Re: HYB... seed pods
- Subject: Re: HYB... seed pods
- From: p*
- Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 01:15:53 -0000
Sharon,
If you go to the iris-talk archives and search by "seed" you will
find more than you can possibly read on this subject.
The short answer, though, is hold the seed in a well-ventilated place
(inside) until they dry, then go to steps of soaking and chilling,
planting out in pots or soil about November.
But you should know that those seeds are not replications of the
mother plant; those are produced only by rhizome increases. Seed
pods are from a cross with pollen from another; and if you didn't
make the cross, a bee must have. The odds are not going to be great
that it will turn out to be something lovely. But us hybridizing
addicts don't let that stop us. So study the various methods offered
in the Archives (look under "burritos" for a good compilation of
methods offered here, devised by Linda Mann.)
Patricia Brooks
Whidbey Island, WA, zone 8/9
--- In iris-talk@y..., "blueseawitch2000" <Blueseawitch@a...> wrote:
> My China Dragon has produced a very healthy seed pod and I have
> recovered some nice seeds from it. I have a question that I need
an
> answer to please. I live in North Carolina and we are under going
> severe drought conditions now. I would like to plant them to try
to
> produce some little ones but I am uncertain what to do or if this
is
> even a good time to try?
>
> I certainly would love to get more Of China Dragon or perhaps a
> mixture of China Dragon and maybe Babbling Brook since this was
left
> up to the bees. Any suggestions?
>
> Sharon Robertson
> North Carolina
> Zone 7/8
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