Re: Pacific Hyb. 2
- Subject: Re: Pacific Hyb. 2
- From: t*@Lanl.GOV (Tom Tadfor Little)
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 96 15:33:45 MST
Linda Mann writes
|clarence: have you ever tried field growing them from seed? or using the
|'grannys washtub' method - or what more civilized people would call a
|protected raised bed? maybe with a range of genetic material we might get
|seedlings better adapted to eastern conditions. know anybody who would sell
|some seeds, cheap, and with directions?
It is frequently recommended to start pacifas from seed if you live
outside California. Audrey Roe has raised some beautiful pacifica
seedlings in Albuquerque, which is hardly a California-like climate.
I can't be certain (my catalogs are at home), but I believe Joe Ghio
sells the seeds in his catalog. Can anyone confirm this?
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Tom Tadfor Little tlittle@lanl.gov -or- telp@Rt66.com
technical writer/editor Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 96 15:56:33 MST
From: jsbrown@redrose.net
Subject: Re: Cooley's Web Site
Clarence,
If water's a problem, and it was where I grew my first TB's, in
Minnesota, on poorly drained soil,, I'd also add that it would be
good to start thinking about non-beardeds, as you know. Louisianas
grow much farther north than one thinks, and Japs have no
problem, nor Siberians, nor Versicolors, nor Virginicas, nor
Pseudacorus. I find the non-bearded iris much more interesting, as my
first experience was similiar to that of Linda Mann. I lost
everything but a few SDB's.
Regards,
Steve Brown
J. Steven Brown Mt. Gretna Gardens
Genetic Consultant Gourmet Market Gardening
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