Re: HYB: Pep Talk

In a message dated 1/21/2008 12:35:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
lmann@lock-net.com writes:

<<But comparing me to Lloyd, come on, that is <way> over  the top! :-( 
Other than sharing his desire to have bloom in spite of late  freezes.>>


No, I beg to differ. You both are/were interested in defined  goals that are 
likely to take a while to achieve, and involve a long and  lonely row to hoe, 
with your better things along the way not looking like  much to some folks, 
even though they are a hard won and critical next  step and a personal triumph 
to you. 

<<And I really do have to question whether my pathfinding is  just leading 
me off into an impenetrable briar patch where I will be lost  forever 
(i.e., there <is> no path to find!) 
 
Well, You would know best about that. I can relate somewhat. It is  not 
unlike setting up a research scenario to determine whether such  and such is the 
case and after months of thrashing about in the primary  documents or whatever, 
you determine that the final answer is a simple  and uninflected "no." 

<<Hearing that today is officially the most depressing day of  the year 
actually cheered me up immeasurably - nowhere but up from  here;-)
 
I see. That is exactly the way I feel about the Winter Solstice. I always  
pause and observe it specially. The return of Sol Invictus, the invincible  Sun.
 
I had to decide what to do with my hellebore and I. foetidissima  seedlings 
this week. Our temperatures have been very erratic. Friday  it was in the 50s, 
but with temperatures forecast about 10-12 for  last night. They have been in 
their pots in a nursery flat under a high  plastic dome sitting on the table 
on the deck. This is where they have been  since the were planted, and where 
they sprouted and where I thought they  should stay, but I finally took them and 
put them in the frame. It is  hard to know what to do sometimes, and Nature 
obviously intends a lot of  seeds to die or be critter chow in winter.  
 
<<I put an apple inside one of the baggies with half a pod of seeds  to 
give it a shot of ethylene.  See if there is some ripening that  will help.>>
 
That is interesting. Is there some science behind this, or is this a  new 
intuition of your own? These are some of the seeds that had been in  the frige 
since yonks, right? Five months? Did you try a few at room  temperature yet? 
 
<<Also squeezed seeds from all pods and discovered most of the  seeds from 
one cross had mostly goo inside - seeds from this cross were  suspicious 
looking from the start - highly variable in size, some  obviously rotted 
right away.
 
Humm. Did I ever remember to tell you that I think I recall Deno or  someone 
saying that the chemical inhibitors in some plant species were located  in the 
umbilicus so that these had to be fully shelled out before the  germinating 
process would initiate? 
 
Be sure to point the pod north while doing this. ; )
 
Anner Whitehead
Richmond VA USA Z7
 
 





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