Re: Cult:Trimming Roots
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- Subject: Re: Cult:Trimming Roots
- From: B* J* <l*@getonthe.net>
- Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 17:14:04 -0500
From: Barb Johnson <lgjohnson@getonthe.net>
Walter A. Moores wrote:
>
> From: "Walter A. Moores" <wam2@Ra.MsState.Edu>
>
> On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, Susan Royer wrote:
>
> > From: Susan Royer <susanr@mail.fastrans.net>
> >
> > I use either old clothes
> > hangers cut into 8 to 10 inch lengths or 12 guage wire the same length.
> > Bend into a U shape, place a "leg" on each side of the iris and push
> > down till the top of the U rests on the top of the rhizome.
> > Christa Royer
> > St. Louis Missouri
> > Zone 5
> > >
> >
> Our list of potters and shavers grows daily! Your U-wires for
> keeping plants put is interesting and is much neater than anchoring
> rhizomes with rocks. Thanks for the tip.
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS 7/8
Cool idea! I have only plastic hangers, but can get wire ones any old
time to use. I tried this with a small rhizome this Spring which kept
tipping over in its pot because of tall leaves and a bloomstalk: I bent
a large paper clip, which worked great. I'm using the same clip to
anchor an iris to grow its roots, but outside with large rhizomes, a
long wire would be perfect. Thanks, Christa!
--
Barb Johnson l*@getonthe.net
Near Springfield, SW Missouri AIS, ISO, HIPS, RIS, MIS
USDA Zone 5b AIS Region 18 (KS & MO)
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