Irises: Iris From Seed?, 0 by iris4u2

iris4u2 wrote:
I believe Ginny from Winnipeg has the answer for Crimson in Fountain Florida. If you don't have many seeds and if you didn't make the cross yourself stick them in a stocking and rinse them over and over. It isn't the soaking that is important it is the rinsing. Ginny's suggestion of sticking them in the "LOO" Toilet Tank for us south of the border that is critical. Everytime you flush you create the rinsing effect and washes off the chemical inhibitor which prevents the seed from germinating. Then stick them in the refrig. as Ginny suggested. I stick my seeds in 4" pots, about 10 to 20 to a pot in a product called "Redi Mix" by Scotts the first of October. I water every couple of days until we get a freeze. Once the pots are frozen I leave them frozen until the first of February when I cover my little A frame with some plastic. I do provide a little heat to keep the soil from refreezing. About 2 to three weeks I see my first seeds germinating. I have about three hundred different crosses so it would be impractical to stick them all in the "Loo". The deep 4" pots don't take up as much room as a l gallon container. What you see are the early & mid blooming varieties in the pots the late blooming varieties are just now germinating.

Bob in Denver