[pbs] Iris magnifica
Adam Fikso
adam14113 at ameritech.net
Sun Apr 5 16:54:44 EDT 2009
I agree,Iain. And I'd go even further and state that instead of Celsius or
Centigrade--those temperatures could go to the same numbers on the
Fahrenheit scale, and they'd germinate just as well.
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Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 3:16 PM
Subject: [pbs] Iris magnifica
>A bit late in responding to this one due to flat out, metaphorically and in
>any other way in the nursery,
> I am getting too old for some of these antics.
>
> We grow this Iris taxon here from wild collected seed and it is absolutely
> rock hardy as one might expect from where it originates in the Central
> Asian countries of the former USSR. Here I sow the seed of this and
> related, genetic or geographic taxa either as soon as it arrives by post
> or as soon as the pods are ripe. The seed is sown into 3 litre plastic
> pots using any old seed compost and course builder's sand 50:50. The
> contents are then covered with a fine course gravel and stood outside to
> meet the full effects of the winter where temps go down to - 20 C but more
> often between - 5 C to - 10 C for weeks and months, snow is pile on top of
> the post when available otherwise well watered in, nil shelter. These Iris
> require severe cold treatment to vernalise,
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