RE: HYB: Question/marking crosses
iris@hort.net
  • Subject: RE: HYB: Question/marking crosses
  • From: &* <c*@wi.rr.com>
  • Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 20:03:20 -0600
Hi Griff,
You can be a garbage picker and get vinyl blinds for free or go to rummage sales and pick up the same for less.

Char

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of J. Griffin Crump
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:33 PM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: Re: [iris] HYB: Question/marking crosses

Thanks, I'll probably try a batch.  What I currently do is buy red vinyl 
looseleaf folders on sale, cut them into strips and snip the strips down to 
1 1/2" x 1 1/2" squares, which I then punch holes into.  I then buy stringed 
sales tags (about $2 a hundred), snap off the tags, and thread the strings 
on my vinyl squares.  The key tags will be a bit more expensive, but they 
will also save time.  Worth trying.  --  Griff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anita Moran" <avmoran1@earthlink.net>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [iris] HYB: Question/marking crosses


> the small ones and they are about 4 1/2 " with 2 1/2" writing area
> I Got The longer ones are about 6" 3" writing area and are yellow.
> They are light weight and even versicolors have no problem with them
> :)
> A
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: "J. Griffin Crump" <jgcrump@cox.net>
>>Sent: Feb 3, 2010 11:12 PM
>>To: iris@hort.net
>>Subject: Re: [iris] HYB: Question/marking crosses
>>
>>Anita  --  How big are the larger and smaller sizes, and which do you use?
>>(I don't see them listed on the site.)  --  Griff
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Anita Moran" <avmoran1@earthlink.net>
>>To: <iris@hort.net>
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 3:03 PM
>>Subject: Re: [iris] HYB: Question/marking crosses
>>
>>
>>> 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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