• Subject: HYB:Early Pods
• From: a*@aol.com
• Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:27:44 -0400

Just a reminder to the newer hybridizers that a pod doesn't have to go through
the full 2-3 months in the garden to be viable.

TB2512 is a cross that only spent 22 days in the garden.  A bug ate through
the stalk about six inches from the pod.  It has been hanging on my cork board
ever since.  The end of the pod turned black and started splitting so I
harvested it this morning.  The 45 seed were still white, but full sized.
I've had germination from a few seed that were white but smaller so I really
expect these to germinate.

The split pod is still in the garden and the 3 exposed seeds have turned
brown.  I'm checking it daily and if the seed start looking loose I will
harvest it.  I want to isolate these seed so I can monitor germination.

Betty Wilkerson
Bridge In Time Iris Garden
KY Zone 6

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