Re: Cult: soaking TBs
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- Subject: Re: Cult: soaking TBs
- From: E* G*
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 10:46:51 -0500
From: Ellen Gallagher <e_galla@moose.ncia.net>
>There must be a lot of dead tissue on those rhizomes that can't be totally
>removed. In my area, soaking such a TB, in this condition, for half a day
>would water log the dead tissue and spell disaster, leading to serious rot.
>I
>couldn't get by with more than 1/2 an hour.
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>Where are you located. Soaking mummified rhizomes over night works great
>here in New Mexico. That makes sense because short of the arils we don't get
>alot of rot.
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These two posts re soaking TBs (or any bearded iris rhizome) would
also invite rot in our rain-soaked and snowy climate. Maybe in a
drier and hotter climate, it works. I think hotter is the operative
word.
What I do is plant the half-dead and almost mummified rhizomes
in a 6" raised bed and water like mad. Let it dry out and water
every day for a few days and then stop and only give water when
it doesn't rain (almost never in practice) until I see some new
green growth and then stop all water (unless it falls from the
sky) and almost never water again. Works here.
I do, of course, soak all beardless rhizomes for at least 24
hours.
Cheers from a snowy and cold New Hampshire,
Ellen
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Ellen Gallagher / e_galla@moose.ncia.net whole world kin"
Northern New Hampshire, USA / Zone 3a
Lancaster, NH in 'The Great North Woods'
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