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Dec 20, 2015 4:13 PM CST
Name: Neal Linville
Winchester, KY (Zone 6a)
Bulbs Charter ATP Member Cottage Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Roses
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Gabriel, do you mean pollinate several blooms on one stalk with different pollens? That may put undue stress on the rhizome to produce that many pods. I think I would limit it to one bloom per stalk, but several in the same clump should be okay I think.

John, while one could pollinate a single bloom with pollen from multiple doners, you wouldn't know the parentage of any seedlings that you liked. Crossing the same 2 that have resulted in a previously introduced variety won't produce that variety again.
"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi

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