Re: CULT:No Code? Disease Question

Rodger,
If the iris has soft rot your chances of successfully saving the iris are not 
great. You can identify soft rot by the smell ( a very foul, sour odor) and 
the soft mushy, usually yellow, texture of the infected area.

If this is the malody affecting your iris do the following:

Dig the affected rhizome and any increases immediately attached to that 
rhizome.
Closely examine the increases while detaching them from the mother rhizome. 
Avoid getting any of the mush from infected rhizome on them. Seperate the 
increases into those that appear infected and those that are not.

Use a spoon or similar tool to scrape out and remove infected tissue from the 
infected rhizomes. Trim them with a knife until you reach tissue that does 
not appear to be infected. Wash your hands before proceeding with a bacterial 
soap (dish washing detergent works pretty good) or bleech solution. Prepare a 
solution of 10% Clorox or other bleech and water. Dip the good rhizomes in 
this solution ad allow to soak for about 10 minutes. Remove, dry and store in 
a well lit, dry place with good air circulation.

Now use the bleech solution to wash the infected plants that have had the 
infected tissue removed. Let them soak for 10 minutes also. Then dry and 
store seperate from the uninfect plants in the same manner.

Allow both groups to dry throughly. I do not know where you are located. So 
cannot suggest a definate time period. I would allow  them to dry until most 
of the foliage has turned brown and withered with only about 1/2 to 1/3 of 
the green remaining. Then replant the two groups in two seperate areas with 
the rhizomes from each group a minimum of 6" apart. Greater spacing would be 
desirable.

Sincerely hope this helps your effort. I'm sure you will recieve a multitude 
of post and a multitude of conflicting advice if you will continue reading 
the iris-talk posts. You may be better advised to follow the advice of 
someone in your area.

The truth is nobody has a 100% fix for soft rot.

Good luck,
Bill Burleson 7a/b
Old South Iris Society

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