Re: planting TB seeds
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: planting TB seeds
- From: D* L* <g*@rogerswave.ca>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 07:03:10 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 22 Nov 1996 LMann76543@aol.com wrote:
> I just planted seeds from my bearded iris crosses and was surprised at the
> variability in appearance. Two crosses with DUSKY CHALLENGER as a parent
> were huge and misshapen, seeds from a bee pod of CHERRY SMOKE were very
> uniform in size and shape, seeds from BEHOLD A LADY were all sizes and
> shapes.
>
> Does size and shape of seeds have any relationship to how well the seeds grow
> or what the babies look like? Will the babies from the huge misshapen seeds
> be huge misshapen (ruffled?) babies? Will CHERRY SMOKE's babies all be
> tailored? Or are these just quirks of seed formation that have little to do
> with genetics? Linda Mann lmann76543@aol.com east TN USA
Your observations on how these seedlings develope and grow would
provide a lot of answers for a lot of people.
--
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca>
Zone 5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
