Re: CUT BACK IRIS?
- Subject: Re: CUT BACK IRIS?
- From: D* K*
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 18:30:32 -0400
>--- In iris-talk@y..., THEO1415@a... wrote:
>"I am still not clear on this. Some say leave the foliage alone, and
>but only when it gets diseased...."
>
>Haircuts are for people. Leave your healthy foliage where it belongs-
>-producing energy for next year's bloom. Yes, removed diseased
>foliage...and bag it. But healthy stuff stays. Let me be emphatic
>about this. Removing healthy leaves cuts the arms and legs off the
>plant. They NEED their leaves, now especially.
>
>People who dry and ship rhizomes need to cut back only for shipping
>purposes. It takes the shipped, dried and semi-sleepy rhizome a
>while to recover. Don't do this to your own transplants, even.
>Minimal trim when moving the rhizome, none at all when growing.
>
>Neil Mogensen zone 6b/7a near Asheville, NC
I cut back the foliage in early October to help prevent iris borer
(moths lay the eggs on the leaves). Seems to work like a charm.
--
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6
http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/
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