Paul Thanks you certainly helped in this process your refrigerator process worked superbly A funny story one of my neighbor's salesman who they buy there seeds and starts for annuals stopped by when we were first getting these going and asked what we were doing at the time, he explained to him we were starting Iris from seed and he laughed and told us we were wasting our time that other commercial growers he knew had tried to get them going and they had no germination, Well he stopped back there a couple weeks ago and they told me I should have seen the look on his face with all those pots of seedlings
The plants that look the best so far are the Noble Gesture Kids most have really thick blades just like it, I am excited to see what happens with them I tried crossing it with different stuff wanting to put a different color beard on it and then lines in the falls and this spring I will be trying for a band around the falls so I guess we will see what happens. Here are a few of the crosses that seemed to do well with lot's of seeds and I am hoping I have a winner there somewhere. I still have not figured out where they are all going to go I used to just plant on the frontside of the berms and I am all the way around the back of them now.
I know I will have to eliminate a lot of the older ones in my big bead I may use that one just for seedlings either way It has been a lot of fun I just was not prepared for another 1200 to 1500 plants this year.
Noble Gesture x Brilliant Idea
Noble Gesture x Haunted Heart
Italian Master X Bratislavan Prince
Amorous Heart x Haunted Heart
Decadence x Star Appeal
Terracota Bay X Patchwork Puzzle
Bratislavan Prince x Raging Tide
Terracotta Bay x Class ring
Adriatic Waves x Louisas Song
Tom I would love to get them outside but at the way winter is hanging on it will be a while. The neighbor's have been a huge help they have a local garden club that meets on a monthly basis, and they always bring a bunch of people by at bloom time ,so this year I explained to them what I wanted to do and they agreed to help me get them started and let them sit in the greenhouses until the weather changes so I have been lucky to have there help and have enjoyed being able to work in a greenhouse there is nothing like opening a door from the outside and walking in a building and smelling Spring. They have another one just for perennials that is kept a lot cooler and not regulated as much I will move them in a couple weeks to slow them down if the growth keeps up at this pace.
Eko Thank You !!
