Re: CULT: FERTILIZER: water and what-not

>>This year, I followed the advice of a reblooming hybridizer whom I respect
and
re-fed the rebloomers listed in the paragraph above immediately after
blooming.  They didn't rebloom.  Those not re-fed did.  Ah, sweet mystery . .
 Griff<<

>It may have depended on what fertilizer was used.  If that person had told
you to use a high phosphorus fertilzer then you might just have a mystery.

If a higher nitrogen fertilzer was used it may have forced foliage growth
and/or abortion of stalk initiation as can happen with Spring bloom.

Paul Archer
Raleigh, NC  Zone 7<


Wow this must mean if I have an iris that tends to bloom out all I need is
some 23-3-3 for a few years to get some increase. Then use the 23-3-3 on half
and will not lose the iris to bloom out. Who would have thought that nitrogen
would turn off blooms?


Mike Greenfield

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