Re: CULT: Starting TBs in Cold Frame

Francelle,

In reviewing your methods, I'm wondering if you don't dry the seeds 
after their soaking, before they go into the black plastic and into 
the fridge.  Otherwise, don't they rot in such airtight conditions?

Patricia


--- In iris-talk@y..., "MARVIN EDWARDS" <fjmjedwards@w...> wrote:
> Pat, I don't freeze any iris seeds.  The past two years I soaked 
them for 10 days in Styrofoam cups and changed the water every day.  
What a job!  Then I wrapped them in black plastic and put them in the 
bottom of my refrigerator for three months according to George 
Sutton's directions.  I take them out in January or February, plant 
them in large plastic pots which I bury in the garden and cover with 
a seed blanket.  I believe some call it Remay.  I have had the best 
germination that way.  When the Arizona sun hits them, they come 
right up.   I believe Colleen in Australia told of putting them in 
nylon stockings, tying and marking each cross carefully, of course, 
and putting them in a toilet tank where they get the water changed at 
each flush.  That should shorten the soaking time.  I really believe 
that they do have some substance that inhibits germination and has to 
be washed off.  It keeps seed from sprouting in the wild until there 
is a year wet enough to support growth of the plant.   That might not 
be a problem where you live though.
> Francelle, in dry southern AZ
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: pbrooks@w... 
>   To: iris-talk@y... 
>   Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 9:55 PM
>   Subject: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: Starting TBs in Cold Frame
> 
> 
>   Francelle,
> 
>   How long do you freeze your TB seeds?  And do you soak three days 
as 
>   has been said here, with water changes?
> 
>   Patricia
> 
> 
>   Terms of Service. 
> 
> 
> 
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