HYB: iris seeds

Most of the pods from the successful crossings made in May-June are 
still green here, and riding on their mother stalks.  The only two 
that turned brown early turned out not to be not from the natural 
drying process, but from rot.  When I realized this, I took them and 
opened them, exposing some pretty slimy seeds.

The first podful I washed and set them, still moist and covered, in 
the freezer.  The second I also washed but dried; they are now 
sitting in the clear plastic cups I'm using as containers.  My 
impulse is to put them, dry and covered, in the refrigerator until 
cold enough to plant them out in my rough cold frame.

Any other suggestions or protests?  This is my first year of 
hybridizing, and having read everything I could find, on-line and 
off, with all the contradictions, I'm kindof winging it here.

Thanks,
Patricia Brooks
Whidbey Island, WA, zone 8-9?


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