Re: Fw: The old sock trick

Right, Margie  --  I'm getting more incipient rebloom than in previous years.  But the forecast has changed and we still have two more nights of sub-freezing temperatures here before the warmup, so the socks are back on.  If this doesn't work, I'll have to think about trying your T-shirt idea.  --  Griff
 
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Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] Fw: The old sock trick

Hi Griff, by the looks of all those socks it seems you have a lot more irises trying to rebloom.  I thought I was the only one that covers up rebloomers if the tempts dip below freezing - only I take old T-shirts and wrap them around the bud and upper stalk.
 
Both of those rebloomers are attractive.  If I could grow SDB's here I'd probably favor for the yellow and white one!
 
~ Margie V.
Oro Valley, AZ.
 
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 6:58 AM
Subject: [iris-photos] Fw: The old sock trick

I don't know whether iris-photos went down for a period last night or whether there are problems with my server, but this message that I sent yesterday evening seems not to have made it to the list and is not in the archives.  Also, I received nothing in my inbox from 7:44 p.m. yesterday until 1:54 a.m. today.  Our iris group alone usually produces more traffic than that.  Did anyone else experience this gap?  --  Griff
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From: j*@cox.net
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 5:53 PM
Subject: CULT: The old sock trick

Well, I said that ROTUNDA, HAUNTING and ROSALIE FIGGE would have to take their chances with the hard freeze (26 above) coming tonight, but as I checked the garden, I found more things making a valiant effort.  SDB 20A9 bloomed again today -- its 3d rebloom in the last 6 weeks.  SDB 20B2 has a stalk up, and the stalk of HAUNTING that was clipped off by a falling branch has been replaced by another shooting up in its place.  So, they all get as much of a reprieve as I can give them  --  yes, the old sweat-sock trick.  Whether it will work, I don't know, but it's worth a try, since several days of warmup are forecast if we can get by tonight.  (Wonder if the neighbors will think this is a gathering of little garden ghosts left over from Halloween?) This will be 20B2's first rebloom, if it makes it.  --  Griff

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