Spring Rot?
- Subject: [iris] Spring Rot?
- From: Bo Cordes a*@yahoo.com
- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 08:38:41 -0800 (PST)
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris/> (Web Archive)
Hi there! This is my first time to come on Iris Talk, so here goes my question!
I'm not a new irisarian, but I seem to have a lot more spring rot this year. It seems to appear in the crown of the rhizome--where the fan joins. I believe that it could also be frost damage, even though I am located in Zone 4.5 I trimmed all my iris fans to 4-6 inches last fall before the snow flew. There was a lot of leaf spot in my garden, and I did not want the virus to have a chance to overwinter.
Could it be that I trimmed too closely?
Do I have some strange bacteria in my soil that hasn't been there before?
I put bleach solution on, as well as Comet. . . does this really work? and now we have 6 inches of fresh snow. . . it looks like it'll be here for at least a week!
I Hope someone can help me. :-}
"Bo"
Adam Cordes
Hillman, Michigan
Zone 4.5, Sandy-Loam
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