Re: HYB: nighhtmare!
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- Subject: Re: HYB: nighhtmare!
- From: "* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 12:12:08 +0000
- References: <v01510100b1b2c3414e4e@[134.53.136.103]>
Dennis Kramb wrote:
>
> >> > > W This morning I woke up to find the seed pod decapitated
> >> > > from the stalk! :(
> >> > >
> >> Dennis -- If there isn't enough stalk, try a method that has worked for
> >> me:
> >>
> >> Put the pod in an onion bag or other plastic mesh thing and hang it from
> >> a stick in the garden so that it doesn't touch anything else. At 4-5
> >> weeks old, it may only need to dry naturally. You may get small and/or
> >> few seeds, but they should be viable (if there are any -- sometimes pods
> >> are empty -- just nature's way of having fun with us, I guess). Good
> >> luck.
>
> I tell you...after having been officially "infected" with the iris virus for
> a year now, I'm pretty disappointed so far! You are indeed correct, there
> is absolutely no stalk left on the pod. I remember hearing/reading that a
> mature pod is at least eight weeks old. Is that correct?
>
> There's definately seeds in the pod...I can see one of them through a small
> split where the stalk used to be. It's white and about half the size of a
> pea (maybe a little bigger). I'm going to do as you say and just let it
> dry out for a few weeks. I'm hoping that nature is smarter than me, and
> has a trick up her sleeve for when this happens out in the wild. Maybe
> just maybe there's some last ditch chemical/biological safety mechanism
> that will allow at least a few of the seeds to be viable after a pod gets
> severed prematurely from a stalk.
>
> Dennis (Wishful Thinker Extraordinaire!) in Cincinnati
