Re: CULT: Pot Culture (no, it's not what you think!)
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Pot Culture (no, it's not what you think!)
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 08:24:59 -0700 (MST)
On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Linda Mann wrote:
> Bill Shear wrote:
> > But I recall reading about some
> > people on the list potting up TB rhizomes as soon as they arrive, and later
> > planting them in the ground. What gives? What are the circumstances under
> > which YOU would pot up an iris?
>
> I had never thought of potting TBs until Walter Moores suggested it last
> summer, and having tried it once, I will ALWAYS try to handle them this
> way from now on. The 'ideal' time to set out new TBs, according to
> discussions we heard here in '96, is after they 'finish' the growth of
> new increases, which around here is late June/early July. Only problem
> is that it is hottern' all get out in mid-summer and we often go for a
> month or more with no rain. My 'garden' is in full sun, and I am not
> set up to irrigate. It doesn't really cool off (high temps below
> 90oF)and start raining RELIABLY until late September, which really
> doesn't give time for new TBs to settle in - for instance last fall, we
> hit a few nights of 10oF in November.
>
>
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA
>
Linda, glad to hear of your success. Phil Williams tried potting
new things this year and he reports that the plants got a good head start.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
