CULT: pumila
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- Subject: CULT: pumila
- From: S* M* <7*@compuserve.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 20:46:37 -0600 (MDT)
Lloyd Zurbrigg wrote:
> Members of iris-L should be told that I pumila and its derivatives do
>not >like hot climates. If anyone can tell me how to grow it like you gr=
ow
>it, >(SUSLIK), I would be ever so grateful.
This hardly classifies as advice,
but I can describe what I did to get
bloom on pumila derivatives in
southern New Mexico.
The secret is sufficient chilling.
The bed was located in a natural
depression on the hillside, where
cold air would be expected to pool.
The top of the bed was several =
inches below surrounding ground
level [essential for irrigating in this
sandy soil anyway]. =
Every time it was cold enough to
freeze the water in the dog's pan,
the resulting ice was spread over
the bed. That might not sound like
much, but the dog was a St. Bernard
and his pan was a four-foot stock
tank.
Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com
