Re: ot-bio carol
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] ot-bio carol
- From: c* f*
- Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 00:48:07 -0700 (PDT)
John, I live in Mo outside of KC. My yard used to be a
pasture. Don't know if that means anything or not.
Anyway, I just planted some more iris a few weeks ago.
A couple of them have started producing some little
leaves(2 out of 6) The rest are just sitting there and
don't look to healthy. I plant the roots pretty
deep(depending on the length of them)with the top of
the rhizome on top of the soil or sometimes just
barely covered with soil. When I plant, I usually put
in A LITTLE plant food like miracle grow to help get
it started. I keep looking forward to having them all
in bloom, but so far plenty of leaves and that's it.
Do the plants have to be a certain age before it will
bloom? My iris patch gets plenty of sun. I might add
that it does look like a few more of them are getting
ready to develop buds, but just haven't yet.
Thanks for any help you can give me-the books just
aren't much help.
Carol
--- John Bruce <jbruce1@cinci.rr.com> wrote:
> Carol--
>
> It will help in answering your questions to know
> where (roughly) you are loacted.
> Different climates give rise to different answers.
> Usual causes for lack of bloom are inadequate
> feeding, being planted too deep
> or not enough sun. Feeding is rarely the cause for
> no bloom, since irises will
> perform in even poor soil. Six hours or more sun is
> optimal, and the rhizome
> should be plated just under the soil surface.
> The rot problem can be caused by too much moisture,
> too much nitrogen (over
> fertilization), being planted too deeply, or being
> planted too close to winter. Let us
> know what your conditions are and maybe we can give
> you a direction to look in.
> jb
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> John Bruce jbruce1@cinci.rr.com
> Hidden Acres Iris Gardens
> http://home.cinci.rr.com/hiddenacres
> SW Ohio,USDA Zone 5b
> h*@cinci.rr.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: cjf5064024
>
>
>
> I get new rhizomes
> every year and try to pick ones that have some
> green on them. I get
> them planted and some of them get really soft and
> of course never
> produce. How do you know a good one from a bad
> one? If it becomes
> really soft, does that mean it's dead?
> Also, how long does it usually take for the iris
> to bloom once
> planted? I have some that are about 3 years old
> and still nothing.
> I know these seem like silly questions, but like I
> said, I can't find
> any answers. I've asked around and come up with
> shrugs-please
> help!
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
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