Re: TB: low bloom height this year
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  • Subject: Re: TB: low bloom height this year
  • From: P* <p*@bellsouth.net>
  • Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:09:29 -0400
Shorter than expected bloom was the norm for me too. I'm in SW NC and no 
salt spray. As with Glen, mild winter and chilly spring but no rash of 
late frosts. I wonder if this might be main culprit.  On many the first 
stalks were very low & some flowers quite stunted. That improved later 
even within the same clump but still even then heights were below what 
expected. The plants themselves were in excellent form for the vast part.

As I have bemoaned before, last year the very mild winter plus _normal_ 
spring freezes lead to disaster. Virtually no stalks ever emerged from 
the fan and soft rot was rampant. I think there was some bud loss this 
year too since so many big sized fans & clumps never sent up a stalk, 
oldies cvs and newies both. But no rot problem of note. Don't believe 
over fertilizing N or under P is my problem.

What are others seeing? I am relatively new to serious iris collecting 
and this is making me discouraged.

Shaub
SW NC Z6b

On 6/1/2013 4:15 PM, Holly Canfield wrote:
> Did you have a lot of blow in from Sandy?  Maybe you got more salt water
> and that inhibited some of the bloom/growth?  I know some areas the
> forsythia took forever to bloom and didn't bloom as well this year up
> there.
>
> I don't know if the low bloom height would be aftereffects of Sandy, but it
> might be something to consider.
>
> Holly, WV
>
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