RE: Spec: Dietes.
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- Subject: RE: [iris-talk] Spec: Dietes.
- From: G* M*
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:34:46 -0600
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Last winter we kept ours in an unheated greenhouse and they did just fine.
With the plastic covering it stayed pretty warm. This year we're trying to
keep the greenhouse colder and are only closing the doors when the temp is
below 20. Mine also look toasted, but I'll let you know in the Spring.
Greg McCullough
Iris City Gardens
Primm Springs, Tennessee USA (just southwest of Nashville)
Zone 6
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BigAlligator@aol.com [B*@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 9:38 AM
> To: iris-talk@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Spec: Dietes.
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>
> In a message dated 1/10/01 9:12:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> wshear@email.hsc.edu writes:
>
> << Dietes is usually considered hardy only in Z9, so I suspect that
> yours are toast at that temperature. However, I would watch
> them for at
> least a month to see if any new sprouts come from the roots.
> If the soil
> did not freeze, they may have survived. >>
>
> Bill,
> I am going to give them time. They came back after 18
> F last winter,
> but this one may have done them in. Time will tell.
>
> Mark A. Cook
> BigAlligator@aol.com
> Dunnellon, Florida.
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