Re: HYB: ?germination/how many yrs?

In a message dated 3/11/2006 6:45:56 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
lmann@volfirst.net writes:


<<How many years do those of you who keep pots more than one  year wait for
more germination?>><<I'm thinking the third year  will be the last for most 
of these crosses, might hang onto a few promising or  difficult ones a little 
longer.>> 
Linda, It's still early but I've several new seedlings sprouting from the  
2004 group (19 series) (ones planted last year) but I'm not seeing any new  ones 
in the 2003 batch.  
 
I'll be able to give a more intelligent answer to that when the leftovers  
from the 1600 series (2001) bloom . . . this spring.  Saved just under a  dozen 
last year from three or four special crosses, and hope they aren't all  junk.  
I've always just let them set until the soil all filters out!   (Almost)  
<vbg>  Actually depends on how bad I need either the  space or the pots.  
 
But, my opinion is that two years of sprouts is really about all you can  
expect.  
 
There always that little exception?  Like the half dozen or so seed  from 
1812 that I dumped under my picnic table?  The fall of 2003?  And  couldn't find? 
 I found a sprout today!  I'll line it out even though  I have approximately 
150 plants from that cross.  After it went to all that  trouble?  Who wouldn't 
plant it??  
 
You can't reuse the soil for seedlings so where do you dump the  pots?  In 
Alvaton I dumped them at the base a tree and by the time I left  there was over 
2 dozen irises growing around the tree!  In BG I used the  soil in potted 
plants and had iris seedlings coming up among my petunias and  moss rose!  
 
 
 
 

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