Re: HYB: sort of an answer - how long to dry?

I got lost somewhere in seed drying, Linda.  We started with 
bearded seeds and now it appears we have jumped to beardless.

There are different requirements for some beardless as I assume 
John and Bob are talking about JI seeds in the literature you have.

I have planted just about every kind of iris seed there is and
find that JI and siberian are the easiest to germinate without any
fussy techniques.  I am almost sure that the germination rate for 
the above is almost always  ninety to ninety-five percent.

I don't think you want to dry La or pseudacorus seeds at all.  As 
soon as the seed pods turn yellow, plant them.  Some people 
remove the corks and just plant the kernels.  I ruin too many that 
way so I just chip off a little of the corks.

To me dry is dry with the TBs.  In areas of low humidity or in the 
chill of an air-conditioned house, the seeds will dry faster than they 
will in a humid garage or greenhouse.  Bearded seeds should be 
sufficiently dry in one month, I would think.

On 11 Jul 2002 at 15:09, Linda Mann wrote:

> I got some offlist material - a copy of an article by John Coble & Bob
> Bauer that says: "....We collect our seed pods when ripe and starting
> to split, usually early September. The seeds are stored in paper
> envelopes-but for no more than a month."
> 
> They don't elaborate, so it may be that they don't store them longer
> than one month because they need to get them started.  or maybe other
> reasons...
> 
> I am drying mine until they are crinkly and dry looking - probably
> several weeks.
> 
> --
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8





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