Re: Re: CULT Solarization & manure

From: Gmbeasle@aol.com

In a message dated 01/29/2000 11:10:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
sidneygardener@email.msn.com writes:

> 
>  RosalieAnn,
>  
>  Do you think the heat of water damages the outer covering of the rhizome 
> allowing bacteria to enter? 

Maybe that is it.  There are a lot more experienced people on the list in 
this regard than I am.  But I don't think humidity in the general environment 
in NM is going to cause rot because it is very dry.  The fact that the person 
who lives there doesn't, under normal circumstances, have any rot indicates 
that also.  They do have a problem when they water when it is very hot, so 
there must be some interaction of the water and the heat.  

Since iris grown in a dry climate don't usually rot, the next question to ask 
is why all iris grown in humid climates don't rot.  Because most of us live 
in humid places, and the iris do pretty well.   Should we protect iris from 
rain or watering when it is hot?  What about rebloomers?

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