Re: Re: HYB: harvesting pods
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: HYB: harvesting pods
- From: s*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 12:38:38 EDT
In a message dated 6/25/2000 10:33:20 AM Central Daylight Time,
lmann@mailhub.icx.net writes:
<< Were your seeds still white when you rescued them
from their slimy containers?>>
Yes, but fully grown. I used an old colander (it didn't start out old, but
ended up that way! lol) and the garden hose. That year, it was all weather
related and I tried to rescue everything. It was just after I learned they
might survive at a less mature stage. I'd read about all types of techniques
during the winter, and it was a good thing. I nearly threw up my hands,
anyway. It started raining about a week after I made the last cross and
stayed rainy and overcast for weeks. I had pods sticking in flower beds,
standing in potatoes, laying on my potting table and window sills. I rescued
stuff at about three weeks, but these weren't mature.
<<And more importantly, have you noticed any correlation between slimy
pods and slime prone offspring? >>
I didn't think to check on this, but I don't believe there was a connection.
Betty in BG KY zone 6 where the seed pods may be maturing early due to LACK
of water. It does seem isolated to the end of one bed that faces extreme
heat.
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