RE: Re: HYB: Germination!!!

Linda,
	We put these seeds into the fridge on Labor Day weekend.  Traditionally, we
put them in on Labor Day and remove them on Thanksgiving, give or take a day
or two.
	I can't begin to guess what temp this fridge is at.  It is an old
refrigerator (@ 20 years) and is used mainly for keeping diet coke cold <G>.
In years gone by I have put the seeds in the vegetable crisper but this year
it was full of apples so I just stuck them in a cake pan on a shelf.  I am
guessing here but I think that fluctuating temps would not be bad.  This is
based on the fact that the temps outside would fluctuate much more.  Maybe
they just aren't ready yet <G>.



Dana Brown
Region 17 Judges Training Chairperson
AIS, MIS, ASI, RIS, TBIS
MALEVIL IRIS GARDENS
Lubbock, TX
Zone 7 USDA, Zone 10 Sunset
 <d*@malevil-iris.com>


-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Mann [l*@volfirst.net]
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 7:29 AM
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: HYB: Germination!!!


Dana said:
<We have 31 seeds germinating.  While
                       checking our seeds in the fridge we found these
first few starting up.>

Now I'm wondering about refrigerator temperatures <g>.  None of mine
germinated while in the fridge & only a few germinated once seeds were
potted after 3 mos in the fridge.

My fridge temps are not as stable as I'd like - you know the syndrome,
everything is fine for weeks at a time, then suddenly, it decides to
freeze the lettuce if it's on the top or bottom shelf (not the middle
ones).  Maybe I need to set it a bit warmer?  Colder, so the lettuce
always freezes?

Or was maybe 3 months in the fridge not long enough?

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