Re: HYB:Harvest Time Planting
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB:Harvest Time Planting
- From: d*@dynamicro.on.ca
- Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 07:00:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca
On Fri, 28 May 1999, S&C Rust wrote:
> I guess Jim Loveland is too busy gardening to read the list these days!
> But, I know that he does plant his seeds straight away after harvesting them
> from the pods and he gets germination right away. I believe he had hundreds
> if not thousands germinate last summer and he overwintered them in his
> greenhouse. I know that not everyone has greenhouse facilities, but the
> point is, many of them did germinate right after summer planting. Hope this
> is of help. If Jim does read this, he can tell you all more.
> Cindy Rust, Missouri, Zone 5b
Cindy, what kind of irises does he work with? Most of the North
American
native irises require freezing before they will germinate. I don't knoa
about beardeds.
--
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca>
Zone 4/5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
URL for the North American Native Irises web page
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
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