Re: TB: death toll : unplanted irises

Well, I know the wetness is a big contributing factor here.  I had been 
dividing irises last
year and I had some old momma rhizomes that I left lying at the side of 
the bed (unplanted)
and they came through the winter fine, while the ones I had replanted 
died... of course, I
had to replant the momma rhizomes now since they were sending up offshoots.

I would really like to experiment more with leaving irises that I 
receive late unplanted, but
I figure if I did it intentionally they would all die.

Has anyone had similar experiences.

Sandra
SE Manitoba
Zone 3

P.S.  we have had our share of freezing, thawing so far this spring and 
it ain't over yet.  We got
about 8 inches of snow on Thursday, the week before it had gone up to 80 
degrees and
it was up to 70 degrees again this weekend.


Ellen Gallagher wrote:

>--- Sandra Barss <barsssa@mb.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
>  
>
>>>>When did you plant Louisa's Song and Lights, Camera, Action
>>>>        
>>>>
>? 
>I lost a few moreirises than I usually do over the winter and
>spring, but they were all  planted in mid-August. >>>
>
>I counted today and I had over 100 new bearded acquistions that
>I planted before August. We had the unusual (for us) freeze-thaw
>nonsence last month. These were two I really wanted to keep. It
>is no big deal losing a couple. 
>
>  
>
>>>> I even lost some new IB and SDB's <<<
>>>>        
>>>>
>
>I have in the past but not this year. I had situations where I
>gotten two new plants of the same variety planted next to each
>other and lost one and the other thrived and bloomed. I don't
>think I have ever lost an MTB and I have lots, both diploids and
>tets. Once an iris gets established, it is rare to lost one in
>subsequent years...moisture rot (which is what I call it) might
>do one in every couple of years. I have lost Raindance (SDB)
>twice, as an example,  and will never get it again. It rotted
>out both times..I finally figured out we are too darn wet here.
>
>Ellen (sorry about your losses this year, Sandra)
>
>=====
>Ellen Gallagher  <ellengalla@yahoo.com> / Berlin, New Hampshire / USDA Zone 3a
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Siberian-Species Iris Convention 2003, June 12-15 - Hamilton, ON Canada 
>http://w3.one.net/~wilsonjh/ssi.htm  (Siberian iris pages)
>http://www.crosswinds.net/~median/  (Median iris pages)
>http://www.irisregister.com/  (AIS checklist data)
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