Re: CULT: bloom on potted rz



GardnrJan1@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Hello again,
>       Since it's a separate subject from my last post, I'll do this
> ...er...separately.
> I mentioned that I'm transporting lots in pots from my garden and new
> arrivals and since I'll still be considerably pregnant into DEcember, I'm
> wondering what my chances are that some will bloom in the pots.    How often
> have ya'll had potted up plants bloom the spring after being potted, while
> still in the pots?   I think I saw one mention of this recently but I'm
> wondering how often it happens for a listload of irisarians.   I'd guess
> SDB's or even MTB's might be fine, but what about TB's?   And further, what's
> the longest you had an iris in a pot and it bloomed consistently regardless?

Janet,

Last Aug and Sep we potted up about 150 irises left over from our Club
sale with the intent of selling them in the spring. I would say we had
55%-65% bloom rate. Jay Hudson at Hudson Iris gardens pots up a lot to
sell each spring and I think gets closer to 80% bloom. He feeds the pots
about once a month.

As to how long you can keep them in a pot... depends on how fast it
increases and how big the pot is. Have to use your judgement. If you
have a cv that grows monster rzs and gives you 5-7 increases a year, you
better use a pretty big pot if you are going to leave it in place for
more that a year.  :>))


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