CULT: Potting summer arrivals
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- Subject: CULT: Potting summer arrivals
- From: S* M* <7*@compuserve.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 16:17:26 -0600 (MDT)
Rusty wrote:
: What I used to pot the TB's, BB's, IB's and whatever else I got so far=
: is this: 2 bags vermiculite, 1 bag perlite, 2 bags potting soil and O=
ne
: Big Bucket of COMPOST! They seem to be fine.
: Is this what they DEMAND??? Let me know before I pot any more, I don=
't
: want to kill any irises.
They seem to be relatively tolerant of variation in soil mixtures,
especially for a temporary home. What they DEMAND is shade. When I fir=
st
moved to Las Cruces I tried July planting and lost over 80% of the TBs. =
Post-mortem revealed rhizomes the consistency of baked potatoes.
As Tom pointed out, there are gardens in the Las Cruces area (on the
cool/east side of the river) where people successfully plant in July. Up=
on the mesa, on the west side of the river, I've managed to get a pretty
good survival rate by building a ramada over the bed and watering it 3
times a day. Pots are easier!!!
Sharon McAllister (73372.1745@compuserve.com)
