How to Pollinate an Iris. It's easy and fun to grow Irises from seeds.
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If you grow Irises and have never tried to pollinate them, you have to give this a try. They will occasionally be pollinated by insects, but not very often. It just takes a few seconds to do it, and it can be very rewarding to come up with your own variety of Iris.
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Some questions for you, please:
1. If we do nothing at all, and don't deadhead spent blooms, will several seed pods develop all by themselves (no manual or cross-pollinating, in other words)? Assuming yes, I have another question....
2. I bought 60 varieties, one each. After 2 or 3 years, I want to select about a dozen of my favorites, divide them and start a new garden with them. It would take years to divide several times to get multiple plants of each of my favorites. Would I be ahead to not deadhead the ones I like and then be able to use all those seeds to hasten my project along? You say they'd be small. Would they grow quickly and start blooming by, say, the second year? Also, if I can let each flower produce seeds, will that rob the plant of energy and give me inferior "babies" at the rhizome level for separating?
Thank you for the great video and for answering my questions, if you please. -
about how many weeks after fertilization do you start to see the buds?
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In Arkansas there is predominately, purple irises. I have done research into this, and discovered that the soil in the south is very acidic. With hydrangeas, you add more acidity to get purple blooms. I wonder if this is why there are so many purple irises. If so, could adding alkalinity to the soil alter the purple iris color? More alkaline soil turns hydrangeas blue. Thanks!
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so do you cross pollinated with other irises to get pod?
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