Re: Re; Cult rate and bloom
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- Subject: Re: Re; Cult rate and bloom
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:34:58 -0600
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <cwalters@digitalpla.net>
Doreen McCabe writes:
> I guess something is wrong. I planted with peat moss and alphalfa
pellets,
> sprayed with Bt and cygon, water regularly except when raining which it
did
> alot of here,but no signs of rot. Fertilize occasionally and let nature
take
> it course. So I am perplexed. What do you think?
Doreen,
Anner Whitehead and John Jones have already mentioned the three most likely
factors that would occur to me to explain your relative lack of bloom:
1) Planting too late in the season
2) Lack of adequate exposure to the sun
3) Deficiency of one or more vital soil nutrients
If none of these factors seems to be responsible, then following John's
excellent suggestion of contacting other iris growers in your general area
would seem to offer the best option for finding ways to improve the
performance of your irises.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
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