Re: CULT:pots
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- Subject: Re: CULT:pots
- From: r* <t*@catskill.net>
- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 14:32:54 -0600 (MDT)
Christopher Hollinshead wrote:
>
> Walter A. Moores wrote:
>
> > Or, you could start them in a pot first, and then plant the entire
> > root ball.....Walter Moores
> >
>
> I have done this last year as an experiment on aTB (planted the rootball from a
> pot into the garden) This year the iris absolutely took off growthwise and
> turned into a mega clump from a single last season/year planting!!!
> I have four more TB iris this year that are now ready to do the same. They are
> growing in 8 inch pots now and I will plant out in one of the iris beds soon.
> The plants are:
> IN THE MOOD (Schreiner 94)
> FEATURE ATTRACTION (Schreiner 94)
> CASCADE SPRINGS (Schreiner 94)
> CELEBRATION SONG (Schreiner 93)
>
> --
> Christopher Hollinshead
> Mississauga, Ontario Canada zone6b
> AIS(Region 16), CIS, SSI
> Director-Canadian Iris Society
> Newsletter Editor-Canadian Iris Society
> e-mail: cris@netcom.ca
> CIS website: http://www.netcom.ca/~cris/CIS.html
I've done the same this year becasue the new bed is not ready but the
digging and dividing and trading moves on. all seem to be thriving in
their little pots, and when I put some STEPPING OUT in the garden, well,
they already have increases.
Rima terra@catskill.net
upstate ny zone 4
