Re: Re: Cult: TB crosses
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: Cult: TB crosses
- From: L*
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 20:14:52 -0700
>Sally:
> Yes, you can make different crosses on different blooms, but why stress
>your plant by producing several pods on one stalk and possibly resulting in
>less vigorous seed. I can understand the temptation to want to compare
>crosses, using the same pod parent, but it might be better to wait till you
>have more bloom stalks on the same iris.
> Jim Harrison, Asheville, NC
I remember Tom Burseen's guest garden in Dallas this year... he had many
with three, even more, pods per stalk, doing exceptionally well. It was
rather attractive to see all of his crosses growing so healthily. My son
even pointed out ones that had three pods on the terminal socket.
Kitty Loberg, Redwood Vly, Ca.
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