Re: Cult: "Nicking the rhizomes."
- Subject: Re: Cult: "Nicking the rhizomes."
- From: n*@charter.net
- Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 22:18:14 -0000
--- In iris-talk@y..., RYFigge@a... wrote:
"My impression was the rz was nicked near the area around the
bloomstalk or leaves."
That would make sense, Rosalie. The actively growing tip (of the
fan) is a potent producer of growth-regulating hormones in most
plants, and I would expect Iris to be the same. These would surpress
the growth of the tiny, dormant side buds all along the rhizome. The
nick in the the rhizome would probably have an effect on the downward
(or backward--toeward) flow of the regulating hormone, allowing at
least some of the dormant buds to break dormancy. It is rather like
the germination inhibitors we try to leach out of seeds. This one is
a growth inhibitor for the tiny invisible increases. The process
takes time--and probably requires leaching of the hormone from the
rhizome too.
Neil Mogensen western NC, zone 7a on the good years.
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