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

How do you keep them from the cold winter, if they germinate in  october?

Looc
----- Original Message ----- From: <irischapman@aim.com> 
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 5:40 AM
Subject: [iris] 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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