Re: CULT: shaved rhizomes?
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- Subject: Re: CULT: shaved rhizomes?
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 11:16:57 -0600 (MDT)
On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, Rick Tasco/Roger Duncan wrote:
> 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,
>
> Here in CA we usually plant our rhizomes under the soil due to our hot
> sun, the soil just barely covering the rhizome. So you can see that
> planting this way I have no need of props, stones, bricks or whatever to
> hold the rhizomes up. Just stick them in the soil with the rhizome
> covered and they stay that way and will soon be rooted. This works for
> me and I do it by the thousands.
> This method may not work in all climates.
>
> Rick Tasco
> Superstition Iris gardens
> Central California
> Zone 8
>
It works in MS so should work for Linda. Walter Moores, Enid Lake, M
S 7/8
