump in a few times but felt it wrong without at least =
>>introducing myself.
>>
>>As for lighting, the new rage seems to be the metal halide lighting
>=
>>setups. I run two of them side by side and I could just about grow a
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>>patch of corn under them. They have a seperate ballast and are a
>single =
>>bulb (150w - 1000w) in a hood reflector.
>>
>>I found that seedlings got too leggy and spindly under flourescent =
>>lights, even with the gro-lux type of bulbs. I kept my lights within
>an =
>>inch or two of the plants and still had this problem. Ever since
>going =
>>to this new system (one 400w metal halide and one 400w full spectrum
>=
>>daylight bulb) I have had very happy seedlings. I now keep the
>lights =
>>about 2 feet from the plants. I am about to pull them out from their
>=
>>summer dormancy in the garage as seeds are beginning to germinate in
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>>their baggies.
>>
>>The lights are about $150.00 each but are so superior to flourescent
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>>that I had to blurt out my nickel's worth.
>>
>>Blessed Holidays to all,
>>
>>Pete McGrath
>>In Albuquerque
>>Snow all day
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>><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
>><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I should stop lurking and
>introduce=20
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>>Thanksgiving.</FONT></DIV>
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>><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>My real passion within the iris =
>>world is arils=20
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>>the Aril=20
>>Society International and am presently vice president of =
>>same.</FONT></DIV>
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>><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I have been gardening for 30
>years =
>>and serious=20
>>about irises for almost 10 of those.</FONT></DIV>
>><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
>><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I wanted to jump in a few times
>but =
>>felt it=20
>>wrong without at least introducing myself.</FONT></DIV>
>><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
>><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>As for lighting, the new
>rage =
>>seems to be=20
>>the metal halide lighting setups. I run two of them side by
>side =
>>and I=20
>>could just about grow a patch of corn under them. They have a =
>>seperate=20
>>ballast and are a single bulb (150w - 1000w) in a hood =
>>reflector.</FONT></DIV>
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>><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I found that seedlings got too
>leggy =
>>and spindly=20
>>under flourescent lights, even with the gro-lux type of bulbs.
>I =
>>kept my=20
>>lights within an inch or two of the plants and still had this =
>>problem. =20
>>Ever since going to this new system (one 400w metal halide and one
>400w =
>>full=20
>>spectrum daylight bulb) I have had very happy seedlings.
>I =
>>now keep=20
>>the lights about 2 feet from the plants. I am about to pull
>them =
>>out from=20
>>their summer dormancy in the garage as seeds are beginning to
>germinate =
>>in their=20
>>baggies.</FONT></DIV>
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>><DIV><FONT size=3D2>The lights are about $150.00 each but are so =
>>superior to=20
>>flourescent that I had to blurt out my nickel's worth.</FONT></DIV>
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>><DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Blessed Holidays to =
>>all,</FONT></DIV>
>><DIV> </DIV>
>><DIV><FONT size=3D2>Pete McGrath</FONT></DIV>
>><DIV><FONT size=3D2>In Albuquerque</FONT></DIV>
>><DIV><FONT size=3D2>Snow all day</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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>Der Pete: Thank you for the advice on overhaed lights for the iris
>seedlings. I am not yet expecting wonderful things from the arilbreds,
>but
>am trying some again. My hope is to get seedlings that will grow here
>in
>the East, where hurricanes happen. EArlier I mentioned to Sharon
>McAllister
>that my median from MARITA X Step Aside has given three fall stalks,
>and is
>a quite nice chartreuse amoena. However, it shows almost no obvious
>aril
>characteristics. But it is green all summer, and seems quite hardy.
>Lloyd
>Zurbrigg in Durham NC
>
>
>
