rot patrol

We've had lots of wet weather here, no real floods, but nearly continual
saturation or near-saturation of the ground.  And now, finally, when
I seem to be getting them to keep from popping out of the ground weekly,
my dear little bearded irises are fighting a battle to hold off the
rot.  In one relatively dry area, shielded from some of the rains by
a house and probably the best drained, most are doing ok.  Out in the
yard, about 20% are struggling so far, with a guarded prognosis after
my surgery, and those April showers that bring May flowers are yet to
come.  So, unless I move, I need to give up on these things with the
caterpillars in them, find a way to predict which of them are going
to be rot resistant, or figure out a good way to build raised beds.
Option A is unlikely due to catalogs and other gardens.  Option B 
has promise, but needs lots more information.  Option C seems to
require either serious work or money.

Then of course there is the real fear that if B or C is successful,
there will be no hope of finding spots for all the new ones I want
to try each year.  That is already my main problem with the beardless.

Help!
                                        --Jim
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Jim Wilson, Miami Valley Iris Society, SW Ohio, USA, Zone 6a, AIS garden judge
growing TBs, medians, SIBs, JIs, & a few SPU & species.   wilsonjh@muohio.edu
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