Re: HYB: Sino-Siberian Seeds
- To: "'i*@onelist.com'" <i*@onelist.com>
- Subject: Re: HYB: Sino-Siberian Seeds
- From: d*@dynamicro.on.ca
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:26:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca
On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, J.F. Hensler wrote:
> From: "J.F. Hensler" <hensler@povn.com>
>
>
> >>>The seeds closest to the top of the pod (where it had turned brown and cracked open) were brown, much like how I expect a seed to look but the rest were different. Are these good, viable seeds? <<<
>
> No Sino-Sibs here yet, but I've had I.psuedocorus, Ensata, Spuria, and some of the crosses do the same thing and had no problems with germination. Could it be exposure to air that darkens the seeds that are exposed?
> Christy Hensler
They may change in appearance as they are drying. When I opened seed
pods from an arilbred-TB cross the seeds at the top were dark brown and
much smaller than the golden globes farther down the pod. But after
drying all the seeds were dark brown and smaller. So just wait a while
and see.
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca> <- private email address
cold edge of Zone 4 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
URL for the North American Native Irises web page
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
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