HYB:Seed planting


In a message dated 7/7/2006 10:56:51 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
Bzzscheile@aol.com writes:

<<store in a cool dry area until Thanksgiving Day weekend when  they are 
planted.>

 
Barbara mentioned this on another thread.  Reminded me.  
 
I want to avoid fall sprouts so, normally, I try to plant on Thanksgiving  
Day weekend too!  In order to let the soil cool.  
 
Last year Griff stated that he plants a month or so earlier without any  fall 
sprouts.  I decided to give it a try.  Oct 29, 2005 turned out to  be a 
lovely day to plant seed.  Since I had over 50 pots to fill, it took  most of the 
day.  Watered every day for 5 days as is my practice.   Somewhere around Xmas I 
covered the pots with straw.  
 
Thanks for the advise, Griff.  It worked very well with no fall  sprouts.  
Better germination this spring.  I no longer feel the need  to suffer in the 
cold to plant seed!  
 
 

 
________________________________________________________
If you  don't cross them, you can't  plant them! 
Betty W. in South-central  KY Zone 6 ---
Bridge In Time Iris Garden@website:
_www.thegardensite.com/irises/bridgeintime/_ 
(http://www.thegardensite.com/irises/bridgeintime/) 
_Reblooming Iris - Home Page_ (http://www.rebloomingiris.com/)  
_iris-photos archives_ (http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-photos/)  
_iris-talk archives_ (http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-talk/)  
_AIS: American Iris Society website_ (http://www.irises.org/)   

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE IRIS



Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index