Re: Denver Iris
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- Subject: Re: Denver Iris
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 18:35:02 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Walter A. Moores" <wam2@Ra.MsState.Edu>
On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Lew Best wrote:
> From: "Lew Best" <lewbest@mail2.texnet.net>
>
> Received my iris today also from Denver show, am very impressed.
>
> I'm in Central Texas (Zone 8) and very new to iris growing. We have had 25
> or so straight days of 100+ temps with no rain, no relief in heat or drought
> in sight.
>
> Watering iris no problem, but with possible occasional lower 20's to upper
> teens in the winter and bad growing conditions now, should I plant these
> Denver iris in pots until spring or in the ground now? If in pots, what
> size?
>
> Plan to do one or the other tomorrow, so please help me decide asap
>
> Lew Best
> Waco, TX
4" pots will do. Fill the pot with a mixture of 1/3 sand, 1/3
Sam's Magic Earth (Wal-Mart), and 1/3 garden soil. Fill to brim with soil
mix and add water. Push soil down in pot and add more if necessary.
Remove roots from rhizome, and push rhizome into pot, leaving top half of
the rhizome exposed. Set in shade, and water pots as needed. Later in
Sept. or Oct. remove plant and rootball and plant in garden. Larger pots
require too much soil, are heavy to move, and you have to dig a BIG hole
in the garden when you finally unpot.
It might be wise to give these rhizomes a clorox bath for
thirty minutes. One part clorox to 9, 10 parts water.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
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