Re: CULT: pumila
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- Subject: Re: CULT: pumila
- From: z*@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 20:41:59 -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
Dear Sharon: Thanks for another tip. I truly believe that the pumilas hate
our hot summer nights more than the winter. This was a very mild winter in
the East, but often we get down to 10 F, so there is some winter chilling.
Maybe I put out ice cubes both summer and winter??? Lloyd Z in Durham,NC,
trying to grow pumilas.
