Re: CULT: Transpiration and rot

Okay Bill and Laurie,

I found the first rot victim this afternoon after rain beginning Sunday.  On
AMIGO'S GUITAR, a historic I'm trying the 2nd time around.  No grasshopper
damage on the rhizome, but the foliage well and truly decimated.  Your
theory, Bill, does NOT make me feel better!  Does our self-proclaimed rot
queen have any observations on this?

As an aside to Laurie.  I have bought, and still acquire regularly, historic
irises.  Primarily because I find they have a simplicity that many modern
ones are lacking and I find that simple grace very appealing.  In the
beginning I expected them to be tougher and more durable than I was finding
many new TBs.  That has not been the case at all.  They have not proved to
be any different in their ability to survive and thrive than the newer TBs.
The percentage of survival and apparent vigor has been much the same as on
the new introductions.  This is sort of a warning to perhaps not expect too
much from them as compared to the new ones.  I, too, once thought that
because they had been around and survived for so long, they would prove
tougher.  In my experience that expectation proved to be unrealistic.  So I
buy them because I like them and hope for the best.  Some do, some don't.
And I try more than once all too often when there is one I'd like to grow.
As may be the case with the one mentioned above.  I may be trying a 3rd time
if the rot invades the remaining two fans.

Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA




 

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