Re: HYB: Reblooming Arilbreds
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- Subject: Re: HYB: Reblooming Arilbreds
- From: R* T* D* <r*@sierratel.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 20:43:51 -0700 (MST)
Walter A. Moores wrote:
>
> So if you are planning to make some quarterbred crosses, you will
> have to gather the pollen from the halfbreeds and freeze it for use later
> when the SDB's and TB's are in bloom.
>
Strange how iris are affected in different parts of the country. Here
the SDB's usually bloom first, a week ahead of the Arilbreds. I never
bother to freeze pollen within the same season. I have successfully
used SDB pollen on late talls, sometimes as much as a month apart.
BTW, my named SDB's are beginning their spring bloom and my seedlings
are about to explode into peak bloom by early next week.
Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Gardens
Central California........A California Classic today with warm sunny
skies and 76F.
Zone 8
