Re: Japanese Iris and virgin soil


I was thinking, couldn't you buy a plastic wading pool and put a water
bleed-off valve in the side.  Plant the JIs in pots and grow them in the
water filled pool during the summer and drain the pool in the winter and
fill it with mulch?  You would most likely have to change the water every
few weeks.  Would this take care of the toxicity problem?

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Craig -- I grew beardless this way for a couple of years, in a acquamarine
child's pool!! Great visual!! but when I took them out
of their pots and put them in real live soil kapow!! bang!! increasess up the
wazoo!! and blooms like crazy!! 

I recommend keeping them in pots only till a good growth .....
unless you are holding them for several years for some reason such as
sales...

Carolyn Schaffner in Buffalo, NY
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