Re: HYB:Seed:Potting:Techniques:101
- Subject: Re: [iris]HYB:Seed:Potting:Techniques:101
- From: A*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 09:57:13 EST
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In a message dated 11/16/2003 7:45:45 AM Central Standard Time,
donald@eastland.net writes:
> Do you hold over seeds one year to the next? If so, how do you prevent
> some
> from germinating in the fall?
Yes. Unless I have a serious shortage of pots, I hold them over until I quit
getting sprouts. Always a second year. I don't ususally have many after
that second year. I reused soil in a hanging flower pot and found a sprout this
past spring from 1999. One of these crosses just keeps on giving with one or
two seed sprouting each year! Being an eternal optimist, I plant them!
Fall sprouting is not too common here, but it does happen. If they come up in
the fall, they stay in the pot until the next spring. Most survive, but I
don't baby them. It's survival of the fittest around here. If I think of it, I
might stick the pot on the west/north side of the shed to prevent early morning
thaw.
Betty W. in South-central KY Zone 6
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