Re: HYB: Who's your daddy?
- Subject: Re: HYB: Who's your daddy?
- From: t*
- Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 18:12:39 -0000
Maybe you'll get a good seedling out of this to introduce.... You
could name it Who's your daddy!
--- In iris-talk@y..., John Reeds <jreeds@m...> wrote:
> Patricia:
>
> Logically, the pollen from cross #1 probably got there first. I do
not
> think it impossible that cross #2 pollen might have arrived in time
for some
> of the developing seeds to be #2 babies, but a few days later it is
probably
> less likely. I always have best luck with takes on "first morning
open"
> pollination. On hot days, I have been known to (brutally!) rip a
flower
> open to pollinate it before leaving for work, so it won't be drying
out
> before I get home. Certainly a mixed crop is possible for
fraternal twins,
> but if the delay is too long before the second pollination, it may
be too
> late.
>
> John Reeds
>
> > From: pinkirises[SMTP:pbrooks@w...]
> > A couple of times, I have put a cross on a bloom, then noticed
that I
> > have it marked with a previous cross (having dropped to the
bottom of
> > the flower's stem, so not all that careless.) Question: If #1
took,
> > will #2 be rejected? If #1 didn't take, can #2 succeed? And
this is
> > the dumb part -- there being three stigmatic lips, is there any
> > possibility that pollen on one will go down its little channel to
> > fertilize, and the other fertilize down its little shoot?
> >
> > In short, are plants the same as people -- if you're pregnant,
you're
> > not open to newcomers? But if you're promiscuous, you may not
know
> > till the little critter arrives who its daddy is? If then?
> >
> > I have such a cross, which was an important one to me and
produced
> > the most babies, so the question is not in the abstract.
> >
> > Patricia Brooks
> > Whidbey Island, WA
> >
> >
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