Re: HYB: iris seeds
- Subject: Re: HYB: iris seeds
- From: p*@whidbey.net
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 01:47:42 -0000
Pardon me, Walter; I don't know why I said William.
Patricia
--- In iris-talk@y..., pbrooks@w... wrote:
> 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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