Re: Question about Potential Blooms
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Question about Potential Blooms
- From: z*@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 21:50:30 -0400
From: z88keys@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
>From: Barbara Jackson <jacksonb@mb.sympatico.ca>
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>Good evening talkers,
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>Hello talkers,
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>Barb here in SW Manitoba reporting in with something I've not come across
>before. Green Prophecy is new last fall to my garden. It has put up a
>bloom stalk and there were three potential flowers on it. This afternoon I
>noticed that one (the uppermost one) has just disappeared, the other two
>appear to be just fine and will probably open sometime over the next few
>days. Is there an explanation for this? I am still relatively new to
>growing iris and have never experienced this phenomenon before.
>
>Barbara Jackson
>jacksonb@mb.sympatico.ca
Dear Barbara: I had quite a few stalks that withered near the top, and
everything above that point went into decline. It surely means that the
roots are unable to support the stalk with adequate nourishment, so the
top portion is aborted. Down here in North Carolina it could mean too much
heat too early in the formation of the stalk. It could also mean not enough
moisture to help the roots do their job. It is discouragin to see this, but
I had so many good stalks that I just forget about the calamities. They
seem to occur among the early irises more than among the later-blooming
ones. Lloyd Zurbrigg in Durham SC USA
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