Re: CULT: Pinched bloom between fan
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Pinched bloom between fan
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 08:04:05 -0600
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
> From: Kitty Loberg
>
> The only strange weather we had this year was a very late season, but the
> eight pinched blooms were throughout my garden, old beds, new beds, early
> season, and late season. Does anyone know what causes this strange
> attempt to bloom?
Kitty,
I have occasionally had bloom such as you describe in my garden and
attribute it to the effects of frost at an early and critical stage of
embryonic stalk development. I suppose that exposure to herbicides might
also be capable of producing this effect.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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