Re: Electors


> Cold weather rebloomers, including IMMORTALITY, are the least, the least rot
> prone of any tall bearded irises.  If you have rot in a clump of that iris,
> your soil must be much too rich with nitrogen, or you must have some type of
> disease infection in your soil.  It has rained and rained here in Virginia
> this year---we almost have not had a dry day since middle of June...and I do
> not have a trace of rot in my rebloomer bed (and I have clay soil with a low
> ph and grow scores of rebloomers).

> Linda, I really am concerned there may be something wrong with your soil,
> because this should not be happening.  Have you had it tested for pathagens?
> Are you using bone meal or any type of nitrogen fertilizer?  Crying for you
> in Virginia, Clarence Mahan
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Well, my Immortality didn't live up to its name this year either.
It was planted in that moderately-drained area that would have been ok
any other year but this one with the drenching spring.  I lost about
half of the TBs there this year, and Immortality was two of them.

I also remember having a little rot in it in Delaware, but that could
have been related to feeding it some 5-10-10.

By the way, thank you Clarence for the advice on the Spuria species.
I will try them in places with the drainage that Siberians would like,
and let you know the results in a couple of years.

           Also crying for Linda from Ohio, --Jim

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Jim Wilson, Miami Valley Iris Society, SW Ohio, USA, Zone 6a, AIS garden judge
growing TBs, medians, SIBs, JIs, & a few SPU & species.   wilsonjh@muohio.edu
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