Re: Terrible iris rhizomes
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Terrible iris rhizomes
- From: c* f*
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 12:56:22 -0500
A little bit different thinking but oddly enough, small rhizomes appears to
be the norm this year. At our Iris Auction, yesterday, there were many, many
small or tiny rhizomes. I have the feeling that you will get good bloom
and increase in spite of the size. Watering has become quite an issue with
the drought and we all know that the larger rhizomes do store excess water.
The smaller rhizomes are mostly with the older plants that haven't been
moved for several years. The recently planted, higher priced Iris not so as
they were planted with extra soil amendments, special fertilizers and
probably on the preferred for watering list.(Have you noticed that these
huge plants don't always make it, much less bloom?)
The apparent reason for selling the older Iris so cheaply is to make room
for newer varieties and to get rid of varieties that haven't been good
movers in the seller's garden. $1.00 per plant isn't too bad a price...put
them in the ground and complain to the Company next year if they don't grow
(like with any Iris, expect a 30 to 50% bloom, the first year),or you could
send them back, today. I'm voting for giving the sender a fighting chance.
Smiles from Mary, in sunny & dry Nebraska
----- Original Message -----
From: "MemsCo_John Reeds" <jreeds@microsensors.com>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 11:07 AM
Subject: RE: [iris-talk] Terrible iris rhizomes
> > From: coonmam[SMTP:coonmam@yahoo.com]
> > I received a shipment of iris Fri and they were absolutely terrible!
> > Some were the size of your little finger,(the same size we sell at
> > the iris auction 3/$1.00) some were just fans with very little
> > rhizome, about 15 were totally missing. I was charged $80.00 to ship
> > when actual shipping was $38.00. I am having no luck communicating
> > with the company. I ordered close to 200 iris and they came in three
> > of the 18X18X10 Priority Mail boxes. The order was over $300.
> > I would like to keep others from having this same experience...is
> > there a place where you can file a complaint
> >
> One way to prevent others from having the same experience would be to let
us
> know who "ripped you off". If there is any question of honest error, it
may
> be an honorable courtesy to avoid naming names, but this sounds pretty
bad.
> Of course, 200 iris for $300 sounds suspiciously cheap. Surely this
could
> not have been newer varieties. About the only way I would expect to get
> decent iris that cheap would be from someone like the Suttons, from the
> "sunset collection" of older varieties, and that would be taking into
> consideration the usual generous "extras". Sorry about your experience.
>
> John Reeds
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