Hi Anita, Welcome to the PBS group. I live over in Westfield, on the far north side of Indianapolis. We used to grow Japanese iris here. They want a somewhat acidic soil, and abundant moisture in the growing season. Plant your seed and seedlings in a peaty mix. I like Promix BX with Biofungicide, but it is neutral so you would have to add a bit of sulfur or iron sulfate, ammonium sulfate, or some other acid fertilizer. Best wishes, Jim Shields in Westfield, Indiana At 03:07 PM 3/27/2009 -0500, you wrote: >Well, let's try this again and hope it works this time. > > Hello Everyone, I'm Anita Clyburn and I live in zone 5B, Terre >Haute, Indiana. I just joined the PBS List this week but haven't yet >joined the PBS organization. > >I need to know what sort of soil I should be using for germinating >Japanese iris seed. I followed the directions I got from a website and >have just taken the seed out of the refrigerator. Quite a few of them >are beginning to sprout already, so I cannot delay in potting them up. >Trouble is I'm not quite sure how to do this properly. Could someone >please provide me with some howto's. > >Thanks a bunch! Anita > ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA