Re: SOLARIZING
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- Subject: Re: SOLARIZING
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 08:52:27 -0600 (MDT)
Rick Tasco/Roger Duncan wrote:
>
> John I Jones mentioned putting rhizomes in the refrigerator. I think
> this is risky. Any moisture trapped in the foilage or the rhizome
> itself may be a catalyst for rot. The moisture will not evaporate in
> the refrigerator. I believe the Dahliaman was going to try this as an
> experiment and maybe he can update us as to what happened.
Good point Rick. I should have been more emphatic that this is an
experiment and that I am only doing it with rzs that I have plenty of,
so if problems develop I may learn something, while not losing a
precious cv.
In scanning the World of Irises, it would appear that most rot diseases
go inactive in the winter months. While it doesn't have any specifics on
temperature range, I am hoping that by setting the temp as low as I can,
I will avoid this potential problem.
At any rate I am just goofing around with this to see if any thing
interesting happens (like tricking a rz into blooming again in the fall
when it doesn't normally do that). AAhh, somebody has probably already
done this and found nothing, but what the hay... Besides which, if it
does bloom in the fall, it probably won't have enough time to recover to
bloom the following spring anyway. :>))
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.
