disease trials
- Subject: disease trials
- From: L*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 96 01:58:03 MST
Tom - i have a different trial procedure - if it dies, i ask 3 people in my
region how it has done for them. If it rotted everywhere, or failed to grow,
I don't try it again. This technique also has the advantage of occasionally
finding somebody who has a bunch of it who then offers to give me some! i
don't see a signature for aol - help.
jim - thank you! i was starting to think i just was making people mad. hmm,
glad I joined the server too late to get an assignment. my garden soil
ranges from nearly pure clay (rare), reasonable loam (almost as rare), to
unsorted creekbed gravel, rocks, and black loam within a few feet. i have
had similar experiences with varieties doing really well one place and poorly
elsewhere. last year was the first yr i spent much time traveling around e
tenn looking at other iris gardens (= rows). they do much better here with
intensive cultivation. but again, some do great regardless of abuse
(especially victoria falls, clarence).
clarence - i will, i will try growing pacific coast babies !
janice - here, some of the multicolor varieties do very well - the plicatas
seem to have problems though. this is my first year with afternoon delight,
but some older blends are doing well, especially in the yellow, brown,
lavender blends. also, lullabye of spring seems ok.
linda mann at the e. tenn. rot capital.
