Re: CULT- Beverly Sills recovering from a stab wound, prognosis ...

In a message dated 7/15/2002 7:27:16 PM Central Daylight Time, 
showtime@bbtel.com writes:


> So, I plucked her out of the ground, she has no seed pods so she's 
> 'expendable' and cut off about six new increases.  (Not bad since she 
> has only been in the ground for a year, or am I smokin?) Now I have 
> these soaking in clorox water which I have heard mentioned several 
> times on here and am planning to plop one or two of them back down in 
> the empty hole.  Is that all good as far as it goes?
> 
> There were two other increases, well I guess anyway, one of them has 
> about a half an inch of fan which it looked like I had whacked when I 
> was cutting off another rhizome, and the other is just a round bulby 
> thing with the barest suggestions of actuall green growth on it.  
> These I have set up on the window ledge in yogurt cups with their 
> roots just about a 1/2" deep in water. I put toothpicks in their 
> sides like my gramma used to do with potatoes.  Anybody ever tried to 
> save these kind of babies?

I would not soak in clorox more than 5 or 10 minutes. Clorox kills surface 
bacteria soaking longer is of no binifit and can damage plant tissue 
(depending on the length and strength of the soaking). The bacteria is killed 
on contact. The reason for soaking is to allow the liquid to penitrate areas 
difficult to reach crevices and water tight areas between the leaves.

Prior to replanting I would allow each rizome to dry until the foliage had 
withered significantly to about 1/3 of its initial green in a ventilated, 
ambiant light, shaded location prior to replanting.

I would discontinue the practice of sticking tooth picks in the rhizomes. 
This may compromise the plants natural defenses and offer convienent points 
of entry for disease. Yet, an interesting approach. I expect you will obtain 
growth reguardless. In my opinion, the immature, axilary buds in active 
growth are less likely to succumb to soft rot than those more mature who's 
growth has slowed.

Kindly keep us informed of your results,
Bill Burleson 7a/b
Old South Iris Society


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