I suspect it would need to be potted up and settled into pot. It is a
biological process.
But should work. Thirty days in cool fridge should do it.
Chuck Chapman
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From: Mark Cook hemerocallis1962@gmail.com [iris-species]
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To: iris-species <iris-species@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, Nov 14, 2014 8:28 am
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Bearded Irises in Florida
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Chuck,
ÂÂÂÂ I wonder if one could take an Iris, place it in the refrigerator
for some time, then put it back out. Would that trigger increase as
well as flowering, or would it rot?
Mark A. Cook
Dunnellon, Florida USAÂÂÂÂÂ
AHS Region 12 ÂÂ USDA Zone 8b
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Chuck Chapman irischapman@aim.com
[iris-species] <iris-species@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
No increase until growing point (apical meristem) is changed from a
vegetative to a floral meristem, when apical dominance (and repression
of growth of increases) is removed. This can only happen when there is
bud set and plant has reached maturity. It also needs to have been set
into am epigenetic state from previous years cold period during
"winter" .
You could try removing main fan on a rhizome to see if increases will
grow. but without the epigentic state being set, may not do anything.
Chuck Chapman
