Re: HYB: Why Stratify
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: Why Stratify
- From: o*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 20:01:19 EDT
In a message dated 7/6/2002 6:11:08 PM Central Daylight Time,
jijones@usjoneses.com writes:
> 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.
>
This is an interesting sceneio. I would appreciate seeing some posts from
people planting seeds immediately into ground/pots etc. with some data
relative to germination rates/survival/planting details. Of particular
interest to me are people who have used this method in the last 12 months.
However, I do see some obvious advantage from an efficiency standpoint by
drying/soaking/planting processing all seeds in the same way at the same
time.
Thanking yawl in advance,
Bill Burleson 7a/b
Old South Iris Society
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