Re: Newbie Hybridizing question.
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Newbie Hybridizing question.
- From: "Colleen Modra" i*@senet.com.au
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 04:58:54 +0930
Steve
Some irises are always fertile, some never are and some have good days and
bad days. Pollen production is a good start. Some irises produce no stamens,
some produce stamens that even after several days don't open to reveal the
grains of pollen. so checking for pollen production is a good start,
although some won't produce in cold weather but do in warmer weather etc,
and some pollen is more fertile than others. Barry Blyth (hybridizer) used
to say that Spring Tidings would set sed on a gate post, it's pollen is so
fertile.
Pod fertility is usually trial and error. There are also, I suspect, some
sort of fertility groups, in that some will set with pollen from some
varities but not with others.
Hey, why make it easy and take al the pain and frustraion and fun out of
hybridizing. :-)
Colleen Modra
Adelaide Hills
South Australia Zone 8/9
www.impressiveirises.com.au
irises@senet.com.au
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Mahlberg" <s_j_mahlberg@yahoo.com>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:53 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] Newbie Hybridizing question.
> I was wondering if there is a way for someone like myself, who is new
> to hybridizing irises, to find out without continous trial and error
> method, which irises are pollen fertile, pod fertile, neither, etc?
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> Thanks for any information.
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