Re: Re:HYB: germination data-terms

Chuck I planted the seeds in late March. Middle of the 3rd week? They started showing leaves the last week of April, as mine did. There were 9 crosses and not my seeds. Planted them for a friend. He was still getting new ones in early June, rare here. Mine quit in the 3 week of May. I did water them at least every day the first week. Sprouting was normal for mine this year.
With several weeks to sprout how can some one determine the strongest growers? I see the first ones are always bigger than later ones. I plant mine in small pots or 20oz Styrofoam cups when they get about 1 1/2 " tall. I do not see which ones are weak. By the next spring I can. The weakest ones either die by then or are small. They are destroyed.
I plant them in a raised beds ( 2 beds) 14' X 50" 80 seedlings per bed. 10" X 10" for each seedling. I get 60% to 75% bloom the first year . Photo of one bed in bloom http://tinypic.com/r/dpbk2c/5 

Mike Greenfield
Zone 5b
SW Ohio
http://www.home.roadrunner.com/~irisinohio/
----- Original Message ----- From: <irischapman@aim.com> 
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 10:39 PM
Subject: [iris] Re:HYB: germination data-terms
Could you provide some info on when your seeds germinate. You say less then a month, so does that mean you see first seedling at the end of April, or that all seeds have germinated at that time? Personn ally I would have expected late May.
Typically I see seeds germinate over several weeks. That is between first seed and last seed that germinates in a tray there is usually a week or two. 

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