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

That might work for seeds that need extended chilling times where the seeds would get more chilling over the winter.  They would probably benefit from temperature cycling in the late Fall and the next Spring.  

I would imagine you must have somewhere to grow these pots without them freezing over the winter.

But about how many of the seeds don't germinate? 


-----Original Message-----
>From: loic tasquier <tasquierloic@cs.com>
>Sent: Feb 21, 2007 2:07 AM
>To: iris@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [iris] Re: ]HYB:Germination:Observations:Temperature and  time
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>How do you keep them from the cold winter, if they germinate in  october?
>
>Looc
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>----- 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
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>> 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.
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>>
>> Chuck Chapman
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>> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:35:19 EST
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>> 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:
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>> <<If they germinated before the temperature dropped below 40 then  it 
>> might
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>> very well be a daylength factor.>>
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>> Yes, it could be night time temperatures.  I've kept a lot  of notes over 
>> the
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>> years but I've not kept a list of daily highs and lows.   This past spring
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>> was earlier but longer than usual.  The first  day that I checked the pots 
>> was
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>> March 7.  Several pots had  sprouts.  So I don't have a definitive 
>> starting
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>> date. Most years, I haunt  the pots for days before I see the first 
>> sprout.
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>> 2006
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>> would have been a  great opportunity.
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>> I started keeping a high/low temperature log this past Dec.   If I can
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>> remember to continue it through this fall, and if I have fall sprouts,  I 
>> might
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>> be
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>> able to answer those questions.  Iris season tends to distract  this type 
>> of
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>> record keeping.
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