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Re: CULT: Stratifying seeds

From: "Patrick Orr" <PatrickJOrr@hotmail.com>

Thanks Anner for your insight.  We have not had measurable rain here in Glendale, AZ for over 100 days, and we are still in the upper 60's lower 70's, so I have been watering once a week.  I am afraid they will dry out and never germinate.
 
Patrick Orr
P*@Hotmail.com
Zone 9 Region 15
Member: AIS, TBIS, SDIS (local)
----- Original Message -----
From: H*@aol.com
To: i*@onelist.com
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Stratifying seeds

From: H*@aol.com

In a message dated 1/9/00 12:52:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
P*@hotmail.com writes:

<< For those of you that stratify your iris seeds in pots outside during the
winter:

Will watering them in the morning when it is still fairly cold outside with
luke-warm water aid in stratifying the seeds? >>

I've never watered them at all after initially watering the pot. Wouldn't
even consider it unless for some reason there was no precipitation at all for
months or there was no precipitation as the expected time of germination
approached, or the weather turned unexpected hot at that point. Don't see
that they need to be micromanaged in that way, and doubt that such finesse
would impact the situation markedly. Believe that with nature we are dealing
with broader patterns, really. You do need to keep an eye on things once they
start germinating, though. If they dry out at that critical point you can
surely loose them.

Anner Whitehead
HIPSource@aol.com

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