Re: iris DIGEST V1 #30

Bruce  -- Assuming you have 1) given them sufficient sun and drainage, 2)
planted them in soil they like, 3) fertilized sufficiently and 4) didn't
plant them too late or too deep, the answer may be, "just plain cussedness".
Although a few may fall into that last category, I'd look for the answer in
reasons 1-4.  --  Griff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Gerrits" <B_gerrits@earthlink.net>
To: <iris@hort.net>; <iris-digest@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: [iris] iris DIGEST V1 #30


> I have a question I planted a lot of Irises last year and only a couple of
> them ever bloomed all of them have folige what are the causes of Irises
not
> blooming
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "iris DIGEST" <iris-owner@hort.net>
> To: <iris-digest@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 9:45 AM
> Subject: [iris] iris DIGEST V1 #30
>
>
> >
> > iris DIGEST          Wednesday, July 7 2004          Volume 01 : Number
> 030
> >
> >
> >
> > In this issue:
> >
> >         Re: [iris] OT:Complaint Dept:Non-iris
> >         Re: [iris] OT-BIO: HYB: Minnesota, new pollen dauber
> >         [iris] Re: OT-BIO: Minnesota Joe
> >         [iris] Deer Deterrent....
> >         [iris] OT  Deer Deterrent...what a friend said
> >         [iris] Reblooming Dwarf Iris
> >         Re: [iris] Deer Deterrent....
> >         Re: [iris] Reblooming Dwarf Iris
> >         Re: [iris] Reblooming Dwarf Iris
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 09:44:51 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Carole Taber <iris_nut@yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [iris] OT:Complaint Dept:Non-iris
> >
> > Just to add my 2 cents worth--I too had a bad experience with this
> nursery. Ordered a tree and they sent me the wrong kind, of course sending
> it way late in the shipping season. When I called them (the day the tree
> came), they refused, in no uncertain terms, to replace it because their
> shipping dates had ended the previous day. I felt they should have sent me
a
> new one since it was their goof that put the matter over the last date,
and
> was only one day over. I could not use the tree that came, as it needed
very
> moist coditions and gets way too big for the available space on my lot,
but
> I did find a home for it with a relative. On the "plus" side, the tree
that
> came was a beautiful little tree, just not what I wanted. Attempting to
get
> them to send the correct tree was a very frustrating and futile matter,
the
> problem seeming to be that nobody wanted to take responsibility for making
a
> decision to make an exception to the shipping season dates, each person I
> talked to claimin!
> >  g that
> >  there was no one else I could talk to. Like there was nobody really in
> charge. As you say, "bad business practice". Sorry for the "rant", but
this
> matter still gets my goat! I lost a whole season on the tree. I'm not as
> young as I used to be, so every season counts! ha.
> >
> > Autmirislvr@aol.com wrote:Collectively, we've said a lot about mail
order
> catalogs in the 5 + years
> > that I've been on this list. This post is to RANT a bit, but also report
> on a
> > recent experience with Henry Fields.
> >
> > Yes, I know they had problems, but I was willing to give them a second
> chance
> > when I learned they had reorganized. I am now regretting that decision.
> > There were several things I didn't like. Football mums were not strong
> enough to
> > survive the transplant. Very skimpy on roots.
> >
> > BUT . . . my strawberry plants were the big problem. They didn't arrive!
> > When I enquired, Fields put me off and did NOT tell me they couldn't
> supply the
> > plants until it was to late to order from anyone else. Bad business
> > practices. Grrrrr!!
> >
> > Of course, I'd NEVER buy irises from them, but I thought . . . .
WRONG!!!!
> >
> >
> > Betty W. in South-central KY Zone 6
> > Bridge In Time Iris Garden@website:
> > www.thegardensite.com/irises/bridgeintime/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Carole Taber
> > Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
> > Zone 4/5
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 10:32:43 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Joe Mullins <joevlad@yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [iris] OT-BIO: HYB: Minnesota, new pollen dauber
> >
> > Hello Linda, everyone,  I now have a login here at
> > hort.net I believe.
> >
> > I think I may learn a lot from all of you.  I think
> > I'll try putting the seeds in pots and leaving them
> > outside in a sandbox until the middle of December or
> > so, then I'll take half of them into the greenouse,
> > and take the other half into the greenhouse in the
> > middle of January.  That'll freeze the seeds for a
> > solid 8 to 12 weeks.
> >
> > Just a note, by searching the archives a little, you
> > all know a LOT about iris.
> > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!
> > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 14:20:29 -0400
> > From: Linda Mann <lmann@volfirst.net>
> > Subject: [iris] Re: OT-BIO: Minnesota Joe
> >
> > There you are..  Glad you found us, since I deleted the message with
> > your email address.  Trying to clean out my mail so my PC won't crash
> > quite as often.
> >
> > I've learned a tremendous amount from all the helpful people in this
> > group.  Plus we keep experimenting, sharing our results, learning more
> > as we go along.   Wish more members had time to share what's going on in
> > their gardens - used to be a much more active group than it has been
> > lately.
> >
> > <Just a note, by searching the archives a little, you
> >                    all know a LOT about iris. Joe Mullins>
> >
> > - --
> > Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
> > East Tennessee Iris Society <http://www.korrnet.org/etis>
> > American Iris Society web site <http://www.irises.org>
> > talk archives: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-talk/>
> > photos archives: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-photos/>
> > online R&I <http://www.irisregister.com>
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 10:54:09 -0400
> > From: "Bob and Sandra" <crusher4@wnclink.com>
> > Subject: [iris] Deer Deterrent....
> >
> > We were discussing deer eating Iris,etc.  Found this.  Hope it helps for
I
> > know I hate to lose one flower.  I don't know if it really works but
hope
> it
> > does.   Sandra
> >
> >
> > http://www.mydeergarden.com/Deterrents/Milorganite.htm
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 11:01:27 -0400
> > From: "Bob and Sandra" <crusher4@wnclink.com>
> > Subject: [iris] OT  Deer Deterrent...what a friend said
> >
> > Sorry should have put OT on other one about deer deterrent.   Sandra
> >
> > Here's what a friend said about it.
> >
> >
> > I just wanted to say that I have used
> > > > Milorganite to try to keep the deer away from my garden. It works
> > >as long
> > > > as you put it on religiously. Once it rains and you forget to
> > >replace it,
> > > > the deer come in, but it does work. And, my flowers were never
> > >more
> > > > beautiful and more prolific than they were when I used it for an
> > >entire
> > > > summer. My bulbs came up beautiful the next year, too.
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 08:27:10 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Joe Mullins <joevlad@yahoo.com>
> > Subject: [iris] Reblooming Dwarf Iris
> >
> > Since TBs rebloom so poorly here, I was hoping there
> > were some dwarf iris that have been known to rebloom.
> > The dwarfs do very well here (low end of z4).  I left
> > about 25 dwarfs in a 2 inch flower trough that I
> > didn't know the names of as customers didn't come get
> > their plants and the names came off (So they got new
> > plants, lol).  I forgot about them and they wintered
> > over (-40 degrees and lower many times at night) with
> > no cover, no snow cover as they were on the deck, only
> > an inch or two of dirt and now have full size fans.
> > They are amazing.  If only our TBs were that hardy...
> >
> > Does anybody know of which dwarf iris rebloom or if
> > anyone is working on reblooming dwarf lines?  A person
> > told me adamgrove gardens is a good place to start but
> > I have been unable to contact them.
> >
> > Joe Mullins (New Minnesota Pollen Dauber)
> > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage!
> > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 11:51:31 EDT
> > From: Autmirislvr@aol.com
> > Subject: Re: [iris] Deer Deterrent....
> >
> > I just got an advertisement from Gardner's Supply.  They have garlic
clips
> > that are supposed to help with the deer and rabbits.  Anyone have any
> experience
> > with this?
> >
> > I can't tell that the human hair bothered my deer at all!!
> >
> >
> > Betty W. in South-central KY Zone 6
> > Bridge In Time Iris Garden@website:
> >  www.thegardensite.com/irises/bridgeintime/
> > iris-photos archives
> > iris-talk archives
> > AIS: American Iris Society website
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Wed, 7 Jul 04 10:55:13 -0000
> > From: laurief <laurief@paulbunyan.net>
> > Subject: Re: [iris] Reblooming Dwarf Iris
> >
> > >Does anybody know of which dwarf iris rebloom or if
> > >anyone is working on reblooming dwarf lines?  A person
> > >told me adamgrove gardens is a good place to start but
> > >I have been unable to contact them.
> >
> >
> > Joe, the only SDB that has rebloomed for me so far is WHAT AGAIN, and it
> > only did so once.
> >
> > Laurie, between Grand Rapids and Bemidji
> >
> >
> > - -----------------
> > laurief@paulbunyan.net
> > http://www.geocities.com/lfandjg/
> > http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/shadowood/irisintro.html
> > USDA zone 3b, AHS zone 4 - northern MN
> > normal annual precipitation 26-27"
> > slightly acid clay soil
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 11:25:36 -0500
> > From: "Arnold Koekkoek" <koekkoek@mtcnet.net>
> > Subject: Re: [iris] Reblooming Dwarf Iris
> >
> > Here in NW Iowa, which is zone 4 but not too far from zone 5, I have
never
> had
> > a reblooming SDB, nor has anyone in our club, which is centered in Siouz
> City,
> > about 45-50 miles farther south, ever mentioned having one.
> > Arnold
> >
> > Arnold & Carol Koekkoek
> > 38 7th Street, NE
> > Sioux Center, IA 51250
> > e-mail  koekkoek@mtcnet.net
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
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