Re: OT: Storing Bulbs, On Topic JI, SPU
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- Subject: Re: OT: Storing Bulbs, On Topic JI, SPU
- From: D* S* <s*@molalla.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 00:41:37 -0600 (MDT)
> I have chilled spurias and Japanese when they have arrived during
> a period of heat, but as they are packed damp, they do well when it
> finally cools off. Also give them a day or two of room temperature before
> planting them outside in the sun. Make sure the packing material stays
> damp while they are under refrigeration.
>
Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS
When we received the guest irises for the '94 convention here in
Portland, most of the spurias were sent in plastic baggies. We were
instructed to place them in the veggie crisper for a week to 10 days
before we planted them, so we did. We didn't lose a one, and those of
you who visited out garden during the convention know just how well they
performed. This is something we had never heard of before, and do not do
with any other type of iris. We haven't done it since, but we are
contemplating moving some of the spurias, so I may just repeat the
procedure this time, since it was so successful in '94. Any comments
from those of you more in the know regarding spurias? By the way, is
this another one of those irises with many different name
pronunciations? I hear spooria, spearia, and spurria. Can anyone
enlighten me, please?
Nancy Silverberg, Molalla, OR, where we are slowly but surely starting
to see the effects of our labours.
