Re: HYB: cold stratification

In a message dated 1/14/2006 4:05:45 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
jbruce1@cinci.rr.com writes:

<<55 may be pushing it, hope you have more than one bathroom  <g>. >>

I do, but I probably would never do 55 crosses in the  tanks!  Water in those 
tanks stays fairly chilly, well below room  temperature.  Each year, I've got 
a dozen crosses or so that I'm extra  anxious to see.  Once I felt the 
process is safe, for me, I could do a  bunch.  Anyone have a 25 day alarm clock??  
<VBG> I have outlook  but sometimes I forget to pull it up for weeks at a time. 
 
 
I've 55 pots with seed right now.  I expect to harvest that many or  more 
next year, depending on the conditions.  The possibilities are  exciting.  If I 
could increase germination AND have them all the first  year, it would be 
great!  
 
Thanks for posting your question and your experiment.  
 
It has me thinking again (not that I ever quit).  But I woke up to  snow on 
the ground this morning.  Pretty though it was, I found it a bit  depressing . 
. . and cold.  
 
 

 
Betty W. in  South-central KY Zone 6
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