Re: arilbred culture / "autosyndetica" (again)
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- Subject: Re: arilbred culture / "autosyndetica" (again)
- From: i*@easynet.co.uk (Ian Black)
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 14:57:32 -0700 (MST)
Graham wrote
>Here, AB culture is a no-no outside. It took me a while to discover that cold
>alone was not the problem, but like so many things here, it is a combination
>of cold and wet. We get around 32" rain per year, mostly between September
>and April. That's also the time of year when it gets cold (by local
>standards) with night lows down to about -5C/23F. It is the combination of
>cold and wet that kills them.
Quite a coincidence that this thread cropped up right after my question on
"autosyndetica", and the helpful replies that Sharon and Clarence gave.
Clarence said -
>And definitely a valuable iris for future breeding! Simonet's aril crosses,
>as Sharon points out, and his spuria crosses, e.g. BELIZE, were far more
>adaptable to wet climates, e.g. Eastern U.S. and Canada, Pacific northwest,
>then the strains that gained popularity with U.S. breeders. For some
>ambitious breeders who would like to "make a name" your clone would be a
>good start.
Well, had I known that my "autosyndetica" plants were AB's (of a sort), I
would have panicked and brought them under glass for the winter. As it is,
they went outside. Not only did they survive, but they actually seem to
have been growing, and we have just had a fairly foul winter. I don't live
that far from Graham, and I should imagine our winter conditions to have
been pretty similar. I would hesitate to draw any firm conclusions from a
population of two, but it does seem that there might be an interesting
opening here for anyone enterprising enough to develop a new strain.
So - who will try??
Ian
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