Re: RE: Cult: first buds

Donald, do you have any tomato cages?  This winter I was able to protect my rebloom stalks by putting tomato cages over them and draping those with seed blanket.  That is a white plastic that is perforated with fine holes to let in moisture and light.  It really stays warmer under it too. not like regular clear plastic.  It comes in 6 ft. widths in 25 ft. rolls which you can find in nurseries.  I don't know how heavy a freeze it can protect against.  We haven't had anything under 28 degrees here, but the iris buds opened at that temperature just fine.
It also helps seeds germinate quickly and well.
Francelle Edwards,  Glendale, AZ  zone 9 where the first regular season stalks are shooting up on Noreen's Delight, Shepard, 1998
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Donald Eaves 
  To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 7:54 PM
  Subject: Re: [iris-talk] RE: Cult: first buds 


  Hello Folks,

  Texas Independence Day today, and the usual 'likely to be zapped' bud
  showing color on BABY BLESSED.  Stalks already killed on DIME SPOT and GOLD
  REPRISE.  It's the problem with rebloomers here.  They frequently attempt
  the bloom when there is almost no chance of them not getting knocked over by
  a killing freeze - either too early in the spring or too late in the fall.
  I did get some good early spring bloom last year, a lot of it before the
  late freeze that did come.  The arilbreds sure look like they could start
  sending up buds too.  Many of these also have the knack for getting the
  stalks frozen.  SUSA, a plant that along with THORNBIRD is about to be
  classified hereabouts as an iris weed due to aggressive growth habits, also
  has a bud.  Too early for this, but I'm impatient for spring anyway.  The
  plants sure look good right now.  Far, far better than this time last year.
  Maybe I'll escape scorch victims this year and hope this summer doesn't pan
  out to be as inhospitable as the last several have been.

  Donald Eaves
  donald@eastland.net
  Texas Zone 7, USA


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