Re: SURVIVABILITY- When's Really DEAD?
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- Subject: Re: SURVIVABILITY- When's Really DEAD?
- From: E* J* <l*@cland.net>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 08:20:04 -0600 (MDT)
On Mon 11 Aug 1997 Henryanner@aol.com wrote:
> Barb, it's hard, of course, to tell without looking at something what I--no
> expert on the subject, let me assure you-- think might be going on,
> especially when our climates are so different, but I will offer a couple of
> thoughts and hope someone else will have more insights to offer you.
>
> Sunken in and no roots and no growth during the growing season --assuming I
> have heard you correctly--sounds dead to me. Especially if they are not firm.
> I'd expect them to be firm if they are healthy. I think there are a lot of
> nameless rots out there and I think sometimes the things just die. What I
> would do is take a small sharp paring knife to one and cut a thin slice off
> and see what you have there. If it doesn't look light and crisp and
> incipient, I'd consider it kaput, because if it doesn't seem alive, it
> probably isn't. Paul Richardson once spoke of sensing that life had departed.
> I found I knew just what he meant when I looked at stuff this spring. If it
> is light and firm, I'd leave them alone. Presumptively they know what they
> are doing if they have gone dormant for self-protective reasons.
>
> Won't somebody please give Barb some better help than I can??
Anner, I think your answer was just fine! You must be right about all
the nameless rots out there. This was more like dry rot that these
rhizomes had. They just shriveled up and quit growing, and bent easily,
and inside was yellow but not smelly. I hate it when irises die. But I
can try the same cv later and see what happens.
Barb Johnson ljohnson@cland.net
Southwest Missouri Ozarks USDA Zone 5b AIS Region 18 (MO & KS)
