Re: Re: HYB:Seed:Potting:Techniques:101

Betty  --  You have good recall.  It was Pail Black.  His article on seed
planting from a 1994 issue of the Bulletin can be found listed first if you
go to Google and dial "planting + iris + seeds" (without the quotes).  --
Griff

zone 4 in Virginia


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From: <Autmirislvr@aol.com>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: [iris] Re: HYB:Seed:Potting:Techniques:101


> In a message dated 11/15/2003 5:13:18 PM Central Standard Time,
> redear@infinet.com writes:
>
> > I have no place to put my seed pots in the ground. Mine just sit out in
the
> > weather. I use mum pots.
>
> I didn't have any place to dig a trench for the past 5 years and I was
going
> to dig a trench in my friends garden when I decided to buy land again and
will
> now do it here. I've had a few seed rot in the last 2 or 3 years, rarely
> before that time.  We have a lot of cloudy dreary days here which might be
a
> factor.  And I had pine trees that shaded them a LOT.
>
> I think the trick is to keep the seed damp but not soggy.  Someone else on
> the list has mentioned using a trench. I want to say it was Paul Black
when he
> came on for a little while back about 2 years ago.  But I'm not sure.
>
> Betty W. in South-central KY Zone 6
>
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