Re: Seed Pods

From: Barb Johnson <lgjohnson@getonthe.net>

Sterling Okase wrote:
> 
> From: "Sterling Okase" <sterling_o@hotmail.com>
> 
> Hi Talk-ers,
> 
> somebody asked....
> 
> ><<I've heard the stories of hunting for seed on the ground and I
> >really don't want to do this!  :)
> 
> then somebody replied....
> 
> >Cover them with lenghts of panty hose cut about 4-5" long and fastened
> above
> >and below the pod with twist ties.  This also helps discourage insects
> that
> >often eat on the pods.  Let the pods begin to split at the top before
> >harvesting.  If you happen to miss one and it splits, the panty hose
> cover
> >will catch the seed.  I'm assuming you're talking of bearded iris here.
> 
> and now my story....
> 
> I have had some trouble with this panty-hose practice of seed
> harvesting. It was suggested to me by someone (can't remember who)
> several years ago when I mentioned that I had found catepillars chewing
> holes in my pods so I decided to try it out.
> 
> First of all, since I have no wife, girlfriend or significant other,  I
> had to *find* panty-hose to cut up so I decided to ask  the girls at
> work for their old panty-hose. It took me FOREVER to think of how to
> bring the subject up at work without getting slapped in the face or
> slapped with a sexual harrassment law suit. Then it took me DAYS to
> approach any of the girls to ask for their pany-hose. Highly
> embarrassing!!!
> 
> Anyway, so I cut the pantyhose into suitable lengths, knotted one end,
> slipped it over the pods and tied it around the neck of the pod and
> waited. Right away I noticed that visibility was poor, I couldn't see
> the pod through the bunched up panty-hose material so couldn't really
> tell when they were splitting without stretching the material to see
> through it. But the worst was yet to come (as if asking the girls wasn't
> bad enough). When it finally came time to harvest them, I broke them off
> the stalk with panty-hose hat still attached and brought them into the
> house where my drying trays were ready to receive them. So I cut the
> string off the bottom and open the sack and dozens of EARWIGS fall
> out!!!! In fact all the pantyhose sacks were earwig motels. I was very
> grossed out!!!!!
> 
> *do I hear laughing?*
> 
> Anyway, I do not do this panty-hose thing anymore. Instead I mist my
> pods with an insecticide and that seems to discourage the chewing bugs.
> And I make daily rounds and pick pods as they start to split. So far I
> haven't missed any but then again, I don't have two acres of pods to
> police either. Thank goodness....
> 
> Iris Maniac,
> Sterling (not Innerst)
> Seattle, WA Zone8
> AIS, KCIS, HIPS, MIS
> sterling_o@hotmail.com


ROTFLOL, Sterling!  Loved it!
-- 
Barb Johnson			lgjohnson@getonthe.net
Near Springfield, SW Missouri	AIS, ISO, HIPS, RIS, MIS
USDA Zone 5b			AIS Region 18 (KS & MO)

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