Re: Iris from Seed
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- Subject: Re: Iris from Seed
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- Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 17:03:25 -0700 (MST)
About five or ten years ago (if my memory serves me right, I am over 40, so
my memory can go any day) Keith Keppel wrote a short blurb in the AIS
Bulletin about seed germination. He planted his seeds in sand and had a
soaker hose that would continuously drip water over the seeds. I believe the
article stated he had a 90%+ germination rate. Does anyone on Iris-L know
which AIS Bulletin this is in??
I work with TB's and believe that lots of water, lots of ice cold water,
brings about the best TB seed germination. I live in an area where snow,
ice, and good cold weather is plentiful. I pile snow and dump water on my
raised seedling frame all winter long until it's over 4 feet high. I get
wonderful seed germination (over 60%) using this method. If I lived in a
place where there wasn't any cold weather, I would consider freezing blocks
of water and putting them over the seeds and have that cold water run over
them.
Merle
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Merle and Linda Roberts
Roberts Backyard
Grand Coulee Dam, Washington
irisbuff@televar.com
http://www.televar.com/~irisbuff/ Zone 5
-----Original Message-----
From: Irisborer@aol.com <Irisborer@aol.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
Date: Sunday, November 30, 1997 4:04 AM
Subject: Iris from Seed
>Hello happy iris folks...
>
>I am to give a short program this week on starting irises from seed, and
>growing them indoors. I use the method promoted by John Coble and Bob
Bauer
>which involves a 10 day cycle of soaking and rinsing, and then 10 weeks in
>the veggie bin (by the way... we should take a poll on the contents of
>gardeners' vegetable bins... bet there are few with actual vegetables in
>them!)
>
>Anyway...
>
>That's the method I intend to offer... but it occurs to me that with all
the
>folks on this list, there are probably other techniques, and I'd like to
hear
>them. This does not include, BTW, "sticking the seed in the ground" <-:
>
>So, does anyone have any tricks, techniques, special potting medium,
special
>lighting, optimum heat for germination, ANY information they'd like to pass
>along...
>
>it'll make us all better growers.... and hopefully, make me look smarter.
>
>Thank you
>Kathy Guest, E. Aurora, NY - who spent a glorious day raking, mulching,
>trimming and labeling
>
