Re: Culture: digging irises up
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- Subject: Re: Culture: digging irises up
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 15:05:56 -0600 (MDT)
> Rusty Thornsburg wrote:
>
> Actually, it's the second year, but the first BLOOMING year. AND,
> all rhizomes have already bloomed. The last one being over 2 weeks
> ago. So do I save the ones that bloomed to become mother rhizomes or
> what?
> And, what is HOLD WATER?
What I should have written is "withhold water" not "with hold water",
meaning to start to gradually decrease the amount of water you give them
to help move them to dormancy.
If you have no increases showing that have not bloomed, the only choice
you have is to replant the existing rzs, and hope that they throw
increases.
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.>
