Re: Need advice


Julie in Northwest Washington -- you said:

I am planning to move in about 45 days or so and would like to take some Iris
with me.  Should I dig them up now & put into pots or wait?  I have several
TB's and a Siberian.

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This is a tough question!  45 days is around the first of November (whew!)
and around here, we would have had our first frost, and the weather will be
cold and wet, especially on those first few inches of soil.  If you are moving
to a similar situation, I'd suggest pots, if you can do it.  On the other
hand, if it's still warm and dry, you could try bare roots -- If you could,
you might try plastic bags with moist soil/peat moss if you are going to
be able to get them in the new spots in a reasonably short time.

The soil should be no lower than about 50 degrees to support growth.  below
that, it seems the plants don't grow and new plants would be sitting there 
with no anchor, at the mercy of the wind and snow and all that stuff we don't
want to think about. 

definitely definitely the siberians should be in pots.

If you think you can afford a year's wait, and you don't have much room for
pots, you could dig and label your bearded ones and store them until (hurrah)
spring and plant them -- you'd of course loose the spring flowering, but you'd
have the plants!!

good luck!  My daughter is moving across town and we are digging like mad
all her daylilies, and hosta, and perennials so that they have good roots
while it is warm and we'll just slide them into their new garden without
disturbing too much.  We thought she'd have closed by now grrrrrrrr..

Carolyn Schaffner in Buffalo, NY -- shure signs of fall are showing up --
college students falling out of bars, sweaters in the evening, wildflowers
beautifying the roadways...
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