Re: Re: HYB: seed stratification
- Subject: Re: [iris] Re: HYB: seed stratification
- From: Christopher Darlington c*@sympatico.ca
- Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 17:40:26 -0500
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris/> (Web Archive)
Linda Mann wrote:
> My plan now is to leave the stubborn ones in the fridge another 2 weeks
> (14 weeks total), then put them in baggies with damp peatmoss and sand
> for a few weeks in the "sun" room or somewhere I can keep the maximum
> temperature below 70o, remove & pot germinated seed, put remaining
> ungerminated seeds back in the fridge for a couple of weeks, take them
> back out for a couple of weeks, etc.
Linda,
I pot all germinated/non germinated seeds after 12 weeks of fridge
stratification, 75% appear to germinate and the rest will pop up the
following year if you leave them in their pots. I don't have the
patience or time to do anything else.
Chris
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