Re: HYB: planting out seedlings

From: "Michael W. Norberry" <mwnorberry@wcinet.net>

I would really like to hear from all of you about what to do when the seed
pod has been split.  I have two and at present drying them.  When should
they be planted (month)?  I found an article from George Sutton in the AIS
bulletin and do all of you agree that bearded irises should be handled that
way?.
I hope we can have a big discussion on this subject:

Thanks,    Mike Norberry , Humboldt County, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Clark <janclarx@hotmail.com>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 5:46 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] HYB: planting out seedlings


>From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
>
>Hi all,
>Like Dennis, I have been busy planting out my seedlings this week, one
>planets width away, and in early spring. From just over 1000 seeds, I ended
>up with 520 seedlings. I have planted out about 200 in the vegetable
garden,
>and as many in large (12" diameter) pots, 3 seedlings per pot. These are
>nearly all IB's or SDB's.
>This leaves me a few veg. garden beds to plant with  - you guessed it -
>vegetables!
>My greatest excitement so far has been from a cross I did between LYRIQUE
>(an IB from ZING ME) and LONDON LORD (a TB which was the only reasonable
>iris with pollen at the time). I ended up with 13 seeds. After 'wintering
>over' in the fridge, several of these seeds appeared to be full of fluid,
so
>I discarded them. The 8 remaining seeds were planted in a pot. Every other
>cross put up plenty of seedlings, but nothing from this cross until one
dull
>day, a couple of weeks ago, one popped up just as if it had been sent to
>cheer me up. I tucked the pot in a safe corner, where it couldn't be
>maltreated by cats or dogs, and only checked it occassionally. That one
>seedling now has 5 siblings, and I found one more healthy looking seed when
>I transplanted them yesterday.
>They will probably all have hideous flowers!
>Cheers, Jan Clark
>
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