Re: CULT: shaved rhizomes?
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- Subject: Re: CULT: shaved rhizomes?
- From: D* L* <g*@rogerswave.ca>
- Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 05:04:59 -0600 (MDT)
On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, Linda Mann wrote:
> I feel a little stupid asking this, but how does one get irises with
> rhizomes with no roots to stand up? Do you shave off the leaves as
> well? Do you bury them? Do you make little crutches for them? I
> could easily stack rocks on them and sometimes do prop up fans with
> little gravel piles. Linda Mann lmann@icx.net east Tennessee USA
Linda, What i did this year which worked well was to put rocks just
a bit bigger than the rhizomes on them. I used also dried clay
"rocks" if they were available because these don't have to be taken
off but simply brushed to one side when the rhizome has taken root.
I had full size fans too.
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca> <- private email address
Zone 4 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
URL for the North American Native Irises web page
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
