Re: ? I chrysographes germination

From: Jeanne Holley <irisarian@yahoo.com>

Dear Diana,

I don't know what happened to your seed, but I have
tried to start I chrysographes three times.  I ordered
plants from Catalogs.  None of them survived.  I
decided they either don't like me or the climate in
Southeast Missouri.  If someone has an answer, I too
would love to hear it.  I love species iris and I have
a very difficult time convincing them that they should
love me back.  :-)

Jeanne Holley

--- dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca wrote:
> Dear Iris Folks, I have been puzzling since last
> year about germinating
> I chrysographes. I got the seeds germinated inside
> and about 3" tall.
> Then sometime in June I started to acclimatize them
> to the sunlight
> outside so they could go out (be planted) I put them
> in sunlight for
> gradually increasing lengths of time multiple times
> ie a couple of times
> during the day and put them in shade for the rest of
> the day. Finally I
> put them outside in damp soil since my understanding
> is that I
> chrysographes likes damp soil. They promptly 1)died
> OR 2)died back I am
> not sure which. Can anyone tell me what happened? If
> they died how can I
> stop them from doing this again? I am getting some
> more seeds from SIGNA
> (I hope). When they were planted they got about 2
> hours of sun per day.
> Should they have more? How can I improve things so
> the seedlings will
> live? Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> For reference I had in the same row a pot of I
> typhifolia which also
> died back but much more slowly. Would I
> chrysographes also die back?
> 
> -- 
> Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca> 
> Zone 4/5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 
> AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
> 
> 
> 
> 

=====
Jeanne Holley
Pocahontas MO - Zone 6
President, SEMO Iris Society
Region 18
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