Re: Iris Protection - Hurricane Bonnie

From: "AE C" <maestro123@hotmail.com>



>From: <HIPSource@aol.com>
>Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 13:33:08 EDT
>To: iris-talk@onelist.com
>Reply-to: iris-talk@onelist.com
>Subject: [iris-talk] Re: Iris Protection - Hurricane Bonnie
>
>From: <HIPSource@aol.com>
>
>In a message dated 98-08-25 13:08:29 EDT, you write:
>
><<  Can anyone tell me how I might be able to protect my newly planted 
(and
>some expensive introduction) iris from the devastating winds and rain 
that are
>supposed to accompany Bonnie??  >>
>
>Hi, Leslie.
>
>If they are freshly planted and have not taken root yet just snatch 
them out
>of the dirt and put them in a dry bag and put them somewhere dry for 
the
>duration. Do this before the rains come and plant them again later. 
They will
>be fine. If they have taken firm root, you might try that business of 
making
>wire hairpins to pin them down but I'd make the stick-in legs a good 12 
inches
>long and crimp them for more grip . A brick on each may or may not stay 
put or
>hold them down, but I would not bother to try to cover with a tarp or a
>plastic since the wind will tear it off immediately. Similarly do not 
try to
>cover with any pots or anything since the pressure will just lift them 
and
>blow them away.  
>
>Let us know when it passes, Leslie, for we will be thinking of you.
>
>Anner Whitehead, up in Virginia.  
>


I agree.  If you can. I would just pull them all up.

ElizabethP.

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