Re: CULT:New Arrivals
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT:New Arrivals
- From: w*
- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 17:18:36 -0500
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I live in an area where the sun is HOT, and I do mean HOT. If I left
an iris unplanted in the July sun, it would be totally white in a few hours.
Shade, yes.....sun, no.
The bleach bath is a requirement here.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
On 11 Jul 2002 at 19:46, Bakulady wrote:
> Don't forget to bathe your new arrivals for thirty minutes in a 9/10
> part water one part bleach solution. This bath will take care of any
> mold or mildew that originated in a stuffy box in transit and will
> help in the development of the rhizome's immune system.
>
> Walter will letting them dry in the warm sun be just as benificial to
> them? Or is the bleach/water thing the best way to go? Im pretty much
> a newbie and have been growing iris for only 2 years. Im still trying
> to decifer a lot of what I have read so far and what I have gotten has
> been a big help. I think the best thing I did for my iris was to put
> them in a raised bed.
>
> Susan Coffin
> zone 6 North Centrail Indiana
>
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