Re: HYB: CULT: seeds

Dear Barbara, I live a long way south of you, but if your babies have only one 
  rhizome so far, you don't want them to bloom yet.   They might bloom out and not survive.   The ones outside would be much more likely to bloom this spring because the small irises seem to need more chilling than TBs to bloom.
                                                    Pat in Dallas

Barbara Jackson <jacksonb@brandonu.ca> wrote:
  Good afternoon, everyone.

I'm mostly a lurker but occasionally come out and ask a 
question. This comment of Mike Greenfield's caught my attention:

>It is unlikely that you will get spring bloom on TB's not sure you 
>might on SDBs. Then normally need a chill to bloom.

I have about half of my first ever iris seedlings from bee pods of 
Jadestone and Over Easy SDBs inside this winter. Each has at least 6 
green leaves but just a single small rhizome.. They are in styrofoam 
cups and have been since sprouting last spring. The other half of 
the seedlings were planted outside in the garden last July to see if 
they would survive the winter. I had intended to plant the inside 
growing ones outside once the danger of frost is past this spring 
(the end of May here on the southern CDN prairies) but am now 
wondering if I should expose them to a cold period now and then put 
them outside once it starts to warm up again.

I am definitely not a hybridizer, I just wanted to see if I could get 
them to germinate and if so, if I could get them to grow and 
bloom. So far so good!

One more question on seeds, too, while I'm here. There are 4 seeds 
that did not germinate last spring but they are all still firm and 
plump. I have been rotating them in and out of the fridge but still 
nothing has happened. Is there hope for them or should I throw them 
out and start fresh with new seed?

Any advice or comments gratefully accepted.

Thanks,

BJ in SW MB, Canadian Prairies, Zone 3ish

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