Re: ROT!!!
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: ROT!!!
- From: C* H* <c*@netcom.ca>
- Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 08:17:01 -0400
Dennis Stoneburner wrote:
>
> I found this tip in the stacks of mail I receive. Any thoughts?
> TIP: To help prevent rot and to force the daughters (increases) to grow
> you should cut the mother (rhizome) right down the middle after the
> bloom stalk has dried.
Chris writes:
And leave it in the ground? This sounds like an interesting
idea/practice... has anyone actually tried it out?
The science in me asks; why would it cause the increases to grow
any more quickly or vigorously than normal? I would think the opposite
would be true.
Incidentally after the flowering is complete on the TB's I snap the
bloomstalk off, right down at the rhizome. With a little practice it is
quite easy to do snap them off very cleanly. This helps avoid rot in the
old mother rhizome.
--
Christopher Hollinshead
Mississauga, Ontario Canada zone6b
AIS Region 16
Director, Canadian Iris Society
Newsletter Editor, Canadian Iris Society
e-mail: cris@netcom.ca
