Re: CULT: Seed Pods
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Seed Pods
- From: E* G*
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 10:07:37 -0500
From: Ellen Gallagher <e_galla@moose.ncia.net>
Mike Sutton wrote:
>I have had much better luck with just sticking the
>entire stalk in water, changing the water daily and every other day slicing
>a thin bit off the base of the stalk. Never lost a stalk this way and have
>had the seed pods mature nicely.
I also stick the stalk in water but I do cut off a lot of it
just so it will fit in a water glass (for convenience's sake not
gardening wisdom). I also change the water frequently and haven't
lost a stalk and the pods ripen slowly over a course of weeks.
It is almost necessary here because of our early frosts. I did the
same thing last year with daylily seeds for the first time and
I have some daylily seedlings in my garden as a result.
I do not have good germination however but that is a result of
refusing to fuss with the seeds. I am taking a page from Jeff W.
and planting some seeds in pots in the ground. I think Walter
may do that as well. Anything beats having my present method
which consists of covered flats with grow lights throughout the
house in people's way.
Ellen
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Ellen Gallagher / e_galla@ncia.net
Northern New Hampshire, USA / Zone 3
Berlin, NH in 'The Great North Woods'
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