Re: Frozen Iris
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Frozen Iris
- From: z*@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
- Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 22:27:52 -0700 (MST)
>Daryl &Kathy Haggstrom wrote:
>>
>>
>> I have 65 pots of iris (setosa) overwintering for sale next spring
>>. . .
>> I put . . . half in my crawl space entryway . . . but the
>> problem arose when I returned home last night after being gone for two
>> days, and found the entryway door wide open (neighborhood children
>> playing - lots of little hoofprints in the snow). . . I thought several
>> of you might have had to deal with an iris going throught freeze/thaw
>> cycles when it wasn't ready. Any input appreciated and may contain
>> knowledge I can put to use. My most important question, with my heart in
>> my mouth - have any of you had iris freeze while out of dormancy, and
>> return to the land of the living? I would sure like to see these come
>> spring.
>>
>Kathy -- In the dreadful winter of '95-'96, I lost 50% of my 1,380
>seedlings outright to the freeze-thaw phenomenon -- tossed up out of the
>ground and cooked by the sun as soon as the snow melted. The casualties
>included three entire lots that were crosses of Jennifer Rebecca. Then
>Erwinia attacked the survivors. I was out there on hands and knees
>cutting out the rotted central rhizomes of innumerable plants. This
>year, one of the survivors took "best seedling" at the Francis Scott Key
>show, and two more were awarded blue ribbons. So, don't despair. Silver
>linings still occur. Maybe you'll be lucky. But, if not, hang in there.
>It's trite, but "tomorrow is another day."
>
>Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA
>jgcrump@erols.com
Dear Griff: Surprised that you have seedlings of JENNIFER REBECCA! Glad
that one won an award. Congratulations. Lloyd Z in Durham NC
