Re: blooming problem
From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
Hi Jerry,
I was hoping that someone might have responded to you by now. Did you get
any frost? Frost at the wrong time of bud development can turn it to mush.
I have found that some buds are affected and not others.
Maureen Mark
m*@ottawa.com
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
> From: freedmaj@att.net
>
> I live on the south New Jersey coast and have a bunch
> of bearded irises which were planted several years
> ago. I am not an expert on irises by any account.
> Every spring the irises come up and put out large
> healthy buds. However, only about half of them open.
> The ones that do are beautiful. However, the others
> seem to attempt to open but the petals fail to
> separate, apparantly stuck together by a sticky
> waterly fluid. The buds eventually die. I have
> researched all the literature but can find nothing
> describing this problem or its cause. If anyone
> recognizes this syndrome I would greatly appreciate
> some advice on what to do.
> Thank you, Jerry
>
>
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