Re: CULT: Potting summer arrivals
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Potting summer arrivals
- From: C* S* <s*@eden.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 20:53:44 -0600 (MDT)
Rick Tasco/Roger Duncan wrote:
>
> For the benefit of iris novice on the list, I hope to give a different
> view of planting iris in the summer. Here in the interior valley of
> California the summers regularly exceed 100 degrees. I have always, the last 7 years anyway, prepared beds in June for transplanting seedlings and new iris arrivals. Starting in June and continuing all summer I begin the planting. The beds stay damp all summer. True! I rarely loose any iris planted this way. They put on tremendous growth during the summer and are firmly established going into our winter. They
> usually bloom 2 weeks earlier than the stock transplanted in September
> and are loaded with increases.
>
> I would like to know if there are any other variables in New Mexico,
> Texas, and Mississipi that would preclude planting in the summer because those locations could'nt be any hotter than here.
>
> Rick Tasco
> Superstition Iris Gardens
> Central California
> Zone 8
Here in Austin we begin our cultivation in late June and planting began
June 29th this year. We provide a deep watering once a week. Even with
th water we do have substantial "browning" of the foliage, but the
plants survive and seem to benefit from the extended growing season
going into the Fall. As in your case Rick, ours bloom earlier than
normal (about 2-3 weeks) but they also tend to bloom longer. The new
increases even produce bloom though they don't appear mature enough to
bloom.
Cliff Snyder Austin, Tx Zone 8
Rainbow Iris Farm
