Re: HYB: Question/marking crosses
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  • Subject: Re: HYB: Question/marking crosses
  • From: &* G* C* <j*@cox.net>
  • Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:43:35 -0500
Better than freeze and thaw, I'm sure, but down in this climate they're not used to prolonged periods under the blanket, so we'll see. -- Griff
----- Original Message ----- From: <autmirislvr@aol.com> 
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: [iris] HYB: Question/marking crosses



<<being buried under 3-4-ft piles of snow.>>

Griff, I thought snow cover was good?


KY Zone 6







-----Original Message-----
From: J. Griffin Crump <jgcrump@cox.net>
To: iris@hort.net
Sent: Fri, Feb 12, 2010 1:57 pm
Subject: Re: [iris] HYB: Question/marking crosses


Hi, Francelle -- I guess we often make decisions based mostly on our own
experience. In my case, the actual disintegration of some cardboard sales tags in a rainy season and necessity of replacing them convinced me to go to vinyl. My eyes also appreciate the bold contrast of the Sharpie ink against the vinyl vs. the pencil on paper. I also use vinyl strips to label my planting pots, 
with info printed both above and below dirt level. As I indicated, though,
I'll probably try a batch of the ones Anita is recommending, just to save
time. At the moment, I'm conjecturing more about how the irises planted in
beds along the driveway are going to appreciate this winter, after episodes of 
being buried under 3-4-ft piles of snow. -- Griff

----- Original Message ----- From: "Francelle and Marvin Edwards"
<fjmjedwards@q.com>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [iris] HYB: Question/marking crosses


Hello, Griff,
Why do you go to the trouble of making plastic tags? I find that the >
stringed tags last very well if I write on the with a No. 2 lead pencil. > I 
keep the little cardboard tags in the net baggies I put over the pods >
through the ripening, shelling and soaking process until planting time. >
Through all this they are still readable.

Francelle Edwards

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From: "J. Griffin Crump" <jgcrump@cox.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 2:32 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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USDA 6B
Maryland
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