Re: CULT: Seed Pods
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Seed Pods
- From: I*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 18:37:01 EDT
From: Irisborer@aol.com
In a message dated 6/20/1999 6:22:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
AHKAtelier@aol.com writes:
<< They had started to yellow a little, but were not brown. Is
there any special care I should give these pods to have viable seeds. I am
hoping I'll still get seeds I can use. Are they mature when they start to
yellow? I haven't hybridized before this year so I am a bit nervous. Any
hints would be greatly appreciate. >>
Try this...... trim the stalk to a managable length, dig a hole in a potato
and stick the cut end of the stalk in there. Prop it somehow somewhere
protected (sunny window?) until the pod completes the maturation process. I
am told that the sugars and moisture of the potato will bring the seedpod
along.
No personal experience, but I'm throwing it out there FWIW.
Kathy Guest in East Aurora, NY who danced till the wee hours at daughter's
wedding - and who could not tolerate more than one wedding every 26 years or
so.
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