Re: Re: CULT: bloom on potted rz

Hi all, and especially the garden movers,
perhaps we should start a group: irismovers@egroups.com (only kidding folks 
- that list doesn't exist)
I will add my 2 penneth here.
I first potted irises into 8" pots, for selling some years back, and got 
exceptionally good bloom, probably close to Jay Hudsons 80%. I used NEW 
SNOW, and an old 'modern form' blue unknown. These had been doing well in 
poor soil, and just took off like crazy in the richer soil in the pots, and 
those I didn't sell put their roots down through the holes in the pots, and 
anchored themselves into the ground firmly.
When I unpotted them, they had huge increase, and were tightly potbound. 
Left in place they may have bloomed another season, but I will never know.
My next effort was to plant the left over small rhizomes after dividing my 
named modern TB's (and some SDB's) My bloom rate would be closer to 40% from 
this lot, because some were simply too small to bloom. All those that bought 
this batch from me have come back for more, so they were happy customers.
The unsold ones from last year have increased in their pots, but the 
increases are small, and I don't expect bloom from them this year. They are 
rz's which I have an excess of, and have been too lazy to transplant them.
Janet's situation is probably similar to mine. I am zone 9 moving to zone 8, 
and she is zone 8. I have been digging rz's right through winter, and have 
just collected another 100  8" pots from the local landfill/recycling depot. 
Even with the frosts we have had, there is no problem with frost heave, as 
the rz's I transplant have a good root ball. I am more worried about what 
happens to these plants if we don't sell the house soon, and they have to 
sit through summer. I guess if I keep them huddled together they won't get 
too hot, and I may move the lot (500 so far!) to my neighbors property, and 
nestle them under the gum trees. Gums give only a little shade, not enough 
to upset the TB's.

Chris's situation is a more difficult one. Is there some way you can 
insulate the pots? Perhaps sink them part of the way into the ground, or 
just pile up soil between the pots, to keep them a bit warmer?
Cheers, and happy moving day,
Jan Clark





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