Re: Cult- deep planting (was Cold Climate planting)

In a message dated 8/23/2004 4:36:08 PM Central Standard Time, 
DFerguson@cabq.gov writes:

> Perhaps deep is more natural than we
> tend to admit?
> 

I'd always planted at the surface here in zone 6.  Years ago, I took a box of 
irises to my mother-in-law who gardened in the white sands of northern AR.  I 
was appalled a couple of years later when I found these irises buried in two 
inches of sand!  It turned out it was the only way she could keep the plants 
from falling over.  

Yet, when I plant them deep, they always pop up to the surface here in the 
heavy clay. 

I'd recommend someone plant three rhizomes at different depths and watch them 
for about 3 years.  It's the best way to adjust practices to micro 
climates/conditions.  

Betty W. in South-central KY Zone 6
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