Re: Where do you replant?
- To: Iris-l <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Where do you replant?
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:22:23 -0700
- References: <8F9E10777C@defender1.dordt.edu> <3214A9D5.130A@ix.netcom.com>
Arnold Koekkoek wrote:
>
> 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.
Unless all irises poison their own beds (would seem to be a very anti-evolutionary
tactic) it would seem that good loose soil, composted organic matter, and the right
amount of water and fertilizer would seem to be a pretty good solution. Maryotts has
been in the same place for years (as well as a lot of others).
Course then again, I live in California, which means I don't have most of the problems other
areas have, especially with heat, humidity and rot (not to mention borers). I sometimes
wonder if I don't suffer enough to have the right to grow irises. California also has the
dubious distinction of having the first reported case of iris rustling...
--
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, 35572 Linda Dr., Fremont CA, 94536
jijones@ix.netcom.com, USDA zone 8 (coastal, bay)
