RE: IRIS EMERGENCE
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: RE: IRIS EMERGENCE
- From: d*@cornell.edu (Dorothy A. Fingerhood)
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 13:26:22 -0600 (MDT)
You wrote:
>
> But I see no signs from the new
>sibs I put in last year. is it too soon for them to be poking above the
>ground or should I start thinking about complaining to the nursery from
>wence they came? No sign of the jis either.
Too early to contemplate complaints, Rima. Mine are not showing any growth
yet, either, and we are warmer than you. Sibs should show first, then JI.
>the las that were planted on the pond's edge are quite deep underwater
>this spring so I don't know what will happen with them. since I've never
>grown las and is before, I have no idea when to expect them to emerge.
I've only grown one LA--Dorothea K. Williamson, but she is super hardy, and
may even be showing growth already, if the deer didn't crop her down like
they did Mysterious Monique. Grrrrrrr! Probably the newer varieties would
not be showing yet around Zone 4. It'll be interesting to see how they do
for you.
>
>Also--when should I start fertilizing al these guys?
I would hold off until you see a bit of active growth. Am sorry to hear
that you had the same kind of plant-beater winter we had. MUCH damage this
year.
Dorothy Fingerhood
daf10@cornell.edu
(Newfield, NY)
