Re: CULT: iris seeds

From: IRISROT@aol.com

In a message dated 02/09/2000 6:36:43 PM Central Standard Time, 
donald@eastland.net writes:

> 
>  A while back Patrick Orr started a small thread on watering
>  pots with warm water.  Any results yet?  In a similar vein, all
>  my seeds were planted into individual pots, then sunk in a
>  two-sided galvanized wash tup on legs.  In summer, this is
>  where I sink pots of achimenes.  Since I have had trouble
>  with armadillos digging in pots sunk in the flower beds and
>  wreaking havoc on germinating iris seeds, I decided to put
>  the pots out of reach (this being the first year of hand pollinated
>  seeds which I found unwilling to risk).  It being unusually dry
>  this year, I have kept them watered.  One pot was a bee
>  pollinated grandmother iris pod, so as an experiment I moved
>  it inside last weekend on an unheated glassed-in porch, but still
>  considerably warmer than the outside temps.  Voila!  First seed
>  today.  Didn't take long.  This evening I watered with slightly 
>  warm water.  I'll be curious to see how many seeds germinate 
>  in the next several weeks.  I'll not be happy if in the long run only
>  this pot germinates.
>  
Hi Don,

I planted 24 pots of iris seed on 12-7 then 104 pots on 12-9. We kept the 
greenhouse at 45 degrees until 2-2 then kicked it up to 65. Well after one 
week at 65 degrees we now have 6 pots that are germinating. I wasn't 
expecting any seed to germinate at the 45 degree tempature but also didn't 
expect seed to start germinating so soon after taking the tempature up to 65. 
                            Jim Loveland , Fenton , Mo   zone 5

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