Re: CULT: stratifying seeds
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: stratifying seeds
- From: I* I*
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 07:53:25 +1030
My concern was about placing seeds in the freezer rather than in the fridge
as my freezer runs at about minus 20-25oC and is rather hard to alter. Im
sure that under snow cover it never gets this cold.
Colleen
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From: Hotmail <janclarx@hotmail.com>
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: stratifying seeds
> << How cold do they get
> in a cold US winter? >>
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> Jan, mine are in pots sitting on the ground with a light mulch of pine
> needles. It has been near 0 F. I've never known it to get cold enough
to
> damage iris seed. That's over the last 15 years. Today will be the
warmest
> day we've had since early Dec.
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> I can't remember what that is in Celcius. I think it is around 32 below
zero? I don't think deep freezing would cause any damage. After all, they
are worried about live bacteria being released from melted polar ice, after
hundreds of years in the deep freeze.
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