Re: Cult:Trimming Roots
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- Subject: Re: Cult:Trimming Roots
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 07:39:40 -0700
From: John I Jones <jijones@ix.netcom.com>
Steven & Sharlyn Rocha wrote:
>
> It is so much easier to plant them this way. Just prepare the soil the
> way you normally would then water as if they were already planted. Either
> set the rhz where you want it, or drop it into place. I like dropping them
> because you don't have to bend over as much, especially if you have a lot of
> rhz to plant. Then step on them to push them into the ground.
Obviously works for you, though I think your iris may get a slower start, but
if you are planting that many it is probably a workable process.
Now for me, if I tried that with my clay soil (even amended as much as I do)
I'd end up with a couple of "footfulls" of dirt clumped to my size 10 feet and
probably a number of iris rhizomes stuck there in the muck. I suppose it would
be one way to transport them to the show next year. But I can hear it now...
"Hey, buddy, dontcha know you've got plants growing from your shoes"....The
mind boggles.
:>))
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