Cult: Elongated Rhizomes
- Subject: Cult: Elongated Rhizomes
- From: w*
- Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:19:20 -0600
- Priority: normal
>. In some cases these rhizomes can get a foot or more long
> with no bloom and no increase and then for reasons unknown to me they will
> make six to eight increases on each side of the rhizome. There is so much
> we do not understand about the growth of tall bearded irises! Fred Kerr
> Rainbow Acres Near Sacramento, CA
>
>
I have seen long rhizomes (like Louisiana rhizomes) on tall
beardeds that were planted in unamended black gumbo clay but have
not seen it in sandier soils. These rhizomes don't seem to fatten up
but elongate in a direction towards food or a softer soil. Clumps
older than three years may show such rhizomes, too. Cemetery flags
are like this, so I think the problem is with the type of soil and
how long the clump has been established.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
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