Re: REB: Fall Maiden Bloom Seedlings
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] REB: Fall Maiden Bloom Seedlings
- From: w*
- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 06:44:50 -0600
- Priority: normal
> Over half of the seedlings from this cross (Lumilite x Little Showoff)
> are very vigorous so far.
>
> Mike Greenfield
> redear@infinet.com
> SW OH Zone 5b, USA
>
>
Mike, both your cross and mine have rebloomers on one side of
the parentage. That, the weather, and culture account for this early expression of
bloom. I have had this happen before, and just because a seedling
gives maiden bloom in the fall, this is no indication that it will
be a rebloomer.
Yes, there is quite a lit of vigor in all of the crosses I made
in 2000. They haven't been put to bed yet with our rapid rise up to
the sixties again yesterday. We have seventies on tap for today and
for several days down the road.
The earlier you get your seedlings lined out in the spring they
sprout and keeping them growing all summer will result in earliest
bloom, sometimes in the fall as we see here. The only seedlings
usually not mature enough to line out in early spring are beardless
and arilbreds. Arilbred seedlings have a tendency to go dormant, and
I have lost many because of spring transplanting.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
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