Re: HYB: Stratification
- Subject: Re: HYB: Stratification
- From: p*@whidbey.net
- Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2001 03:56:13 -0000
Linda, Donald, et al,
There seem to be two variables at work in this discussion. One is
sun, the other water. Have others had experience germinating with
sun but plenty of water? Or conversely, partial shade with regular
watering?
I'm sure we're not going to get a magical formula, but I am resolved
to cut down those ten years to a more encouraging number, tapping
every brain I can get tapping fingers on.
Patricia Brooks
--- In iris-talk@y..., Linda Mann <lmann@v...> wrote:
> Thanks, Donald Eaves in Texas, for your detailed post on
seed/seedling
> treatment/survival. I moved my seed flats into a sunnier area year
> before last when
> the other location became full shade rather than partial and that is
> when my
> germination percentage dropped to nearly nothing. I just got the
> current Tempo
> Two catalog yesterday and there is a very detailed page-long
discussion
> on
> hybridizing, seed handling etc. He specifically mentions that
drying
> during critical
> periods of seed stratification/germination can induce prolonged
dormancy
> that may
> take years to break. Sigh. I dug around a bit in one of the two
year
> old pots and
> found several perfectly normal looking ungerminated seeds....so I
guess
> I will pull the
> last two years seed starting pots and set them in the shade
somewhere
> for the next
> 10 years to see if any more will eventually germinate.
>
> He also says that one should plan on it taking 10 years before
having
> much of
> anything worth introducing ...I don't know if that includes 2 or
three
> years of fumbling
> around trying to learn how to get seeds to germinate....
>
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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