Where do you replant?

Lora Masche wrote about replanting in different locations or 
replacing the soil as a "supposed to" for iris.  I know some growers 
recommend this--I recall reading Phil Williams' advice that one 
should always replant in a different spot from where iris had been 
growing--but I never do this.  I don't have any other places, and I 
can't afford to buy new soil for as many as I have to move every 
season.  I've never noticed that this did any harm, though it may 
have for some varieties, but the garden looks as good as it ever has, 
and that's a lot of years.  Maybe I've just been lucky, but the 
others in the local club (Siouxland Iris Society) generally replicate 
my experience.  If the ideal is a new location every year, very few 
people I know ever match the ideal.  Perhaps this is important for 
commercial growers more than home gardeners.

Arnold Koekkoek--in far northwest Iowa.
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