How to harvest bearded iris seeds from the seed pods
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Between late summer and early autumn the seed pods of bearded irises are finally ripen and start to split open: it is very important to protect them while growing with a net, both to avoid damage by predators such as slugs and snails, but also to avoid loosing seeds when the seed pods split open releasing the seeds. After collection, place the seeds in a cool dry place and label them with the name of the variety pollinated (pod parent), and if you know it, the variety used for pollination (pollen parent), unless, as in this case, you self pollinated your iris, using the pollen of the iris to pollinate the same plant. I hope that you enjoyed the video, and if you liked it and you would like to support my RUclips garden channel and have regular updates, it would be great if you would subscribe to my channel by clicking on the button "subscribe". Also, any comments, positive or negative, is very welcome as well as any of your enquiries, to which I will try to respond as soon as possible. Thanks for watching and I hope to see you in my next video.
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Rather endearing, with his lovely accent. Can easily see what he's doing. He explains things well.
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Wonderful video. Your English is excellent I live in the states and you speak better English than some of the people who live here.😊 But I learned a lot Thank you very much can’t wait for next video.
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Thanks for the mesh tip I'm doing this for the first time with randomly pollinated irises.👍❤️🇨🇦
you are very welcome, I wish you the best of luck with your seed pods!!!
Very informative! Thank you for taking the time to show and explain the process!
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I never had seed pods on my iris so I'm very excited this year that I have plenty! woot! much easier to store than the rhizomes!
yes definitely, good luck with your iris seeds, it is beautiful to see growing your very own irises!!!
Same here I just got done watering my flowers and I'm like what are those two big things on my irises so I came in and googled it found this on RUclips and now I'm watching it so yeah good luck to you 🤗
@@sandib4234 thanks very much , hopefully you can also grow some iris seedlings and see some new combinations of colours in your iris collection :D
@@plantreviewsuk1204 thank you I am very excited I have never seen anything like these before so now I'm searching I know how to dry them but I have to look further on what to do after that have a good evening 👍
@@sandib4234 yes let the seed pods dry on the plant , covered by a fine mesh so they are protected from slugs/snails and you won't loose the seeds when the seed pod splits open. I also made a video about how to sow iris seeds, here it is :ruclips.net/video/c1XTBkjzRos/видео.html
Your accent is gorgeous, & so is your English! Fantastic video, super informative
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Awesome explanation.
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English is very good 👍
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Thank you for the information.
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Very informative. Thank you.
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what is the name of the netting you used? can I use cheesecloth? someone else suggested putting seeds in the refrigerator with germinating soil for the 4-6 weeks prior to planting....your recommendation on that would be appreciated. Also, can I place the seeds into pots instead of the ground? Im new gardener don't reallly know what I'm doing LOL
Hello, the net I used is just a simple net I bought from a garden centre with a mesh of about 3 mm , I never used cheesecloth but I think it should be absolutely fine as the mesh is smaller and should allow enough aeration anyway. About putting the seeds in the refrigerator for 4-6 weeks, if you live in USDA zone 9 and below, you don't need to, I never did, just plant the seeds in autumn, so the natural winter chill of temperature around 5 degrees Celsius and below for a few weeks will trigger germination in spring. I definitely recommend to put the seeds in pots rather than in soil, because the conditions are a lot easier to control in a pot than in the soil. Don't worry for being a new gardener, even experienced gardeners learn new things all the time ;)
@@plantreviewsuk1204 thank you so much for your detailed info!!! ❤️. Love your accent
@@mauritaeaton9471 you are very welcome, I am very pleased you like my accent, I am always a bit worried that viewers are not able to understand me for my accent