Re: CULT:TB Short Stalks
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT:TB Short Stalks
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 08:04:03 -0600
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
> From: "Steven & Sharlyn Rocha"
> Hello List,
> Does anyone know why irises will have short bloom stalks one year and
> be normal the next? Is it because of the weather, lack of water or poor
> soil? Or, is it all of the above?
Steve,
Around here we usually attribute short stalks to spring freezes, but that
explanation probably wouldn't work under your conditions. Lack of water
during the critical period for stalk development seems possible. It also
seems that some cultivars tend to overdo their thing one year, putting up
so much bloom that they exhaust themselves and are hardly capable of doing
anything the next year.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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