Re: HYB:Seed:Potting:Techniques:101

Donald  --  I have left ungerminated seeds sitting in their containers in
the open (and untended  --  meaning that they've sometimes gone hard and dry
as bricks) for two or more years until some sprouted, but I've never had any
germinate in the fall.  I'm about 20 feet above sea level in northern
Viriginia.  --  Griff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Eaves" <donald@eastland.net>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: [iris]HYB:Seed:Potting:Techniques:101


> Betty,
>
> > I do not want my seed to sprout this fall.
>
> Do you hold over seeds one year to the next?  If so, how do you prevent
some
> from germinating in the fall?  I'll finish planting my seeds today and I
> don't expect any seeds from this year to sprout before spring, but I have
> around 30 seedlings up in the pots from the previous two years.  I guess I
> don't mind really, but I do tote them in out during the winter months to
> protect them when the temperatures are forecasted to get too low if they
> come up in the pots.  Some are in the ground so they will be on their own.
> Those fall germinations in the ground haven't fared well in the past.
>
> Donald Eaves
> donald@eastland.net
> Texas Zone 7b, USA
>
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