Re: CULT heaving

From: mmboehm@attglobal.net

Heaving is a major problem for me here in zone 6, Connecticut, and
planting in pots first or having great roots seems to make no difference
at all.  The only thing that does seem to help is literally pinning them
to the ground with an old metal label hoop.  I cross the hoops' legs so
that they're tight to the sides of the rhizome but not actually coming
down across he top.  Sometimes it works!

Once heaved, if totally out of the ground I replant.  If even one little
tip of a root is still attached to the ground I've found it better not
to disturb it but to dig around and reset the rest of the roots.  In
either case I leave the rhizome a bit high.  Because our springs are
cool and wet, I then pour track sand (sand sold for traction, with
gritty bits of rock) all around the rhizome (not on top) to fill in all
the crevices, even flowing a bit underneath.  Sometime it works and
sometimes not and sometimes just as things are looking good the deer
come along and step on them or pull them out anyway.  The deer have
learned that where there's a label there's something eatable and they
can't tell a daylily label from an iris so they sample all.....
Margaret Boehm


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