RE: Subject: Re: Re: CULT: ROT
- Subject: RE: [iris-talk] Subject: Re: Re: CULT: ROT
- From: MemsCo_John Reeds j*@microsensors.com
- Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 13:50:10 -0700
> I have suggested that hybridizers in the western states need to trial
> their
> seedlings in our environment if they want to produce iris that have
> greater
> resistance to soft rot. The fact that they do not generally trial out
> seedlings throughout the USA will continue to increase the problem of soft
> rot in the newer irises.
>
> Glenn Grigg, Raleigh, NC Zone 7
>
Only in climates where soft rot is a problem. I encourage all hybridizers
of siberian and japanese iris to send their best seedlings to me for trial
in an environment with very warm, dry, sunny weather, no winter freezes
(most years), and salty alkaline adobe clay soil (okay, I'll amend that, but
the tap water matches the soil; at least it provides all the necessary
calcium). Otherwise, those hybridizers will obviously be doing the public a
disservice by introducing iris that cannot thrive in a typical southern
California climate.
John Reeds, in San Juan Capistrano 9b,
where the adobe clay was fine when
they wanted to build a mission
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