Re: RE: Cult -Cold Climate planting

Maybe I would have more luck with late iris shipments planting them that 
way.  Normally,
I have found irises only need a couple of weeks to grow good roots 
(based on when I start them in pots
- which usually happens to the irises I receive in July), so when I 
plant them I have been more
concerned with rot protection rather than heaving. Although, when I get 
irises late in August
the heaving and winter survival becomes more of an issue.

Sandra
Zone 3



Char Randall wrote:

>And I figured that since my earliest roots seem to come from the heel or
>back of the fan area, I may plant it very slightly deeper and the front
>angled slightly upward so the cut end (toe?) is about ground level. I
>don't know if I actually try to plant them at a slight incline but I tend
>to give a little extra "push" on the fan end to settle them in. This has
>been an interesting thread!
>Char Randall
>Melba, Idaho
>
>On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 12:20:56 -0700 Sandra Barss <barsssa@mb.sympatico.ca>
>writes:
> In my email I meant I try to keep
>  
>
>>the back of the fan up and bury the toe (at one time I thought be 
>>made 
>>sense to do it that way, although I don't know why
>>now...LOL).
>>
>>Sandra
>>Zone 3
>>
>>
>>Dana Brown wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>When you guys say plant the "back" of the iris under an inch of 
>>>      
>>>
>>soil, are
>>    
>>
>>>you talking about the side opposite the roots or the back of the 
>>>      
>>>
>>fan?
>>    
>>
>>>Dana Brown
>>>      
>>>
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