Re: HYB: iris seeds
- Subject: Re: HYB: iris seeds
- From: p*@whidbey.net
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 01:46:07 -0000
William et al,
You see what I mean about contradictions in the Archives. But I'm
glad for all input and will report on the success of the various
methods I'll try this year. I just hope I have germination of some
when I'm through testing!
Patricia
--- In iris-talk@y..., "wmoores" <wmoores@w...> wrote:
>
> >
> > 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?
>
>
> The Mallorn Archives should be full of information on
stratification of seeds
> because this subject has been discussed several times since the
> establishment of the list in 1996.
>
> I freeze my seeds after they have been completely dried. They
> stay in the freezer from August to mid November. I have never
frozen
> 'green' seed and expect that to be a bad idea.
>
> Even in MS, the ground can freeze solid once in five or ten
years,
> and so do the iris seed pots - makes for better germination.
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
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