Re: Why JI's in pots? (fwd)
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- Subject: Re: Why JI's in pots? (fwd)
- From: g*@rogerswave.ca
- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 07:28:37 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 27 Aug 1996 SCHAFFCM@SNYBUFAA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU wrote:
>
> Diana -- lots of growers will put newly acquired beardless iris in pots and
> put those pots in a tub of water (when does a pot become a tub??) and then take
> the pot out of the water every week or so to drain. The reason for this is
> to control the watering, and etc, while the rhizome grows a good root system.
> The soil in the pots can be controlled - fertilizer, etc. In your zone
> (4/5) or even in mine (5/6) I would not risk keeping them in pots over the winter -- freeze thaw, etc.
>
> Carolyn Schaffner
So keeping them in pots is only for newly bought irises while
they grow roots. Then they go in the soil for overwintering? I
guess I've been lucky because the JI beds are so damp/wet but they
dry out to some extent between rainfalls so they are not soaking
wet all the time.
--
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca>
Zone 4/5 Ontario Canada
