Re: HYB: technique - seed germination--LINDA'S BURRITOS
- Subject: Re: HYB: technique - seed germination--LINDA'S BURRITOS
- From: p*
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 01:10:09 -0000
Thank you, Kenny!
Patricia
--- In iris-talk@y..., "kenny and kathy wittel" <kenkat@g...> wrote:
> I still had it saved in my e-mail
>
> Kenny
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Linda Mann <lmann@v...>
> To: iris-talk <iris-talk@y...>
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 11:29 AM
> Subject: [iris-talk] HYB: technique - seed germination
>
>
> > Little sprouts coming up like crazy on the most recent batch of
seeds.
> > Best germination ever, by far.
> >
> > The routine that seems to give results for me, the one I will
try again
> > next year and see if it works as well, is (1) harvest and air dry
seeds,
> > (2) soak seeds in the flusher for 2 weeks, (3) line seeds out
diagonally
> > on a damp paper towel, fold the towel over the seeds, roll it up,
> > folding the ends, stuff the roll into a foldup plastic sandwich
baggie
> > (or use a dry towel & dunk it in water before bagging it), then
stack
> > them all on end in a jar in the fridge for 3 months, (4) plant in
> > sand/potting soil mix, 5 seeds per cell in leftover bedding plant
4
> > paks, seeds covered twice their diameter with the soil mix, and
place
> > outdoors about the time of the last (mid March? or later)
unexpected
> > killing (temps less than mid 20s F) freeze , (5) water twice a day
> > unless it rains or is below freezing. And I will add (6) now
that they
> > are up - use liquid fertilizer once or twice a week (depending on
how
> > much it rains - more often if it rains a lot).
> >
> > I think I may have 100% germination in some of my crosses.
Unheard of.
> > Compare that to whatever it was last year - <5%?
> >
> > Only thing I can figure for the low/delayed germination in
previous
> > yeasrs is erratic moisture and temperatures - I think I remember
reading
> > somewhere that some of these germination inhibitors can be
removed by
> > chill & leaching only to get turned back on by warm temperatures
or
> > drought at the just the wrong moment.
> >
> > Thanks to everybody, both on this list and in the series of
articles
> > here and there in various iris pubs for helping me find a better
way to
> > get my seedlings off the ground. Too much fussing around if I
was still
> > working, but retirement allows.
> >
> > Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
> >
> >
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