I would like to share a story that happen to me
about 10 years ago. I had placed an order from someone in Ca. that had
many iris at an inexpensive price. Yes, I have heard of the saying , you
get what you pay for! but my mom and I thought lets just give this a
whirl. Well, first we did not get the iris and then when we did call about
them she said that she would send them again and they went to
Timbuktu!.....literally....it was a zip code error......when they arrived they
were wrapped in a brown paper sack that was falling apart. No box just
this brown paper bag. My dad looked at them and said, where did this junk
come from?.......our order that we had placed was over $100.00 and we got NO
gift iris. As this story is getting long you must be wondering what the
point is......well, the rhizomes were no thicker then an end of a pencil.
Many died but many did survive. They did take 3 years to get a
bloom. The ones that you have pictured look like some that I dug
today. The black ones, that you refer to them as, look like they have
had poor watering conditions BUT they will grow new roots as soon as they
hit some fresh soil. I give those kind of iris to my 16 year old to pot up
to sell in pots the following Spring. You would be very surprised to see the new
growth on these kinds of iris. Most iris that have dried, poor roots, will
compensate in other areas. If anyone wants to know who the iris grower is
I have no problem telling you off line. Try me at iris@syix.com Thank-you!!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] Opinions
Please?
I am so glad to hear from you all! I think is TN our biggest
problem is rot, not dry black rhizomes like these. I can hardly believe
how many of you have seen and planted iris that look like this and I have
never received anything so bare and black before. I feel better hearing
that your results have been good with such rhizomes. I can sleep
now!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL I did pay between 5-8 dollars for most of
these rhizomes....which was one of my disappointments. I have paid much
less for other iris that have white short roots and the rhizome is white and
green..................so I am off to soak those little black babies! :)
:) :) Thank you so much for your help!
Linda
On 7/21/06, Kent
Appleberry <appleb@cut.net>
wrote:
Speaking of soaking, I soak them at least overnight in enough water to
almost
cover the rhizomes (don't want to cover the crowns, or whatever
you'd call
them) and then leave the roots in a quarter inch of water
until I get them in
the ground, even if it takes a couple days. I use
big roater pans so they
aren't too crowded. If I'm delayed even more,
I've dried them for a day and
then put the roots back in to soak again
with good results. (I once got a
couple hundred at once, and my car
broke down and I was away from my garden
for three days and had to expand
beds, so it took me a couple weeks to plant
them all.) Good
luck.
Kent
Eleanor Hutchison <eleanore@mts.net > said:
> Linda, the
rhizomes we receive usually look like the ones you're concerned
about.
Soak them in water for about 30 min and plant them, monitoring
them
daily. If they don't survive, then I'd sure want a refund or at
least
replacements.
>
> El, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Z3
> MIS & DIS Display Garden
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Linda Hunt
> To: Iris Group
> Sent: Friday,
July 21, 2006 9:32 AM
> Subject: [iris-photos] Opinions
Please?
>
>
> I received two iris rhizome orders in the
mail yesterday. Both came from
CA. I was so terrible disappointed with
one of the orders that I called the
company in question to request a
refund. She assured me that the rhizomes in
question would grow....just
to plant them and I would be pleasantly surprised
in the spring. I have
been growing iris for over 25 years and I have been
hybridizing for
about 3 years. I have never ever seen iris that look this bad.
>
> I would love to know if you think the iris on the right side of
the
enclosed photo will grow. These are iris from the 2 different
companies that
I received from. I sent this picture to the company when
I requested a
refund. She politely told me to just plant the iris, but
did not want to
refund my money. Is there a chance that these might grow
in your personal
opinions???????????????????
>
> In Doubt
in Lascassas
> Linda
>
> ps: I deliberately did not
mention the companies names because I am not
in the business of making
trouble for anyone. My concern is just going to the
trouble to plant all
of these iris and getting nothing in return.
>
>
>
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