Re: HYB: Why Stratify
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: Why Stratify
- From: J* I* J*
- Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 16:10:10 -0700
Linda Mann wrote:
>
> Jim Rohrer in Inman SC asked:
> <... is there a specified time you let the seed dry after ripening?,and
> before soaking in the old white bowl. ...Wondering where I'm going to
> plant them all.>
>
> I don't have in my notes how long to dry the seeds before soaking. Last
> year, I let them dry for at least a month, but that was probably more
> than necessary. I was planning to let them dry until they looked about
> as dry as they get, but don't know how long that usually takes. Can
> anybody else answer that part of Jim's question?
>
My question is this, why let them dry out at all? Take them from a
mature, but not dry, pods and plant them directly into a seed bed
(garden or indoors). The issue is that if you let them dry out, then you
have togo throught the soaking process to leach out the substances that
slow pr prevent germination.
Planting them before they are dry avoids this process since the
substances have not formed in the concentrations required to prevent germination.
John | "There be dragons here"
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