Re: ]HYB:Germination:Observations:Temperature and time

 Each year I place my ungerminated  pots of seeds into the fridge,in about June, at normal fridge

?temperature. A fridge  kept in the barn. Each year I get seeds germinating near the

?end of their fourth month in there, with no change of temperature. 



Chuck Chapman







Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:35:19 EST

From: Autmirislvr@aol.com
Subject: Re: [iris]HYB:Germination:Observations:Temperature and time

In a message dated 2/18/2007 10:01:00 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
pharcher@mindspring.com writes:



<<If they germinated before the temperature dropped below 40 then  it might 

very well be a daylength factor.>>

 

Yes, it could be night time temperatures.  I've kept a lot  of notes over the 

years but I've not kept a list of daily highs and lows.   This past spring 

was earlier but longer than usual.  The first  day that I checked the pots was 

March 7.  Several pots had  sprouts.  So I don't have a definitive starting 

date. Most years, I haunt  the pots for days before I see the first sprout.  

2006 

would have been a  great opportunity.  

 

I started keeping a high/low temperature log this past Dec.   If I can 

remember to continue it through this fall, and if I have fall sprouts,  I might 

be 

able to answer those questions.  Iris season tends to distract  this type of 

record keeping.  

 

 



   
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