Re: soaking seeds
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] soaking seeds
- From: C* M*
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:39:24 +1000
Betty
I soak and refrigerate for autumn planting, to get earlier germination. In
our climate the winter months are the milder ones (cf summer) and so the
earlier in autumn/winter they germinate the better. I have autumn planted
the dry seeds but got much more sporadic and later germination.Certainly, if
I wanted to germinate any other time of year I would have to soak and
refrigerate. Our rainfall, outside of winter, is far too uncertain.
Colleen Modra
South Aust
zone8/9
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Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] soaking seeds
> In a message dated 6/10/2001 2:34:29 PM Central Daylight Time,
> irises@senet.com.au writes:
>
> << Every time you flush they get drained and covered
> in nice fresh water, works wonders. you can do more than 100 crosses at
once
> if you have to. >>
>
> Colleen, I've always liked the sound of this for spring plantings, but
when
> would/do you plant these seed? I plant in late fall or early winter for
> sprouting the next spring. The winter rains accomplish the same thing? If
I
> have seed held over in the spring will this work as well as my fall
planting?
>
>
> Betty / Bowling Green KY USA Zone 6
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