Re: First Question??
- Subject: Re: First Question??
- From: g* d* <d*@facstaff.wm.edu>
- Date: Sat, 3 Feb 96 08:49:37 MST
On Fri, 2 Feb 1996 WILSONJH@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu wrote:
> My favorite source is Draycott--Carol
> grows hers with minimal water so they are shipped with good root
> systems, but she can only ship in late summer. If you want to try
> a spring planting, you might try Greer Gardens--my spring experiment
> from them last year seems to have worked real well.
Will definitely check out these sources--
> During the first year, evenness of watering is important, especially if
> the plants were accustomed to that. And we should be sure you planted
> them with the rhizomes 2-3" below the soil surface with roots spread
> out and down, those roots having been kept moist all the time they were
> out of the ground.
This is a very wet site--I doubt that soil moisture could be a factor--I
live in a swamp, actually! These were potted plants so I kept them at
about the same level they were in the pots....
> And, there is the mysterious SiberianIrisNoTakeOff condition, reported
> by many growers, sometimes ascribed to certain suppliers, sometimes
> ascribed to a fungus, but officially in the unsolved mystery category.
> I haven't had it happen to me, but I've seen it in gardens of growers
> I respect a great deal.
Hmmm...I suppose this could be the problem!!
>
> This could become an ongoing investigation. I'm certainly interested
> in hearing more as you track it down, however long it takes.
Hopefully this spring I will see these take off and I can report no
problem!! (Typical winter optimism!)
Debbie
