RE: Re:CULT:Shows
- To: "'i*@egroups.com'"
- Subject: RE: [iris-talk] Re:CULT:Shows
- From: J* R*
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 08:22:44 -0800
Another approach I learned from the "old pros" at the San Fernando Valley
Iris Society is to make a network of sprinkler pipes, leaving upright
sections to insert iris into. You need a tall car or van to do this, but it
minimizes damage by keeping the stalks separate (you can cut the pipes to
any length you want to control spacing).
John Reeds in sunny southern California
jreeds@microsensors.com
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> From: irischapman@netscape.net[SMTP:irischapman@netscape.net]
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> I use those pop containers where six, two liter pop
> bottles fit. For TB a bucket with newspaper tubes works well. This is
> newpapers rolled up into
> thick tubes and as many as possible stuck into a bucket and then
> filled half way with water. Another means of transporting is a heavy
> cardboard box with short sides. The type used to transport cantelopes
> or cabbage etc. Holes are cut each side about 1 1/2" from the bottom
> about 6" apart. Each side has a grove cut , lined up with the hole on
> the opposite side. Then the stalks can be placed so that the bottom of
> the stalk is in the hole on one side and resting in the grove on the
> other side. The stalks alternatively face opposite directions, so they
> ballance each other. I usually start with the box in the vehicle and
> add the stalks. The box can be anchored with a large rock in the
> bottom aand/or appropriate bracing on the sides. The plants do well
> without water for the time it takes to get to the show, which is for
> me about an hours drive plus the time to get everthing unpacked and in
> show jars.
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