Re: HYB - What do I do with the seed pod/seed
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- Subject: Re: HYB - What do I do with the seed pod/seed
- From: D* L* <g*@rogerswave.ca>
- Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 15:50:13 -0600 (MDT)
On Mon, 26 May 1997, Micheale & Randy Thompson wrote:
> Two (out of all the Iris at my mother's house) bloomed this year, both have
> seed pods on them. What do I do with them. I would like to try to grow the
> seed and see what I come up with.
>
> Someone earlier posted to let the seed pod stay on until it turned brown and
> started to crack, but she/he didn't know what to do after that. I haven't
> seen any other postings on this.
>
> What do I do with the seeds? Plant them in small pots and put plastic on
> them to make their own greenhouse? Plant them outside(they might get pulled
> as weeds), if outside where? Full sun (we are in TX so 100 hot and dry will
> be here soon), part shade??? Do you keep the seed moist until the
> germinate? ??????
>
> How long should it take them to germinate, then how long does it take before
> they are big enough to bloom and start setting babies (1, 2, ??? years??)
> Micheale Thompson Boyd, TX Zone 7 Sunset Zone 33
On 19 Mar '97 there was a very long posting by Bill Shear on seeds
and seed germination. Look this up first in the archives which I
can never remember the url address. There was a lot of discussion
about this but that was one of the best. I actually germinated
seeds this year and am waiting for the seedlings to get up to 4
leaf size to go outside. I will just be delighted if you would like
to know how I did this. Be warned though the seeds were I setosa.
Last year sometime in the fall there was a thread in which Linda
Mann asked what to do with unevenly sized seeds. Linda can you
remember when that was and what was decided?
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca> <- private email address
Zone 5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
