Re: Arilbreds & Humidity



Or should this be called "growing arilbreds in the East"?

Clarence said:

Sharon, in the East we have wet summers and, for the most part, clay soil.
Most arilbreds, like the arils, really require much better drainage than we
cannot provide without extraordinary efforts.  Some such as ONLOOKER and
SYRIAN MOON respond to our conditions better than others, but special care is
required even for these to thrive.  One can succeed with many arilbreds in
the East, but it takes a lot of effort.  My best success has been when I grow
arilbreds in pots, and protected from rain during summer, fall and winter.
 Clarence Mahan in VA
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Kathryn Mohr (near Albany, NY) and I are growing arilbreds to experiment.
Larry D grows them in the New England area.. I think Dorothy F near Ithaca
NY grows a few

Kathryn put hers in pots, I have mine in the iris bed. We get lots of 
humidity in the form of rain and snow but generally not the HEAT PLUS HUMIDITY
of points south of here. Kathryn's pots are under cover. 

Are they in frozen soil, Kathryn??  Dorothy and Larry -- are yours in pots??

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Carolyn Schaffner in Buffalo, NY
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