Re: Cult: Trimming Roots/Aggressive Growth
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- Subject: Re: Cult: Trimming Roots/Aggressive Growth
- From: "* C* <j*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 01:16:44 PDT
From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
Sharlyn wrote:
> If you live in a windy climate and need the old roots to anchor the
rhizome into place, I can understand that. Otherwise, I feel everyone
should at least try this method with some of their irises this year.
As the roots are insufficient to anchor my irises against the onslaught
of my cats, I tend to use stones for anchorage. I shall certainly try
cutting the roots off. I have some dwarf iris ordered from Barry Blyth's
1/2 price sale. They are probably fairly dry by now. I shall cut the
roots, soak them in fish emulsion and pot them in 8" pots, stabilised by
a stone. I'll let you know how quickly these establish, using this
method.
My dwarf irises seem to 'disappear' in the garden when not in bloom, so
I may put more of them in pots in future.
Cheers, Jan Clark
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