Re: TB: Pods on, pods off?
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB: Pods on, pods off?
- From: o*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 03:03:57 EDT
In a message dated 6/16/2002 11:58:39 PM Central Daylight Time,
abcraghead@yahoo.com writes:
> Hello: a post on IRISES you say? <g>
>
> OK, as some of you may know, I asked about moving my
> iris, and was advised to let them set for 6 weeks
> after bloom.. wouldn't kill them but better if I
> waited.
It makes little difference as long as they have finished bloom (not
conventional wisdom but my experience). While the rhizome itself does store
neutrients, the plant will still have to establish new roots after moving. A
few more weeks will not change this event. The rhizome, as a plant part, is
most comparable in function to a plant stem or tree trunk designed to grow
along the ground rather than upright.
>
> Now what i want to know is, should I leave the pods
> on? Or take them off? (I'm not breeding so I don't
> care about the seeds.)
If I were moving my iris, I would leave them on (seeds are important to me).
If for some reason I did not want them, I believe it best to cut the stalk no
lower than the height to which I trim the foliage. Some cut the stalk flush,
or slightly above, the rhizome (conventional wisdom). When stalks are cut it
violates the integrety of the plants natural defenses from
insects/viruses/bacteria. The further this can be done from the rhizome the
higher the probability the plant can close off the wound naturally prior to
being attacked by outside forces (logic).
>
> Or should I leave the pods, harvest them, and sell
> them to one of you? <g>
You talkin' bout for real extra money? <belly laugh>
Smiles,
Bill Burleson 7a/b
Old South Iris Society
>
> Alexander in Oregon
> (is this becoming my online persona now?)
>
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