Re: HYB: Question/marking crosses
iris@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: HYB: Question/marking crosses
  • From: A* M* <a*@earthlink.net>
  • Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 15:03:26 -0500 (EST)
These work wonderful with a B lead pencil or paint marker
easy to attach on MDBs to TB and the rest.  Come in 7 colors and 2 sizes

Anita


http://www.cee-jay.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=9


-----Original Message-----
>From: autmirislvr@aol.com
>Sent: Feb 2, 2010 1:37 PM
>To: iris@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [iris] HYB: Question/marking crosses
>
>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
>-----Original Message-----
>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
>----Original Message-----
>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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Anita Moran
Pilmore Gardens
USDA 6B
Maryland
AIS, ASI, FSKIS

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