Re: Cult:Trimming Roots

From: Ellen Gallagher <e_galla@moose.ncia.net>

Steven & Sharlyn Rocha wrote:

>>    Last year at planting time I cut off every root off of every iris I
>>planted. I heard from 3 different people who plant their irises this way and
>>I figured if it works for them I might as well try it.

	I have to remember that you live in sunny California and I live
	in the very short growing season of the New Hampshire White Mts.
	and I 'trim' the roots but do not "cut off every root off of every
	iris I planted" ......trimming does help when planting a few
	hundred irises in a week-end. Now, if Aitken's and Keppel's irises
	do not dry out sufficiently to plant this week-end, I will have to
	plant the ones that I feel more secure with in the ground. The dry
	ones from everywhere else. BTW, the rhizomes from Denver are in
	fantastic shape.

	Cheers,

	Ellen
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Ellen Gallagher  / e_galla@moose.ncia.net
Siberian iris robin   /   sibrob@ncia.net
Northern New Hampshire, USA / USDA Zone 3
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