Re: HYB:Planting my first crosses
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB:Planting my first crosses
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- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 21:04:30 +0000
From: Tom Tadfor Little <tlittle@telp.com>
> I just wanted to glow a little. I have started planting my first
> crosses
>in peat pots. I am so excited! I have about 850 planted and am about half
>done. I had 40 crosses take. It's going to be tough to wait a couple of
>years for them to bloom. I don't know where I will put all of these. You
>can bet I'll do fewer crosses this year.
Hi Allison. Don't worry about making too many crosses. You don't have to
plant seeds just because you have them, but you can't plant seeds you don't
have! Making lots of crosses gives you the luxury of selecting the most
promising ones for planting. Also, seeds stay viable for several years.
I've sometimes kept seeds from a "bumper crop" as insure against bad
weather and few takes the following year. And extra seeds can make a great
gift to a new iris grower who hasn't yet started hybridizing but is curious.
Best wishes, Tom
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Tom Tadfor Little tlittle@telp.com
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Telperion Productions http://www.telp.com/
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