Re: HYB: Dry Pollen

From: dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca

On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 StorYlade@aol.com wrote:

> Jan, if I'm understanding you right, there is still no cure for dry pollen.
> There is only help for dry stigmatic lips.  So, although it's much better than
> nothing, it's still only half the problem.  When it hot and dry enought here,
> sometimes with wind too, we have both dry stigmatic lips and dry pollen.
> Sometimes the pollen doesn't develop at all when it's this hot. 

> The idea of moisture (be it rain, water from the hose, or spit from the mouth)
> ruining pollen still seems to hold true. Betty from Kentucky
Betty, What about trying one of the mister that some people use for
 their plants?

-- 
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca> <- private email address
cold edge of Zone 4 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.

URL for the North American Native Irises web page
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html


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