Re: PCNs
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] PCNs
- From: M* S*
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 13:43:42 -0800
From: "Mike Sutton" <suttons@lightspeed.net>
Hi Tim,
I don't know about cold hardiness but we have a hard time getting them
through the summer. This past summer we had a high survival rate because
the summer was so mild. PCNs (or PCIs) are really finicky, they don't like
a lot of variation in temps. The past winters freeze killed off quite a few
but some made it through. George has a couple of seedlings that appear to
be heat hardy, they have made it through five summers. If you had 5% make
it through the winter I would guess that you might be on to something with
those 5%. Even the complete failure of an experiment is a valuable learning
experience for you and who ever else you give the results to.
Good Luck.
Mike Sutton
Porterville, CA Zone 8
With a ton of rebloom but about to turn cold and wet.
-----Original Message-----
>From: timothy_hall@css.mot.com
>
>I've been experimenting with planting seed of PCN's in my southern
Wisconsin garden (zone 5) and have had about 5% of the seedlings make it
through one winter. I will be planting out about another 200 this spring.
Is ther any evidence that the pacificas might be selectable for cold
hardiness or am I wasting my time and money in this little experiment.?
>Tim Hall
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