Re: HYB: Why Stratify
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: Why Stratify
- From: d*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 00:24:56 EDT
In a message dated 7/6/02 7:11:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jijones@usjoneses.com writes:
> My question is this, why let them dry out at all?
Hi John,
You are right about planting the seeds as soon as they are ripe if you live
in California. Seeds planted at that time in northern states will not
achieve the necessary size and root system needed to survive the winter.
They will heave out of the ground and die since there is not usually constant
snow cover. That is why we let our seeds dry out and plant them outside in
about November. They normally stratify over winter and begin to germinate
here in late April or early May. We only treat dry seeds in the spring that
didn't get planted in the fall so they can catch up to the fall planted ones.
Of course this all gives you Californians a jump on us.
Dorothy Willott in Northern Ohio, Zones 5/6
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