RE: Rebloomers & Seed Pods
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- Subject: RE: Rebloomers & Seed Pods
- From: "* M* <I*@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 23:55:46 -0600 (MDT)
Hi, Marte in the mtns!
What you do with the pod people depends on whether you'd like to plant the
seeds and wait the two-to-several years to see whether you have any
interesting new seedlings. If you do, leave the pods on until they turn brown
and begin to split, and then plant the seeds after your first frosts. Once
you see your own seedlings, you'll be hooked!
On the other hand, yes, if you want your rebloomers to bloom again this year,
best to remove the current stalks at the base and give the plants some extra
water and fertilizer over the summer. Either way, best of luck!
Barb, in Santa Fe, watching seed pods impatiently.
IrisMaven@msn.com
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From: iris-l@rt66.com on behalf of Marte Halleck
Sent: Monday, June 16, 1997 9:55 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Rebloomers & Seed Pods
I need advice from all you experienced hybridizers & iris-seed growers!
In the ongoing saga of Marte & the SDB/TB rebloomers, I have a new
puzzle. I've been deadheading as the supplier suggested, by pulling the
shriveled flower up & out & leaving the spath (I mistakenly called
this the socket previously) behind & the stalk on the plant. Two of my
SDB's, Jewel Baby & Little Showoff, immediately produced new blooms
within the same spath. I agree that this does not qualify as *rebloom*,
just *successive bloom*, & will not know if any of the new-to-me SDB's &
TB's are rebloomers here until late this summer or fall. (FYI only one
of these TB's has bloomed so far tho all have many buds: Many Moons, an
okay cream tan self, nothing very exciting in appearance.)
Here's my newest puzzlement: 3 of the SDB's (forgot to note exactly
which of 8 different ones I have & it's dark out) have formed big, fat
seed pods within the spaths that have already bloomed once or twice.
This is a new phenomenon to me because I'd never really seen bearded
iris producing these pods since I've always cut the stalks off near the
plant base after all buds had bloomed.
So here are these seed pods -- do I or don't I want to leave them on the
stalks? Since we're agreed that rebloomers, to perform as such if
they're going to, need more water & feed than "regular" SDB/TB's,
doesn't it follow that these pods will use up energy best put into
blooming?
Somebody help me figure out what to do about these pod people. Thanks!
Marte in the mtns Zone 4/Sunset 1 Weather finally normal
for June! No flash floods in, oh, 3-4 days.
