seedling soil
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- Subject: seedling soil
- From: "* a* L* R* <i*@televar.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 08:48:48 -0700 (MST)
In the AIS bulletin (April'96) Hooker Nichols wrote a wonderful article
titled "Hybridizing". In this well written article he explains some of his
views to encourage new people to hybridize and have fun growing iris. I
would like to comment on a small segment of this article to get a
discussion going.
Hooker writes "I get a very small percentage bloom the first year but
nearly 100% the second year"
Is this typical for all the other hybridizers on iris-L?
I've been hybridizing eight years with growing iris seedlings in soil with
3"+ of old manure and get 90%+bloom the first year. I hardly have any
disease, the health and growth has been almost as good as a Salem iris.
Has anyone else used massive amounts of manure in iris seedling culture?
I'm 43 years old and my back is still ok. I do have a son that's 12 , he
has his shovel with his very own name on it.
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Merle and Linda Roberts
Grand Coulee Dam, Washington
irisbuff@televar.com
