Re: Re: CULT: iris seeds

From: storylade@aol.com

In a message dated 02/26/2000 9:34:12 PM Central Standard Time, 
fleurdelis@snowcrest.net writes:

<<  They are 
 growing like weeds, most have several increases, and I only lost 10-15 
 out of 400+ >>

Once upon a time, I tried breeding fancy guppies, and learned that survival 
was much, much higher when the young were born into my water source.  I 
thought it might work the same way with irises.  Oh, well!

A rough winter can weed out the weak seedlings in KY.  Yes!  I was talking 
about TB's.  One year I was bragging big time (lesson in not bragging) about 
the great results I'd gotten from an all California cross--then we had one of 
our "bad" winters.  It wiped out the entire row of 40-50 previously strong 
seedlings.

I was harvesting 70 or more crosses (not pods) per year, with a seed count 
running 35-75 per pod.  I looked for ways to cut down on space.  It can get 
out of hand real fast.  I learned tricks like starting the rows with the 
strongest and working down to the weaker.  Of course, you could alternate 
strong and weak.  Build in your own "bare" spots.  Transplant every other one 
the second year.  Whatever works.  

My personal experience has been that the strong stay strong, the fast 
increasers stay fast increasers, and, for the most part, the weak stay weak.  
Or at least slow. In working with rebloomers, I felt this was important.  

Ah, the memories!  Anyone got spare space to plant some seed?  My pots and 
roof garden are getting crowded! ;-)  

Betty from BG KY 

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