Re: Question from new member/RYFigge@a...
- Subject: Re: Question from new member/RYFigge@a...
- From: s*
- Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 23:12:37 -0000
Dear Rosalie,
Thanks for the info. I'm new to iris-talk so you will have to pardon
my goofs, haha. My rebloomer is a TB and invitation is the name of
it. I would like to post a pic of it if I can.
I'm thinking of only moving part of it, like you suggested. It really
isn't in a very good spot although it seems to thrive there. I will
wait for it to finish blooming this spring and then move a small part
of it.
My irises are just starting to show color on the buds. They will open
within the next couple of weeks. This is the first year that the
rebloomer has bloomed before all the rest of them.
Thanks again for the info and I'll keep you posted. :)
--- In iris-talk@y..., RYFigge@a... wrote:
> Dear Cheryl - I am sort of interested in what answers you
receive!
> However, I'll add my thoughts about this. Since you ae in zone 6,
you MIGHT
> be able to move the iris now as a clump (think I would only move
part of it
> - as an experiment - leaving part as a control ----- a hangover
from training
> under my science-oriented husband, who believed in controls
inexperiments)
> BUT you would need to expect no bloom this year from the
moved
> portion. By the way, WHAT is an "invitation" iris? ?
> And is it a dwarf, ?? TB ?? If it is a dwarf, it will be easier to
move,
> since it is short and not topple over, that is, if you don't cut
the
> leaves, hoping it might bloom this Spring. How far along are your
irises??
> Since I am zone 7, my dwarfs are now blooming - since midweek
(about 4/24).
> But not the TBs -- some I haven't been able to see for the weeds -
I need
> help!
> Not knowing what "invitation" means - I wonder if it IS a
rebloomer! That
> could be one reason it hasn't rebloomed. Another reason would be
how much
> sun does it get? --Have your trees/bushes grown up around it since
it was
> planted? Also how much water - and when? How much "help". such
as
> fertilizer? Do you have other rebloomers that strut their stuff?
> Actually, ordinarily, it would be better to move them after the
bloom
> season. Many years ago, I heard Ben Hager (in a lecture to our
iris group)
> say that the best time for irises to be moved is immeduately after
bloom,
> so their roots can get a good grab on the soil ------ the next
best time was
> about 6 weeks after bloom ! I have also heard that rebloomers
need the
> agitation of being dug up - and that even to put the shovel under,
lift
> slightly and then put back!!
> But, whatever you do, since you have a large clump, I think it
would be
> interesting to make notes how you do it, try different methods,
different
> places in the garden (sun - and of course some need more water than
regulars
> - I keep my rebloomers together --separate from the others) and
THEN! let
> us know the results!!
> Rosalie nr Baltimore, USA zone 7 ryfigge@a...
> P.S. As soon as I have tinme I'm going to email about something
along this
> line I'm trying ---breaking all rules, a case of do as I say, not
as I'm
> doing!!!
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