Re: CULT: Seed Pods
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Seed Pods
- From: H*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 19:52:21 EDT
From: HIPSource@aol.com
In a message dated 6/20/99 6:37:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Irisborer@aol.com writes:
<<
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.>>
The Borer is not pulling your leg. This is Dr. Z's trick and we have heard
that it works. Check the Archives for a thread around 4 June of 1997
involving Celia telling of Donald Mosser's pod and potato experiment.
Anner Whitehead
HIPSource@aol.com
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