My pods are starting to split. I may have made a mistake in preparing the first seeds. The first few pods, more than 1 dozen seeds in each, were emptied into small bowls and I gave them their first "bath" in clean water, drained off that water, then returned them to the bowls with fresh water...but I had skipped the drying them for a week first. I'd forgotten that!
But I still don't know why the drying is necessary. They then got the rinsing for five days before packing them for the cold time in the fridge.
These latest pods have been emptied into paper bowls to dry (and I hope the curious cats don't spill them!) I'll give them a week of drying, then the water rinse treatment. Then I plan to put them into marked plastic bags with damp vermiculite - one method I read about. In the past I'd wrapped them in wet paper towels and folded them up in a piece of aluminum foil, then into the fridge's crisper drawer for roughly 6 weeks. Then transplanted into pots. I had fairly good results with that old method, but I want to see if I can get better results with making some changes.
Any comments or advice is welcome.
Here's this morning's efforts.
- it was fertilized by a bee.
Magical is a favorite
and a very big pod, so I may try it.
- I bred two very large bloom iris to get a big bloom.
- it was fertilized by a bee. Magical is a favorite 
- I bred two very large bloom iris to get a big bloom.
