Re: Newbie Hybridizing question.
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Newbie Hybridizing question.
- From: A*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:32:02 EDT
In a message dated 10/9/2002 2:31:18 PM Central Daylight Time,
irises@senet.com.au writes:
<< lthough some won't produce in cold weather but do in warmer weather etc,
and some pollen is more fertile than others. >>
Personal observation=Pollen viability, also, seems to be affected by a late
freeze, a hot breeze, etc., etc., etc..
Some years a cross will take and other years it won't. Although it may have
nothing to do with viable pollen, (? I'm just not sure on this point) never
dismiss the influence of soil nutrients on your crosses and, especailly, the
resulting seeds/seedlings.
<<<<Spring Tidings would set sed on a gate post, it's pollen is so
fertile.>>>
Some irises develop reputations either for being sterile or near sterile, or
for setting seed on a gate post. But these should never be taken as
absolute. If you really want a cross . . . keep making it. You never know
when you'll get lucky.
The only guarantee that I'm sure of is this: You can't plant em if you don't
cross them!
Betty Wilkerson Zone 6 SouthCentral Kentucky
American Iris Society web site <http://www.irises.org>
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