Re: CULT: drought stress

From: BobGWilson@aol.com

Welcome back, Bill This idiot avant-garde iris planter believes in the 
philosophy of Barry Blythe: Blythe As soon as the iris is finished blooming, 
if you want to move it or divide it, do it, replant it.  I have done this for 
years - against the advice of almost everyone - except Barry.  Already, the 
increases that would have appeared in the clump left in the ground are 
producing increases.  As in the past, I expect to have 2-4 increases by 
blooming time next spring.  This seems to allow more time for the roots to 
grow, and almost 100% chance of 2-4 bloom stems in the spring.  My batting 
average on normally late bought iris is about a 50% chance of one bloom stem 
the first spring.
   You also mentioned " dry roots."  I try not to let the root dry - to the 
point of keeping early dug rhizomes in buckets of damp peat. It seems to me, 
much like the JI, if the roots are kept moist, the rhizome does not have to 
use energy to produce new roots, and can use this energy to produce increase. 
I have notices that all the dry roots on bought rhizomes only shrivel to 
nothing, serving only a stabilizing function.  What are others'thoughts?  Bob 
Wilson

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