Re: Spitting on Stigmas
- Subject: Re: Spitting on Stigmas
- From: w*
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 06:55:08 -0600
From: "wmoores" <wmoores@watervalley.net>
-----Original Message-----
>From: Patsiris@aol.com
>
>Dear Walter,
> Tom Burseen gave a program for the Iris Soc. of Dallas a couple of
years
>ago on hybridizing. He said that if you would apply a little spit to the
>stigma and then dab on the pollen, you would get more takes. You probably
>already know about this,
>but I didn't, and I have gotten much better results since doing so.
> Pat Norvell
Patsiris
>
>No, I have not heard of spitting on the stigma for better takes. I have
heard of Neva Sexton's saliva-laden toothpick though, which was unsuccessful
for me.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
>
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