Re: HYB: Question/marking crosses
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  • Subject: Re: HYB: Question/marking crosses
  • From: a*@aol.com
  • Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:37:19 -0500
You can usually get them at WalMart in the craft department.


<<Where do you get the markers/>>

This is my online supplier.  www.markersupply.com/elmerspainters.html



Betty Wilkerson




-----Original Message-----
From: Char <cholte@wi.rr.com>
To: iris@hort.net
Sent: Tue, Feb 2, 2010 8:58 am
Subject: RE: [iris] HYB: Question/marking crosses


Hi Betty,
es this was very helpful.
Why not write an article for Kelly for the bulletin?  He has been asking for
rticles an I think this would be a good one.
Where do you get the markers/
Char
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rom: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
utmirislvr@aol.com
ent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:23 AM
o: iris@hort.net
ubject: Re: [iris] HYB: Question/marking crosses
Hi Char,
I have a set of reusable cross markers, numbered 1 thru 200.  I cut about 3
nch pieces of white blinds.  I round the ends for safety and use a regular
aper punch to put a hole in one end, then tie a piece of orange knitting
arn
hrough the hole.  A bright color helps locate them when I make the rounds
o
heck on them.
 I use a fine point paint pen (Elmer's Painter.)  I found a supplier online.
hese stay readable thru 3 months of sun and rain each year.  I check them
ach spring about this time and replace any lost or damaged markers.
The crosses are listed 1-?? in my record book.  I list 2 per page front and
ack.  In addition to the cross number, I list pod parent (always first) X
ollen parent.  Also, I list the date, time of day, & weather conditions at
he top of the first cross per day.   If there is only one cross on the
talk,
t is quite helpful to note which flower was crossed, just in case the deer
r
ind disturb the marker or you use multiple pollen donors on one stalk.  I
se
y own form of shorthand.  PT means primary terminal bud.  SB2 would mean
econd branch, secondary bud.  Anything else I might want to know later is
oted in this space.
My record books are also colorful.  I use 9.5 x 6 inch 1 subject notebook by
ead.  Red or orange if I can find them.  Their size makes them easy to
tick
n a carrying bag, easier to spot if I misplace them.  I have two sets, one
or 'field crosses' and one with 'permanent numbers.'  I carry the second
et
ack into the garden for germination dates, seedling counts, etc..  With the
atter, I leave a couple of pages per cross for notes.
Each afternoon or evening, I transcribe the day's crosses onto an Excel
preadsheet.  It's good back up, but I like to print out the final sheet,
fter harvest, for study and planning not located at the computer.  If I
ruly
ose the stud book, I can use the spreadsheet to make a new one.
Hope this is helpful.
Betty W.


-----Original Message-----
rom: Char <cholte@wi.rr.com>
o: iris@hort.net
ent: Mon, Feb 1, 2010 5:43 pm
ubject: RE: [iris] HYB: Questions?

i Betty,
will respond to your suggestion.  Now that I am retired, how do you mark
u crosses.  I tried a couple of years ago and the rain washed my marking
gs clean.  Then I lost me record book.
har
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om: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
tmirislvr@aol.com
nt: Monday, February 01, 2010 2:00 PM
: iris@hort.net
bject: [iris] HYB:Questions?
i All,
now and ice still glisten across the fields, but tomorrow is Groundhog Day!
n spring be far behind?  Only 2 1/2 months until the little ones start
ooming in my garden!
t's great fun to see your own seedlings bloom, addictive even!  Even if
ey
ok exactly like something you've seen before, they are genetically
fferent!  A seedling is uniquely your own.  Why not create an 'Edith
lford' (whatever) that blooms and grows well in your garden?  Or an 'Edith
lford' that reblooms during early September in KY?  I'd buy that one for
re!
rises are some of the easiest plants to pollinate/cross.  Why not joint the
n?
his is a good time for new hybridizers to ask questions, any question.
meone on here should be able to give an answer, or maybe several answers.
 can never have enough hybridizers.  Think of the many iris mysteries yet

 solved!
ow is the time to prepare for spring!
etty Wilkerson . . .
idge In Time Iris
ne 6/KY
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