Re: CULT:Increase
- Subject: Re: CULT:Increase
- From: i*
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 01:25:52 -0000
I have been fascinated with the amount of increase per plant for some
time now.
A couple of years ago, in one of my bored periods, I put all my
plants onto a spread sheet and counted each and every one for
increase and coded each. This took some time as I had about 500
different varieties then. I intend to do the same with flowering,
but so far seem to have some problem or other popping up at flowering
time.
The results were very interesting. I was trying to do a comparison
of varieties. Factors influencing growth were going to be next.
In addition, I have plans to plant many of one variety and use a
different growing method/fertilising, etc. using some as control.
This hopefully will commence next year.
If anyone is interested in giving some information to me regarding
these, or wanting to know more, please contact me as I would like to
extend my information.
Regards
Dian Mitterer
here in the beginning of the Barossa Valley,South Australia.
--- In iris-talk@y..., "wmoores" <wmoores@w...> wrote:
> I don't want to sound picky, but isn't the 3 to 5 increase 'rule of
> thumb' better discussed under culture? At a show, there is just
the
> one stalk, and you cannot tell anything about the clump. This
> paragraph is under Garden Judging.
>
> The counting of the rhizomes should occur in early spring before
you
> see any bloomstalks, I would think. But, since this paragraph in
the
> JT handbook also discusses a 15 point deduction for lack of vigor,
it
> would stand to reason that the increase is being counted at the
time
> the iris clump is judged during bloom season in the garden.
>
> Many newer varieties come with the 3 to 5 increases already built
in.
> You need to wait two or three years before you really decide on the
> vigor because some of these rhizomes showing increase already may
not
> take to your climate and that increase never matures into a fan.
> When I had an extensive sales list, I used to count the rhizomes in
> early spring in order to make the list. It was always aggravating
to
> list something, then have it bloom out, or nearly so, for you.
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
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