RE: SPEC: I. Reticulata
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- Subject: RE: SPEC: I. Reticulata
- From: E* K* <s*@kaunas.omnitel.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 15:52:14 -0700 (MST)
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From: Ellen Gallagher[SMTP:e_galla@moose.ncia.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 1998 9:52 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: RE: SPEC: I. Reticulata
Maureen Mark wrote:
>I grew reticulatas many years ago but stopped because they all seem to
>disappear on me. In one extravagant year, I bought over one hundred
>mixed cultivars, "Natascha", "Cantab" and the species. I had a =
fabulous
>show of colour the next spring as the snow was melting. The next year,
>however, half of them disappeared. The following year, I had about a
>dozen left. I now have three that never fail to show up.
This is why I have been hesitant to grow the reticulatas...I think
we may be in an extreme climate for them. I think it is almost too
extreme for me. :-)
>Question to reticulata growers: How do you maintain your collections?
Looking forward to the answers.
Cheers,
Ellen (still winter here, folks)
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Ellen Gallagher / e_galla@moose.ncia.net
Siberian iris robin / sibrob@ncia.net
Northern New Hampshire, USA / USDA Zone 3
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Ellen
and others interested in reticulatas
Some years ago I have grown Reticulatas and Junos, but by circumstances =
now no. Our summers sometimes is to humid and I will return to grow them =
when I will be able to arrange structures with glass roof.=20
For succesfull growing, yes it is best sandy soil, but one secret is =
that reticulatas need of great quantities of lime. Best to add to soil =
dolomite meal. Many. 5-10kg per sq. m. Most of them like dry, well =
drained position, but for I. winogradowii the soil all the time must be =
moist, not dried in summer. And I. winogradowii do not like often to =
replant. Or please give the moisture. Bulbs of I. danfordia after first =
bloom split to small bulblets and do not flower for several years. To =
prevent this, deep planting and great quantity of dolomit meal is need. =
Don't fertilize with other fertilizers, organic or mineral! If leave =
bulbs in the soil after leafs become dried, planting position must be =
sunny and warm to generate embryo for next year flowering. I used method =
to dig out bulbs and keep them in warm position until autumn planting. =
But it can be extreme, as you write.
Edmundas
Lithuania, Kaunas
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