Re: Bloom 2nd Stalk
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- Subject: Re: Bloom 2nd Stalk
- From: D* L* <g*@rogerswave.ca>
- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 04:46:33 -0600 (MDT)
On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, Irisborer wrote:
> In a message dated 98-04-10 22:24:24 EDT, you write:
>
> > Since when does I rhizome die
> >after blooming????
>
> Oh, Dennis... it doesn't DIE, but it's not worth keeping. Each rhizome has
>
> If you have a single rhizome that blooms, and there's no increase... you
> should say au revoir and go on with your life.
> Kathy Guest in East Aurora, NY... waiting for the sun to come up.
How about "moma rhizomes" that can produce enough increases to get
a clump going if you leave them for a long enough time (more than a
year)? I've got about 8 of these which will produce flowers this
year (the iris borers didn't leave too much last year but the
"moma rhizomes' had little bumps on them by the time I planted
them).
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca> <- private email address
Zone 4/5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
URL for the North American Native Irises web page
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
