Re: CULT:TB: A Whole New List - The Hardiest of the Hardy

Hi

I am in Zone 3, in SE Manitoba, Canada.  I agree with your August 15th
deadline, I have much better luck if I can get new
rhizomes growing in July.  I have had excellent luck ordering from
Schreiner's  in Oregon.  I particularly like the irises they
send because of the amount of increase they come with.  Quite often I
get six increases (small) along with the rhizome.  That
way if I lose the main stalk the first winter (which quite often
happens), I have a good supply of increases that do not rot to
replace it.  I guess I would be in trouble if the whole rhizome rotted,
but normally it is just the main stalk that is damaged.
After the first winter everything survives just fine usually...... so
far (and touch wood).  I have been growing large quantities of
tall beardeds in my current location for four winters now.

I do not cover my irises over the winter, even the first year ones.  I
have a heavy clay type soil and I find I have more problems
with rot, when I cover them.

Sandra Barss
SE Manitoba
Zone 3

LenoraLafky@aol.com wrote:

>
>        Last year I purchased quite a large order from my friend LeRoy
> Meininger - Monument Iris Garden - Mitchell, Nebraska (on the AIS list
> of
> growers).  LeRoy is at 4,000 feet, does not "pump up" his iris prior
> to
> shipping, and I was very pleased - only lost two of them.  My friend
> Keith
> (Keppel) in Salem, OR, makes sure I get my order the latter part of
> July -
> and I have very good luck with them.  Keith and I have determined that
> if I
> plant after the 15th of Aug. I'm in big trouble with rot - as
> evidenced by
> the later plantings.  And, some of the rhizomes don't even rot - they
> just
> sit there - nice and firm (they are still out there) - no roots, no
> growth -
> nothing!  Guess they are just being `conservationists' - holding the
> soil
> down.
>        Another grower I've had good luck with is Nicholson's in CA;
> they are
> in a drier climate.  For orders from some large growers whose rhizomes
> are
> `pumped' with water prior to shipping, I lay them out in the shade for
> about
> a week (they LOOK dry, but aren't); then dip in 1 pt. plain Chlorox to
> 9 pts.
> water with a couple of Tbsp. of Daconil added, for 20 minutes (leaves
> & all),
> rinse well, dry, then plant; it has made a big difference.
>        Hope some of this will be of help to you.  Don't give
> up........
> Len
>
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