Re: HYB:Seed:Potting:Techniques:101

Griff,


>--  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 wonder why not?  I didn't save the pots the first year, but I had so many
strays come up in the seedling bed I've kept them after that year.  For the
last several years I've had more fall and winter germination than in the
spring.  Most of the carryover pots are just sitting around the base of an
oak tree.  When it cools off and we get some rain in the fall, I start to
see some germination.  Once they start I start paying attention and begin to
keep the pots watered.  It's not too much trouble to bring them in as long
the numbers of pots aren't too many.  I think it's that we have such mild
fall/early winter weather for such a long period of time.  A really bad
sub-freezing spell only lasts a day or two usually and not often.  Our first
predicted freeze is in the forecast for next weekend.  Two nights supposed
to drop to 32F.  If it's clear, that will bring the first killing frost and
I'll be knee deep in oak leaves.

Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA
  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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