Re: cult:Cutting Fans
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: cult:Cutting Fans
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 16:27:50 -0600 (MDT)
Bill Shear wrote:
>
> John--not "jump all over you" but there is a good physiological reason for
> cutting back fans when transplanting (the "more energy to the roots" stuff
> is total nonsense).
-- snip --
Thanks Bill. I was hoping you would have the answer(s). I would also
think then that the practice of some folks of "drying out those fat
California rhizomes" also falls under the category of "total nonsense"
and would just serve to dehydrate the plant more, and that the amount of
water in an rz is not an indicator of propensity to rot (the attributed
reason for this practice)
>
> One might argue that having more leaves will result in more photosynthesis,
> but remember the equation:
>
> 6CO2 + 6H2O -------> C6H12O6 + 6O2
WOW. ***** 6O2 ******
No wonder I feel so much better when working in my iris bed...
Its all that extra Oxygen !!!! :>))))
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
