Re: Re: HYB: dried up pod stalks
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: HYB: dried up pod stalks
- From: A*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 13:13:49 EDT
In a message dated 6/20/2002 9:23:16 AM Central Daylight Time,
lmann@volfirst.net writes:
<< I've not had many stalks with pods that stayed
green and alive till the pods split. >>
Sorry. . . . Didn't mean the stalk stayed as green and fresh looking as
spring! There is some aging of the stalk. How is the pod to get nourishment
if the stalk isn't alive? Just meant I'd never had any dry up, turn
completely brown, or collapse to the point of snapping or breaking, unless
there is rot, of course. And I'm thinking you mean spontaneous? Maybe I
harvest quicker. I tend to harvest the pods when I first notice the pod
start to split. Lost a few seed once by letting the pod stay too long and
don't like to take chances.
I've always done a daily walk through of the stalks to make sure they are
okay. Not such a problem this year with only 10 pods, but a pretty sizable
task when it was 80 or so per season. (You almost forget where they are!)
The time from cross to harvest seems shorter than in the early 90's. Or is
it just my faulty memory?
Betty Wilkerson Zone 7 SouthCentral Kentucky
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