Re: Overwintering Potted Iris
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- Subject: Re: Overwintering Potted Iris
- From: D* S* <s*@proaxis.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 11:17:26 -0700
From: Denise Stewart <stewartd@proaxis.com>
Think of how mother nature handles this one...as I have excellent luck in
freezing temps of overwintering outside with sawdust packed around the
pots...good luck
Denise
Zone 7
Oregon
At 12:49 PM 8/25/98 -0400, you wrote:
>From: Cheryl & Erich Schaefer <schaefer@epix.net>
>
>Hi All, I need the advice of experts. We have never overwintered iris in
>pots before and have planted several hundred, mostly SDB's and MTB's, in
>fiber pots for sale at our annual high school plant sale in May. My
>basement is apparently too warm (45-50F) and the unheated greenhouse
>perhaps too cold and subject to widely changing temps and leaks. Must I
>dig? Heavy mulch? TIA for any suggestions. I would hate to lose even one!
>Cheryl
>
>Cheryl Schaefer
>schaefer @epix.net
>Zone 5 in the fabulous Finger Lakes of NY
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