Re: HYB: fall rebloom genetics
iris@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: HYB: fall rebloom genetics
  • From: C* C* <i*@aim.com>
  • Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 07:51:21 -0400
 I checked daylength for March 8th for Porterville California. It was 11 hours
and 37 minutes.

March 8th is a guess as to start of flower stalk growth for their bloom end of
March.

So critical daylength  would seem to be about 11.5 hours of daylight.  I
checked for when I get 11 hours and 37 minutes of daylength  here. It would
have been about 3 days later, March 11th.  While I have some  SDB  blooming in
cold greenhouse, everything outside is just greening up.  Daffodils have just
started.

So,  difference in  timing of spring bloom would basically seem to have
nothing to do with daylength. So  we have to look at other factors. Such as
speed of growth, or timing of coming out of dormancy based on temperature
response.

Chuck Chapman








---- Original Message ----
From: Betty Wilkerson <autmirislvr@aol.com>
To: iris@hort.net
Sent: Sat, Apr 30, 2011 12:21 pm
Subject: Re: [iris] HYB: fall rebloom genetics


<<I can provide you with some formulas  that predict bloom based on warmth,
mount of daylength etc,  They are in the book "Manipulation of Flowering"
dited by Atherton.  But  basically I'm not sure they add much to a good
rediction.>>
>>Weather  webpages  such as weather underground, can give you daylength
nformation for various locals and dates.>>

Thanks Chuck,

I thought you might already have the information indexed.

I'll put this on my list for winter work.  For now, I already have more
things
to do than I have time to do them.


Thanks for your input.

Betty W.



-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Chapman <irischapman@aim.com>
To: iris <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Sat, Apr 30, 2011 11:11 am
Subject: Re: [iris] HYB: fall rebloom genetics


Somehow I doubt if day length make much difference in timing of spring bloom.
 suspect more temperature and time to grow a bloom stalk from trigger
emperature. And this will vary according to day temperatures.
A factor could very well be the carry over of  an immature  flower stalk from
all. One that started but  climate conditions  stopped growth, and flower
talk not  big enough to be bothered by lower temperatures.
When  you can get full bloom season in California in March, then  the day
ength that they get there  that triggers flower stalks will be the critical
aylength. The triggering will obviously be  a couple of weeks before a TB
ctually blooms.
Of course SDB will need less time to go from trigger to flowering.
So look at  daylenght in early March for California, and then check  when
your
aylength corresponds, and then check with your  bloom data.
I can provide you with some formulas  that predict bloom based on warmth,
mount of daylength etc,  They are in the book "Manipulation of Flowering"
dited by Atherton.  But  basically I'm not sure they add much to a good
rediction.
Weather  webpages  such as weather underground, can give you daylength
nformation for various locals and dates.
Chuck Chapman

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