Re: No blooms
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- Subject: Re: No blooms
- From: N*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 19:28:13 -0600 (MDT)
<<On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Ross Bishop wrote:
> Subject: No Blooms
>
> I posted this a couple of weeks ago and never saw any resopnses. So,
> I'll try again.
>
> I'm new to iris, so I have lot's to learn. Our two year old TB Iris
> were magnificent this year. Both plants and blooms looked terrific! Best
> I have ever seen. However, some of the fans did not produce blooms. Is
> this unsuual?
>
> Ross in Santa Fe
> God's natural iris garden
>
>>
Ross
Typing this with one hand - surgery. So excuse mistakes.
The problem you described is quite common, although I can't offer you a
reason. I have had plants that would bloom fine one year and then "rest".
If they rest 2-3 years, I dig, divide and move to a new spot for another 2
years. If they continue to "rest", I compost them. I grow 600+ varities and
have found that few bloom every year without fail - although their hybridizer
would tell you they will. But
I suspect "warm weather" cultuvars "rest" in cold climates and vis versa.
Hope this helps you.
Harry Wolford
N8KXP@aol.com
p.s. You're lucky this was a good bloom season. It was a "bummer" here -
worst I've ever seen.
