Re: CULT: PCN'S

From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>

Thanks, John, for some very interesting information on PCN's,
>It should be said that if you start watering them during the summer 
>you should continue with that process on the frequency I spoke of 
>above, or, alternatively, let them go completely dry. Inbetween does 
>not work well.

I can vouch for this. Last year, before my TB's bloomed, and while I was 
in the early throes of iris madness,  I spotted some wonderful PCN's in 
bloom in a nursery and bought 4 plants, which were quite expensive. My 
own baby PCN's had captured my imagination, but I was yet to see a live 
flower. I was hooked on PCN's instantly!
I took them home, and left them in their pots, not wanting to risk 
losing them by transplanting at the wrong time. I didn't know whether I 
was watering too much or too little, consequently I watered 
occasionally. Three plants died, the other one I divided in two and 
planted successfully. I'm desperately hoping it was the lovely dark 
purple one, but, as I didn't label them, I'll have to wait and see.
Jan Clark, 
in Australia, where the Dwarf bearded iris are pushing up buds, as are a 
few early TB's.

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