Re: REB: experiments
iris@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: REB: experiments
  • From: C* C* <i*@aim.com>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:20:44 -0400
No particular thoughts on cultivars right now.

But as it seems to be minimum temperature at night  (when plants are at
maturity)that is critical to bud set,  I would suggest a sprinkler or soaker
hose  at night



 Chuck Chapman






---- Original Message ----
From: Linda Mann <lmann@lock-net.com>
To: iris@hort.net
Sent: Mon, Jun 13, 2011 8:03 am
Subject: [iris] REB: experiments


Looks like we have reached the time when vegetable gardens here can no longer
depend on rainfall to survive, so I have finally gotten a little submersible
pump hooked up in the spring branch & am doing some serious watering of some
of the garden.

The water is definitely colder than air temperature ;-)  So I'm going to
experiment with regular soaking some of the rebloomers during the heat of
summer, see if that will trigger earlier rebloom.

For now, we are still in agricultural, not hydrologic drought, so flow in the
spring is still good.  If it stays as dry regionally as they are forecasting,
it may get too low to continue watering. I'm not willing to dry up the creek
just to water, but hopefully it won't get that bad this year.

Chuck, any cultivars you'd especially like me to soak?  Highs in the 90s, lows
in the mid to upper 60s right now.

Linda Mann east TN USA zone 7

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