Re: CULT - Timing?
- Subject: Re: CULT - Timing?
- From: p*
- Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 00:52:59 -0000
Thanks, Doris, it's good to know that that works, even though I'd
misunderstood Denise, who sells them potted. She also said the
blooming rhizome sold MUCH better than the rhz & pic. I'll see what
traffic I can encourage to the garden this spring, and whether I can
get orders that way for those I need to move out to move in my orders
this year.
Patricia Brooks
--- In iris-talk@y..., doris1434@j... wrote:
>
> >>I plan to go one step further this year and lift fully blooming
> irises to sell at the local Farmers Market and to people visiting
the
> garden while the irises are in bloom. That's how I plan to make
more
> room for cvs more key to my hyb projects.>>
>
> Pat, I sold at a wonderful (strict with rules and
regulations)
> Farmer's Market in Fayetteville, AR for 12 years. I often dug iris
in
> full bloom, doing exactly as you said you are going to do, and sold
them.
> I check in with my customers and to a person, they told me the iris
were
> doing fine! I always gave detailed instructions about the planting
and
> always told the customer to expect some setback in bloom. The
important
> thing is to firm the iris in very well and even give it some
support to
> keep it from blowing over until the new roots take hold.
> If the bloomer was in a clump, I cleaned off the surface
> thoroughly so I could see what to cut, and with a sharp knife,
simply cut
> the rhizome with the bloom stalk on it off the clump.
> I had customers come back the following spring and happily
sing
> the praises of the beautiful iris they bought last year and tell me
that
> it was blooming again this year!
> And yes. . .a blooming clump sells MUCH better than cut
iris or
> rhizomes, (even with photographs of the bloom).
> I also composed and printed up handouts on the "care and
feeding"
> of Iris (and all the plants I sold). It gave my customers the
benefit of
> my knowledge and gave them a lot of comfort about "doing it right."
>
> Doris Elevier
> USDA 7b, Sunset 11
> El Paso, TX
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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