Re: HYB: REB: Old news, germination

Oh great - I was pretty sure I was busy reinventing the wheel...but
always nice to know I came up with a wheel designed like the ones other
people have..... :-(

This is pretty much the general method recommended in Vallette's book.

Today I bought a bag of apples to give to my irises - not sure whether
I'm going to put the apples outdoors in a big plastic bag with the seed
flats or bring the flats indoors.

<Linda M., you may be interested in the words of Gary Sides . . .

                       Gary Sides . . . " I planted my seeds in large
cans (commercial cafe size) on
                       the 4th and 11th of Nov. in a soil mixture of 1
part sand, 1 part garden loam
                       and 3 parts potting soil.  It makes quite a
friable mixture that seems to
                       increase the percentage of germination.  They
were covered with pine straw
                       and then plastic. On the 15th of Feb., I found 7
crosses already germinating.
                        I removed the pine straw and replaced the hoops
that hold the plastic and
                       started my heating cables.    Betty Wilkerson
Zone 6 SouthCentral Kentucky>

--
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8

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