Re: HYB:Seed:Potting:Techniques:101

Is that why Texans grow tall, Donald?

--  Griff

zone 7 in Virginia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Eaves" <donald@eastland.net>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [iris]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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